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Originally Posted by rebeccag  I never knew about puppy mills. My father used to say never to get a pet store pup because they would get the puppies that breeders couldn't sell for whatever reason, you'd never get a real good dog...the puppy mill stuff is in a league all by itself...and much worse than just getting a puppy that couldn't sell. Also, you can go to a breeder and still get a puppy mill...it's so hard because people have mills in their homes now???? You think you're going to a home based breeder but you're actually going to a mill in someones house????? I sometimes feel like you just can't win!!!!!!!!!!! Unless you inspect someone's home from the cellar up how do you know what's going on...The "breeder" I got Ksena from (who looks like a mill puppy) went so far as to say her aunt wouldn't let me see the litter before they had their shots because she was so overprotective....breeder-pet store, sometimes they're the same....I know not always but it seems more likely than not...I'm getting a headache thinking about this again....Did I go way off the subject....oops!
Does anyone know what happens if they don't sell? Now I really want to know? My guess would be the pound????? |
I believe the puppies that don't sell are probably put to sleep. Before everyone freaks out, think about what happens to the dogs in the puppy mills that are too old to be bred anymore. Or puppies born in the mills that are sick or deformed and can't be sold. They are killed and often not humanely. They are clubbed to death or have their necks broken. Or they are allowed to suffer and die and rot in their cages.
That is what you support if you buy a pet store puppy. Please don't help the cycle of cruelty and abuse continue.