Puppy Mills On The Rise

Puppy mills are on the rise, on not only farms but also right in the neighborhoods. People have taken a male and a female and bred not for quality or healthy puppies, but for profit. Yes, many breeders are reputable and breed dogs, but they take the time to have vet check ups to ensure the health of the mother and father. They have the puppies checked by a vet and the first shots are usually given.

If you buy a puppy, you want it to be healthy and physically fit. Puppy mills have deplorable conditions as we see many stories on the news about hundreds of dogs being kept in small kennels and only used for breeding. I did some research on such a place in Sheboygan County and was surprised to find out that this place is allowed to continue operation. The pictures are horrible and the news interview with the owner was amazing. He says he is not a puppy mill, but he makes a living breeding and selling puppies. These puppies are born to mothers who are bred repeatedly.

To look at these pictures, one would cry after seeing such inhumane conditions that these dogs live in day after day. Do these dogs have socialization, love, proper grooming and regular vet care? All one can do is pray that these dogs are rescued before any more puppies are born and held there for breeding.

Pet stores will tell you they do not buy from puppy mills, but will not tell you were they get the puppies from. These dogs are kenneled in the stores, watch as people come, and go, but leave them there. Yes, some stores leave the dog out for a couple of hours, but some of these dogs are there for months with no proper training or one on one bonding.

More people have to express opinions about these practices. It is inhumane to keep dogs cooped up in a small kennel with no love and touching. Another reason they stay there so long though is they charge an arm and a leg for puppies. Who is making the bucks for selling these puppies? Puppy mills and stores who buy from the puppy mills need to be put out of the dog selling business.

Everyday a new puppy mill is brought down, but two or three spring up in the backyard of your neighborhood. It is time for laws to regulate breeding of these dogs. Reputable breeders are the ones who register themselves as breeders and only breed healthy males and females. Stop the puppy mills from existing and save the poor defenseless dogs from a life of sadness and deplorable conditions.

People Who Breed For The Money Only

As you know, many people breed their pets just to make money. This is causing a great deal of unwanted pets. With the dog population becoming critical, people need to stop breeding just for the money. Have you ever noticed the advertisements for a Labadoodle or a Pektzu? These dogs are being sold for over three hundred dollars. The following is a true story that just happens to prove a point. Some people are breeding these beautiful creatures to make money. It is not healthy for the females to continue to produce litter after litter without time to recuperate from the birth.

A person, who owns a Pekinese and a Shih-Tzu, continues to allow the female to become impregnated by the male. This is done whenever the female comes into heat. Her litters are usually five or six puppies. The person then sells the puppies for three hundred dollars to have money to drink. The puppies are not vet checked before selling nor do they have their first shots. This person continues to find people to buy these puppies and therefore, she continues to breed.

There was one puppy in the second last litter that was never taken, he is bull legged as the Pekinese father and no body wanted him. The owner was desperate to get rid of him because the mother was pregnant again. The puppy was four months old and never housetrained. I was asked if I wanted to buy him and I said absolutely not. When I was asked again the price was lowered to pay me if you can. I walked into this house and saw dog urine and feces everywhere. It took me all of two minutes to pick this little guy up and take him home. The others were somewhere else at the time, so I did not see them.

Training Jake was a task. He was never trained or even offered the outdoors as a way to go to the bathroom. After three hard and long weeks, I finally turned him around. My point is, this little guy was never cared for properly and I felt so sorry for him, I had to rescues him. There is no law saying how many times you can breed your dog nor is there anything stopping people. If people continue to breed dogs with health issues, the dog population of abandoned pets will increase.

I am a dog lover and would never have been able to pay such a price for this dog, but to this day, she has never asked me for the money. Everyone knows her reputation and still she finds people to buy these dogs. If people would stop supporting these people, maybe only reputable and respectful people would have dogs available without health issues. This to me is just a home run puppy mill. Another example of poor breeding practices. The only ones that suffer are the animals.

I have Jake and he is better taken care of and has learned many things in the months I have had him. He is the apple of his mom’s eyes. He and his brothers and sisters have a blog as well. You can learn about their days on Jake, Pooh and the Cats. Click this link over on the right.