For those interested in stopping Puppy Mills, two suggestions that the Humane society gives is never to buy your pet from a pet store, or website. Many people have learned that buying a pet from a pet store is a bad idea, but these same people will think it's ok to buy off the Internet. Anyone can post a site with cute puppy pictures, and these sites are fronts for puppy mills. A responsible breeder would never sell her dogs this way. Money talks, and only "reward" those breeders who you think are doing an outstanding job in breeding dogs. Don't reward breeders who are torturing dogs in order to make huge profits. Tell others not to buy from the Internet, and don't "rescue puppies" from bad breeders, this only make the breeder produce more dogs under terrible conditions. I support the AKC because I believe they are trying to get rid of puppymills, but they can only close a kennel if it breaks a state law, so make sure your state has passed good kennel laws. |