That is so sad. I almost got into a screaming fight with a pet store owner last week (where I bought Bent from before I knew better). I was in the store checking on the conditions of the puppies (which I do at least once a month - just in case) and an older man probably in his 50's who worked there came up talking to me about the lhasas and yorkies, ect.
He kept saying how they were the "finest quality stock" "perfect to SHOW OR BREED". I kept my cool as much as I possibly could and asked him where these puppies were from. He of course gave me the song and dance about private breeders, ect ect.
I told him I'm not interested in supporting the puppy mill industry and simply came in to check on the puppies in the store. He got all heated with me, saying they were private breeders. Then I told him, I know for a fact they buy from puppymillers because the dog that I purchased (Bentley) is from a WELL KNOWN puppy miller and I looked her up online much to my shock.
Then I got into more things with him until he basically couldn't defend himself or the store anymore. I felt really bad, I had people staring at me.. but I was polite the entire time but stated the facts about puppy mills LOUDLY.
The sad thing is, not one person playing with their potential puppies put them back
. I feel so many people just don't want to believe or know about the truth.