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Originally Posted by sylvan AKC registration does not guarantee against a mill-bred pup. There are plenty of mills with a few dogs registered AKC and policing them all is beyond the registry's abilities. It is unfortunate, but when some folks don't honor the honor system, you cannot be sure what you are getting, papers or not. Just say no...to pet store pups. |
Not buying from a pet shop doesn't guarantee against a mill-bred pup either. There are plenty of puppy mills with outlets that are not pet shops. The AKC has had a rigorous inspection policy for at least a decade and they have weeded out many notorious puppy mills. Only buying an AKC-eligible puppy is a good first step.
I have been hearing this anti-pet shop rhetoric for over three decades and the over-population problem is still as serious as ever. It's a too simplistic slogan that lets people off the hook from doing their research. The public thinks that as long as they avoid a pet shop, they avoid a puppy mill. Not true.
CJ