Over breeding. Any time you buy a dog where you can not see the parents you are buying a puppy mill dog. People say there are no yorkies in shelters. I am with a yorkie rescue and I can assure you there are yorkies in shelters. A great deal of rescues are breed or breed mix specific. This is why it is mostly mixed breed dogs you see in shelters. There is no one to pull them. If people would adopt instead of shop that would force the breeders to slow down because there would be no demand. I have to laugh when people balk about paying a few hundred dollars for a fully vetted rescue and then will pay a thousand for a puppy mill baby with no vetting. But believe me most of the time the vetting will come because they are not always a healthy lot. |