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Originally Posted by Gigi485  REALLY! Oh boy....this is unbelieveable. My stomach hurts after reading this one....Well, I guess I learned something new today. I really thought if someone was licensed by the government that they at least had to follow some rules and that made me feel a little better about where he came from. His papers list 5 generations going back.....Now, I feel like I just added to the problem. No wonder she never wrote me back. She probably thinks I'm a moron. Here I am thinking, I'll send her a note with a picture and she'll be thrilled to know where one of her puppies went.....yeah right. She probably doesn't even know which one he came from. I can just imagine what his poor mother has gone through. |
No, puppy millers don't care where their puppies go. They sell them for a couple hundred dollars each to brokers who then sell them to pet stores across the country.
They are treated like livestock by the millers. They don't waste any money on health testing and provide only the bare minimum care required, often not even that.
All dogs have a pedigree, a family tree. A five generation pedigree just means he has relatives. A well bred Yorkie has lots of champions (in red) in his pedigree.
Checking to make sure a breeder
isn't on the USDA "puppymill" list should be one of the first steps when researching a breeder.
You want to get a puppy from a reputable breeder who raises her puppies in the house so they will be well socialized. Reputable breeders never sell to a broker as they truly care about where their puppies go.