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Originally Posted by Ladymom  Actually, that is the definition of puppy mill, a large scale commercial breeder.
The term has come to be associated with filthy, substandard conditions, but not all puppy mills are like that. Some are quite clean with state-of-the-art facilities.
It's the volume of puppies produced that earns a kennel the term puppy mill as they crank out puppies like factories.  |
I understand what you are saying there, but i still don't like to give a commercial breeder who does have a very fine facility and takes pride and good care in his/her dogs and puppies the tag of "puppy mill" because around here in the midwest puppy mills are the ones with the manged dogs and the poor falling in kennels and all the horrible treatments. I am from MO and it has been listed the puppy mill state of the USA, however, i know several personal friends that would be considered commercial or backyard breeders who have beautiful indoor kennels with individual areas for each family of dogs and that take very very good care of their adults and pups and do a wonderful job of it, they have more than one breed and more than one mommy in their facility and some of you automatically label them a puppy mill. IMO these people should not be given the label puppy mill because they are not the same thing as the puppy mills that you see on Oprah or on ASPA commercials, they are VERY VERY different things entirely...
i guess it's just the world we live in though, labels and stereotypes that give everyone a bad name when not everyone really is as bad as the labels they are given.