The really sad thing is that many people know you shouldn't buy from a pet store, breeders who sell to a pet store have to be commercial breeders and some are puppy mills. However, the breeders who sell over the internet don't even need a liscense. Some of the worse puppymills you can imagine are from breeders who sell directly to the public.
Regarding mixes, they can be stunning, it's just there is no way to predict what the adult will look like or how it will behave. With purebreds we can do this, but only if your going to a good breeder. That's the problem, and a person thinks they are buying a Yorkiepoo and it will resemble their cousin's dog and it looks nothing like it, so it might wind up in the pound. At one time there was a shortage of dogs, but not any more, it's not right that we kill thousands of dogs while byb's and puppy millers continue to breed more. |