This is not about a puppy mill in the strictest sense but I have a friend who is on her way home from GA after flying down to pick up a beautiful little male Yorkie. She had already paid thru PayPal with a credit card. The puppy was tiny and on her way back to Atlanta it was sluggish and didn't move except for the frequent glops of Nutri cal she gave him. She was up all night on Sat and Sunday AM went to the ER. The puppy was near death and she paid to have it cared for with fluids, etc. The vet diagnosed large open fontanel, hypoglycemia but not primary-it was due in her opinion to LS. My friend called her credit card co and they told her to take a policeman with her when she went to return the puppy. She was afraid the poor baby was gonna die before she could even get him back to the breeder.
END OF THE STORY--on Terr pets, the puppy is listed again with a higher price and free shipping. That IMO is as bad as any puppy miller. Someone will pay $2200.00 with free shipping for him to be sent from GA and he will most likely be dead by the time he reached his destination. Poor baby.
I apologize for hi-jacking your thread but I wanted to point out that a large operation can be a mill but a small operation can be as bad... |