I am writing this to bring awareness and interest to a horrific but not new discovery that we frequently never consider. Once you purchase selling puppies or kittens from pet retailers or pet chains, you are supporting mills. . .
When we buy a pet or even shop at a shop that sells puppies, we contribute to a heartless underground market that forces dogs to spend their complete lives in cages continually breeding to support customer demand for puppies.
If you are not familiar with the definition of a puppy mill, it’s similar to raising cattle for production. Often times female dogs are kept in tiny cages and are forced to breed as frequently as you possibly can for their whole lives. No love, correct interest or care offered. Once they’ve created many cash creating litters, they are place down. It is a company afterall. I will not go into the graphic and sad particulars of what goes on inside a puppy mill, but here’s a hyperlink in the event you select to appear further into this and educate your self and other individuals.
[http://stoppuppymills.org/frequently_asked_questions.html]
You will find Numerous strays and beautiful, loving dogs and cats accessible for adoption, there’s no reason to continue breeding these dogs in mass numbers and sell them for insane amounts of funds particularly inside the conditions they’re living in.
I’m guilty of this.
I purchased a Silky Terrier from a pet retailer for $900. It was adorable and I fell in adore. I honestly did not know a thing about mills or what was behind all this. All I knew was I saw him inside a 10 gallon aquarium and he looked at me and that was it. The pet shop owner assured me that all his dogs are USDA certified and the places he purchases them from are inspected and stamped for approval. I believed this and it is a extremely well-known pet retailer in Kamms Corner, (Cleveland) Later, following doing my personal investigation I discovered some thing else entirely. The papers for my silky had the mill in the best. I dug about and identified it is no distinct than any other mill, =(
I instantaneously believed of my puppy’s loved ones and parents nonetheless there and the situations other dogs are living in. It is really just as well sad. I just wanted to spread the word and let anybody realize that may be inside the industry to get a designer dog or a new pet from a pet retailer, to please head to a shelter and adopt or a minimum of look in the paper and buy from a homebased breeder that care for their animals. I discovered that NO local breeder that cares for their animals sells their dogs or cats to pet shops. They adopt them out only to people they think will care for the dogs and they do not keep them in aquariums. . .Even when the owner in the retailer promises and tells you they purchase local or not from mills, it is nearly impossible. Investigate where they get their dogs first just before purchasing. I’m a REALTOR. Now although talking to purchasers or displaying backyards excellent for pets, When they agree, (and numerous new home owners will buy a dog.) I try to spread the word without having getting pushy needless to say. Just a straightforward, “This is a good yard for a dog! Just please adopt and not purchase a single from a pet retailer, mall or online” We can all make a difference by just letting others know nevertheless you can.
Puppy mills sell to neighborhood Pet Shops for $10-$60 per puppy. But you spend 10x’s A lot more.
Puppies purchased in pet retailers are often aggressive, problemed and tough to home train.