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yasminv1 · 02-10-2009, 07:54 AM

I am sorry you are dealing with this. Like others said get the little one checked and tested by a vet and love him unconditionally.

Below are the Ohio Laws to reporting a puppy mill, but possibly this will help you get started on how to report in your state. I got this off of a Columbus, Ohio Dog website.

This information is based on laws in Ohio. Ohio has the weakest humane laws of any state in the country. If you are reading from another state, you will want to explore the “humane laws” of your state as they may be able to do more than our laws, but this is a general list that should apply. You may have different agency names and your state may have a different reporting system than you see listed here.

This is the list of agencies to report the puppy mill to. You should follow this order in reporting them. The reason to follow the order is that the goal is to permanently shut them down. Mills are in the industry to make money. They make money because they have the ability to say their dogs are “AKC”. You want the first agency involved to be the agency that can do the greatest amount of damage to the operation. The AKC has that power.

Report to
1 AKC (American Kennel Club)
2 Local Humane Society
3 Fraud in Ohio (typically, a person on public assistance can not have an income, or there are limits to the income they can have
Ohio Dept of Taxation
County Treasurer
Worker's Compensation
Disability Services
Welfare/Health Care/Medicaid

4 County Dept of Health
5 State Dept of Agriculture
6 Zoning Commission
7 Attorney General’s Office
8 County Auditor’s Office (kennel license or individual license and vendor's license, must have both to sell dogs)
9 USDA (only licenses commercial breeders, which means those who sell to pet stores or brokers)

02-10-2009, 07:54 AM	#8
yasminv1 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lewis Center, Ohio Posts: 245	Reporting a Puppy Mill I am sorry you are dealing with this. Like others said get the little one checked and tested by a vet and love him unconditionally. Below are the Ohio Laws to reporting a puppy mill, but possibly this will help you get started on how to report in your state. I got this off of a Columbus, Ohio Dog website. This information is based on laws in Ohio. Ohio has the weakest humane laws of any state in the country. If you are reading from another state, you will want to explore the “humane laws” of your state as they may be able to do more than our laws, but this is a general list that should apply. You may have different agency names and your state may have a different reporting system than you see listed here. This is the list of agencies to report the puppy mill to. You should follow this order in reporting them. The reason to follow the order is that the goal is to permanently shut them down. Mills are in the industry to make money. They make money because they have the ability to say their dogs are “AKC”. You want the first agency involved to be the agency that can do the greatest amount of damage to the operation. The AKC has that power. Report to 1 AKC (American Kennel Club) 2 Local Humane Society 3 Fraud in Ohio (typically, a person on public assistance can not have an income, or there are limits to the income they can have Ohio Dept of Taxation County Treasurer Worker's Compensation Disability Services Welfare/Health Care/Medicaid 4 County Dept of Health 5 State Dept of Agriculture 6 Zoning Commission 7 Attorney General’s Office 8 County Auditor’s Office (kennel license or individual license and vendor's license, must have both to sell dogs) 9 USDA (only licenses commercial breeders, which means those who sell to pet stores or brokers)