by Melissa Jackson Williams
Puppy mills have become a significant problem for both of those who love animals and for legitimate puppy breeders throughout the United States. Puppy mills are basically facilities that seek to be "puppy factories," where puppies are simply "cranked out" almost as if on an assembly line using just a few mothers and studs to produce many, many puppies. As you might imagine, this is no way to live. Dogs who are breeders in puppy mills often live deplorably, and the puppies themselves are often housed in overcrowded cages, with not enough water or food, and inadequate veterinary care and grooming.
Even worse, humans come in to little to no contact with these dogs, and many puppies die because of the conditions. And while it's true that if puppies do survive the puppy mill environment to be sold to a loving owner, their lives improve, dogs who are simply used as breeders are stuck in heinous conditions for the rest of their breeding lives, until they can breed no more. And it doesn't get better after that, usually; once their breeding days are over, these dogs are either killed or sold to other facilities where their lives are still as deplorable as ever. Therefore, when you buy from a puppy mill, you buy from a puppy factory where conditions are horrid and even abusive.
Any animal lover would think these conditions are horrible, of course, and most people buy puppies from puppy mills because they aren't aware of the horrid conditions therein. Nonetheless, it happens far more often than you might think, and prospective owners looking for a "good deal" may look the other way and purchase a puppy from a puppy mill, thus keeping these deplorable facilities in business. Literally hundreds of thousands of puppies are "manufactured" in this way, and sold at generally lower prices than legitimate breeders can charge (with their humane and therefore more expensive practices); this means that puppy mills are unfairly competitive with legitimate breeders simply based on price. Depending on where you purchase your dog, you may actually have a "puppy mill" puppy in your own house, too.
Puppy mill puppies unfortunately are sold to the public through a number of different avenues, so you may actually buy a puppy from a puppy mill without knowing it. Chances are, if you buy your dog from a pet store, you may be buying a puppy mill puppy, so avoid buying your dog from a pet store. Be careful, too, if you think about buying a dog via a classified ad on the Internet or through specialized breeder websites online unless it's been checked out and found to be credible. Many unscrupulous "puppy mill" breeders will sell their puppies this way, too.
Be careful, though, because a lot of times, these ads don't say that puppies are from puppy mills. Instead, they'll say that the dogs themselves were raised on farms or with a family. Oftentimes, you can't prove that a puppy has been raised from a puppy mill, and many of these ads do very well at fooling families who wish to do everything to avoid purchasing a puppy from a puppy mill.
If you want to stop puppy mills from doing their business, take heart; you certainly can do your part. Legislation is underway in many areas that would put a stop to puppy mills, but there's a fine and blurry line between legitimate breeding operations that have a lot of dogs and the actual definition of a puppy mill. In fact, many legitimate breeders who simply breed a lot of dogs are wrongly accused, and many puppy mills falsely identify themselves as legitimate breeders and are left to their own devices.
What can you do to stop puppy mills? There is legislation going around that is trying to put laws in place to end puppy mills, but it's unfortunate that there's a fine and blurred line between legitimate breeding operations that have a lot of dogs and something that could actually be called a puppy mill. What this means (unfortunately) is that legitimate breeders with a large number of dogs are often wrongly accused of being puppy mills, and puppy mills simply slip through the cracks by posing as legitimate breeders.
There are plenty of legitimate shelters and rescue agencies that have great pets for adoption, those that really need homes. There are even young dogs and puppies for those who want to bring a baby home. Also, don't buy dogs from newspaper ads or online, and advise your friends not to do so, as well.
Simply put, puppy mills are among the worst things an animal can experience. No loving creature deserves to live in these types of conditions, but they aren't going to go away unless profits from these cruel endeavors cease. - 20511
M.J. Williams is an avid dog fan, and encourages those who've been sold a lemon puppy to take legal recourse. Learn detailed about the (http://www.lemon-law-types.com/the-puppy-lemon-law.html) Puppy Lemon Law and receive detailed info on your pet recourse options by clicking here. Find out detailed about Pet Lemon Laws also by visiting: (http://www.lemon-law-types.com/the-pet-lemon-law.html) www.lemon-law-types.com/the-pet-lemon-law.html
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Title: The Puppy Mill and All Unfortunate Bystanders
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