Would you buy a dog from a store if it came from a puppy mill?
By kaysue4
@kaysue4 (951)
United States
August 19, 2008 7:06am CST
I have heard that a lot of puppies and dogs that are sold at some stores come from puppy mills. If you knew that the dogs at a store came from a puppy mill, would you still buy from that store?
Puppies that come from a puppy mill, well the parents of that puppy, are so abused and are breed over and over again, and kept in unclean cages that are piled on top of each other. Many have never knew what a yard would be like or a kind word said to them. Many have skin problems or have no fur at all. They at times are deformed from the inbreeding also.
Here is an article for you to read to learn more and see pictures of dogs in a puppy mill: http://stoppuppymills.org/inside_a_puppy_mill.html
So, if you knew a store that bought from a puppy mill, would you still buy that puppy? Would you still shop at that store at all?
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@Seraphine (385)
• Finland
20 Aug 08
I'd never buy a pup from any pet store, and I wouldn't even be setting my foot in it, much less buy anything else from it. There is not a single pet store that sells puppies that aren't from puppy mills. Buying a pup from them will only support their business and help them continue. If I want to buy a pup, I'd do it the real way and research breeders who do all the proper health-testing and showing, decide on one and be on a waiting list until it's my turn to buy a pup.
@jillbeth (2705)
• United States
19 Aug 08
I would never buy a dog from a pet store because of the great odds that it was produced in a puppy mill. These types of breeders do not care about breeding quality dogs or the future health issues involved, they mass produce dogs to make money.
I've always chosen mixed breed dogs from people I know or my family knows who have puppies to give away. Once I brought home a whole litter of puppies (5 in all) because my daughter's neighbor was anxious to get rid of them and was threatending to dump them in the woods. It took me all of five days to find homes for them, although one picked me and decided to stay here with us! And I have yet to have had a dog with any serious health problems.
The only pet store I shop at does not sell puppies or kittens, but sometimes they bring in dogs from the local shelter to help them get adopted. It's so hard for me not to bring them home, but I already have three dogs!
