STOP SUPPORTING PUPPYMILLS!

[allanboi]

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Thinking of giving a dog as a holiday gift this year? We’ve all been tempted by that cute little puppy in the pet store window. Before you give in to the temptation and buy that furry bundle of joy, there are some things you should know.


Endless cycle of cruelty

For one, that cute little puppy most likely came from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding operation, commonly known as a puppy mill. Puppy mills usually house dogs in overcrowded and often unsanitary conditions, without adequate veterinary care, food, water and socialization. The breeding stocks at puppy mills (possibly your new puppy’s mom and dad) are bred as often as possible in order to increase profits. Unlike your lucky puppy, the mom and dad will probably never make it out of the mill.

Puppy mills are breeding facilities that produce purebred puppies in large numbers. Puppy mills have long concerned The HSUS.

Often the puppies are sold directly to the public via the Internet, newspaper ads, or at the mill itself. In other cases they are sold to brokers and pet shops across the country.

The myriad documented problems of puppy mills include: overbreeding, inbreeding, minimal veterinary care, poor quality of food and shelter, lack of human socialization, overcrowded cages and the killing of unwanted animals.

For the unwitting consumer, this situation frequently means buying a puppy facing an array of immediate veterinary problems or harboring genetic diseases that surface years later

Hundreds of thousands of dogs suffer in puppymills in this country. They are prisoners of greed. The dogs are locked in small cages.


Breeder dogs in puppy mills are
often forced to spend their entire lives
caged in shocking environments.

Please join this fight to free the prisoners of greed. The only person who is going to make a difference for these dogs is you. You, the people, can free them.

Responsible breeders do not sell their dogs through pet stores!

Here is a definition of a responsible breeder that recently appeared in a breed club newsletter:

A responsible breeder is one who always puts the best interests of the breed and of individual dogs first, above any consideration of profit, trendiness, or personal ambition. A responsible breeder does not produce a litter just to have pups to sell or just because a bitch happened to come into season. He/she produces a litter only after careful consideration of the physical qualities and temperament of the proposed parents, their individual strengths and weaknesses, how their pedigrees (ancestors) relate, and what the proposed breeding would contribute to the improvement of the breed. This is often a difficult and time-consuming process, therefore, it is not surprising to find that a responsible breeder considers the puppies as his/her "kids" and wants only the best homes for them.

A responsible breeder...
- is eager to share detailed breed information
- believes there are no "stupid" questions
- grabs every opportunity to educate
- explains total breed care
- supplies shot records, pedigrees, care information
- explains genetic defects in the breed
- is willing to let you see the sire & dam
- questions the buyers ability to care for the dog
- offers guarantees
- talks about training and development
- cares about each and every pup
- maintains sanitary, clean quarters for the dogs
- tests all breeding stock

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[cosplay]

Just because of this you tell us to stop supporting? Absurd. Affection of blood relatives... they do not possess such high-level consciousness in the first place. Do you think some miracle would happen if you stop supporting them? It might even lead to a bigger problem such as killing the unsold and selling them for meat. Rather than stopping their support, buying them could save them.

[allanboi]

The purchase of a wonderful little puppy can be a fantastic experience. A dog can be your closest friend, a real member of the family. But, an unscrupulous breeder, looking to take advantage of you, can turn it into a disaster.

If the loss of a few hundred pesos on a bad purchase was the end of the story, it wouldn't be so bad. It's just never that simple; it's often a real tragedy. An unhealthy, poorly bred puppy can cause you great heartache, and cost you BIG pesos in vet bills.

Imagine bringing home the cute, cuddly little puppy. The family is thrilled; everyone becomes so attached. The puppy grows into an unhealthy dog. Your vet offers you the option of hundreds of dollars of surgery for hips, eyes, breathing, or whatever it is that typically afflicts poorly bred dogs of that breed or you can put your little dog to sleep and start the process over. (This assumes that he didn't die of this affliction or a kennel disease.) This decision gets much more difficult when your spouse and kids are in the waiting room crying their eyes out waiting for your decision. This happens much more often than you might imagine.

[allanboi]

An unscrupulous breeder will cost you much more money and heartache than the few thousand pesos he scams from you. He doesn't care how much heartache he costs you. He just wants your money.

[allanboi]

The information listed above differentiates the good breeder from backyard breeder (someone who has casually bred their dog with the next door neighbor's dog without regard for improvement of the breed) and the puppy mill (someone who breeds a bitch or multiple bitches at every opportunity to produce mass quantities of puppies for a money-making activity). Responsible buyers should carefully research the breeder before making a decision to buy a puppy.

[cosplay]

3 consecutive posts? Man.. merge them.

[silver]

up ta ni bhe

[allanboi]

Sa mga puppymiller! Mata namu oi!

[doc.g]

Thank you allanboi for bringing up this topic KUDOS!

[silver]

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