There are hundreds of questionable online puppy mill websites that puppies for sale. It is important to meet the mother dog, see her condition and how she and all of the breeders dogs are treated before you buy a puppy. In person. Never have a puppy shipped to you or meet a breeder in a parking lot. Don’t support puppy mills.
Finding a great dog for your family takes time. Over two million puppies are so sold each year from puppy mills in the United States. Everyone says they do not want to support puppy mills but yet… they are buying puppies at an alarming rate.
Every day, I get a stark reminder just how far we have to go to educate the public on the reality of puppy mills. PawPad Doodles self reported selling 723 puppies last year. It’s obvious right? Any breeder who sells 723 puppies in a year is obviously a puppy mill.
Every person who owns a dog knows they change your life. The first rescue dog I adopted and still have, certainly changed my life in ways I never could have imagined. He is amazing. He has made me a better person. To keep him company, I adopted a baby dog for him. Louie is such…
At dog auctions, dogs, are sold “as is where is.” Attending an auction clearly defines the priorities of this industry and demonstrates how cruelty can be legal. Eleven “lucky puppies” French Bulldogs and a Pug, were recently rescued from a dog auction in Missouri. These lucky puppies were part of an all bulldog auction where 110 bulldogs were being sold “as is” to the highest bidder. These dogs usually never see the sun or touch grass and do not know what it is like to be loved or have a warm touch from a human.
Witnessing a Dog Auction No Cameras Allowed My heart was pounding and my palms were sweaty. I shook with tremors as I reached to open my car door. It was April 28, 2012, the day the Southwest Auction Service in Wheaton, Missouri held it’s Annual Bulldog Sale. In the pole barn ahead of me, 110…
All eyes and voices needed in Ohio. Does not matter where you live. The dogs need us! The pet industry is working at the state level to undue bans that cities have enacted to stop the sale of puppies in pet stores. It has already disgracefully happened in Arizona and Ohio could be next. Please…
USDA Illinois Dog Breeders 2016 In Illinois, high concentrations of commercial puppy farms documented in many regions of the state with the highest concentrations found in the well known Amish and Mennonite communities of Douglas and Moultrie counties. This map shows the locations of USDA licensed commercial dog breeders in Illinois as of Jan…
USDA Indiana Dog Breeders In Indiana, there is a prevalence of Amish and Mennonites living in the northeastern, Shipshewana area, as well as the southwestern corner of the state. Mid-state regions, like Montgomery and Wayne counties, also have Amish and Mennonite communities. High concentrations of commercial puppy farms as well as large guinea pig…
Most people have heard the words “puppy mill” and have an idea puppy mills are something bad but most do not truly understand what puppy mills are. A puppy mill might have as few as 15 dogs or they could be as large as over 500 dogs. A puppy mill is any dog breeding facility, large or small, where profit is given priority over the health and well-being of the dogs. Mills rarely provide any vet care, leaving parent dogs living with illness and painful chronic conditions for years.
