You might be a...
No offense to
Jeff Foxworthy and his Redneck humor, but as
it relates to puppy mill puppies and backyard
breeders...
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You
just strolled into a petshop on a Saturday
morning and couldn’t resist those big puppy
eyes staring back at you…
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… you just bought a
puppy mill puppy.
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“But the petshop told me they never buy from
puppy mills. The sales clerks were SO
helpful”… See the real environment these dog
moms birth and raise their puppies in
here.
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… 99% of the puppies sold in petshops come
from puppy mills.
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By virtual existence of puppies
sold in petshops, it dooms the puppies being
bred by reputable breeders – breeding a great
dog is not a profit making venture if done
right. Mass production at puppy mills is the
only way to make this profitable. The
‘papers’ you get from a puppy bought in a
petshop are seldom worth much more than the
newspaper you put down as you potty train a
new pup. As for the puppies born or dumped in
the shelters? Buying petshop puppies gives
them a death sentence (if they make it out of
the shelter alive). There is no legitimate
nor humane reason to buy a puppy from a
petshop.
article
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If
your new puppy continues to pee and poop in
their new crate…
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… you probably have a puppy mill
puppy.
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… more puppy mill puppy
traits
here
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If you
found a puppy for sale on the Internet or on
your local CraigsList, the breeder refuses to
let you see the parents and wants to meet you
at a local truck stop with the puppy instead …
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… you’ve just
put money in a backyard breeder’s pockets.
While California does not legally support
large-scale puppy mills, the void has been
rapidly filled by backyard breeders who
aren’t inspected, nor regulated --- and
usually don’t pay any taxed on their income
either! You pay their share to meet the
state’s budget needs, plus every CA taxpayer
pays approximately $171 to house and/or
eventually euthanize a shelter dog that does
not get adopted.
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… One Indiana puppy miller owes
the state almost $200,000 in sales tax --- and
she was a small miller… imagine what the
larger ones owe in each state!
article
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… an average of 1,370
innocent pets are killed each day in the
state of California
article
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… one out of every four dogs
is killed in California (a state known for
its tough humane laws)
source AND cost the California taxpayers
over $250 million dollars per year
source
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If you
have paid just too much for that puppy in the
petshop…
¨
… remember the
puppy miller probably sold that puppy for
$25 to $70 to a broker, who in turn sold it
to a petshop for you to buy at the vastly
increased price you paid!
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If
you’ve just bought a puppy from any source
(other than adopting from a rescue or
shelter)…
¨
… nine other
puppies had to die.
Þ
On the average,
only one out of every ten puppies born gets a
furever home – there are just too many puppies
being born each year and not enough homes for
them all.
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If you
believe that by buying a puppy from a petshop,
you are rescuing a puppy mill puppy…
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… you haven’t rescued
anything. Every puppy sold is just an
additional incentive for a miller to
continue breeding and producing puppies.
You've just made room for the next litter
coming down the line. Once a mom is no
longer able to breed, she is killed or
destroyed (many in very non-humane manners
such as shooting, hitting them over the head
with a heavy object, etc.). The puppy might
have escaped being a breeder, but the
parents are the worse victims of all. Many
puppy mill survivors never can be
rehabilitated at all – at best, it’s a tough
situation for any dog to live in.
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If you
believe puppies can be bought over the
Internet like office supplies and other
assorted ‘products’…
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… then you deserve what you end up with – an
unsatisfactory and EXPENSIVE purchase!
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Puppies sold over the
Internet in an UNREGULATED industry have
caused little more than expensive vet bills
and major heartaches for those new owners
who have clicked and bought via their
computer.
source
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If you
believe the government wouldn’t allow anything
to go on that is not legal or inhumane…
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… remember it was the USDA who began the
puppy mill industry for farmers after WWII
and failing crops. It is also the USDA who
inspects and regulates this same industry
today.
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It is believed only one out
of every ten puppy producers is actually
licensed with the USDA – but even in a
licensed USDA facility,
this is what actually goes
on.