What is not easy is to look at a clean, cute and fat puppy and imagine that it could come from a puppy mill. Unfortunately, a truly saddening fact is that puppy mills do exist and some pet stores that sell puppies get their puppies from these very mills.
The whole problem arises not because of people wanting to buy their puppies from the pet store or because there is such a high demand for puppies, but simply because there are no proper laws or regulations governing these things, and what laws and regulations there are, are not enforced as they should be, due to any number of reasons.
What you need to look out for when getting your new puppy is not only pet stores that might be getting their puppies from puppy mills, but also from bogus operations on the internet, from people selling puppies through the classifieds, and even through personal one on one sales.
Wait a minute though, doesn't that sound like any transaction you could have? After all there are only a limited number of ways in which you can get a puppy for yourself, and if you're not a breeder yourself then your options of getting puppies are limited to the options including the ones mentioned above.
What needs to looked at is not the overall scenario but cases as individual units. If a thorough check is conducted on the place from where you are adopting your pet, be it a puppy breeder, a pet store, an internet based seller or breeder, or even an advertisement from a classified newspaper, you can be completely sure that you are not at all getting your puppy from a puppy mill.
This is one of the most important things that you can do to stop puppy mills from cropping up and flourishing. Many people would tell you that if you are getting your puppy from a pet store or from a breeder then you are actually helping puppy mills thrive. This is certainly not the case in real life.
There are many pet stores that don't get their puppies from puppy mills, and there are many puppy breeders who run clean operations which are as far removed from puppy mills as chalk is from cheese. Many of these operations are sanctioned and certified as being the genuine article, and with a little research and diligence on your part you can contain your obtainment of a puppy to these places.
The whole problem arises not because of people wanting to buy their puppies from the pet store or because there is such a high demand for puppies, but simply because there are no proper laws or regulations governing these things, and what laws and regulations there are, are not enforced as they should be, due to any number of reasons.
What you need to look out for when getting your new puppy is not only pet stores that might be getting their puppies from puppy mills, but also from bogus operations on the internet, from people selling puppies through the classifieds, and even through personal one on one sales.
Wait a minute though, doesn't that sound like any transaction you could have? After all there are only a limited number of ways in which you can get a puppy for yourself, and if you're not a breeder yourself then your options of getting puppies are limited to the options including the ones mentioned above.
What needs to looked at is not the overall scenario but cases as individual units. If a thorough check is conducted on the place from where you are adopting your pet, be it a puppy breeder, a pet store, an internet based seller or breeder, or even an advertisement from a classified newspaper, you can be completely sure that you are not at all getting your puppy from a puppy mill.
This is one of the most important things that you can do to stop puppy mills from cropping up and flourishing. Many people would tell you that if you are getting your puppy from a pet store or from a breeder then you are actually helping puppy mills thrive. This is certainly not the case in real life.
There are many pet stores that don't get their puppies from puppy mills, and there are many puppy breeders who run clean operations which are as far removed from puppy mills as chalk is from cheese. Many of these operations are sanctioned and certified as being the genuine article, and with a little research and diligence on your part you can contain your obtainment of a puppy to these places.
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