Better believe they are this heartless - I guess this can't be said enough - when someone sees a PET STORE PUPPY - remember all of this below:
Puppy Mill Dogs live with these conditions 24/7 until they are sold or DIE
FACTS about Puppy Mills
They are feed only enough to keep them alive. Most of the time the food bowls are empty and no water.
They are never left out of their cages- They are never socialized.....never loved or handled.
Dogs are bred & rebred every time they come into heat. Babies are born with defects from the abuse. They are inter bred which can lead to more defects.
They live outside most of the time in cages with wire bottoms where they get caught and tear they legs or worse. Sometimes these are stacked where the feces & urine does down into the cages below.
Outside in hot or cold temperatures Rain snow it doesn't matter. They are not protected. Many times there are several in one cage crowded and crapped
The filth is enough to make them sick and there is no vetinerary care for those who are or are injured.
Some places ram pipes down their throats to keep them from barking.
Puppies are taken from the mothers long before it is time. They are shipped in trucks sometimes across states overcrowded and not taken care of.
Brokers take them to pet stores to sell. They have not been checked for defects or any diseases.
When a puppymill puppy is bought – the owner can end up paying thousands of dollars because of the conditions they were bred and transported in.
A lot don't even make it. They die before they ever get to the pet stores.
Many of these puppies are born with genetic conditions of the heart and lungs, seizures which sometimes don't show up for years.
Many of them have parvo, worms, mange, and various other disorders.
Even if they come with registration papers – it does not mean they came from good breeding conditions.
The AKC receives revenue from the millers for these registrations
If they are deformed and not good for more breeding they are killed in inhumane ways.
When the parents are no longer useful to the millers they are disposed of- (shot- beat or what ever methods they want to use. ) |