A puppy mills main focus is money, not the puppies or the parents. The dogs are not fed quality food, overbred, not socialized, kept in cages and don't receive veterinary care. They don't care about the future of the lines and don't track the puppies to see if there are any genetic problems. They'll breed dogs they know little about and further genetic problems while a breeder would take this dog out of the breeding program. When you are just looking at the bottom dollar and don't care about the dogs. A good breeder probably doesn't make much money at all and it wouldn't surprise me if some are in the "red". I guess what I'm trying to say is being a good breeder takes a lot of commitment, time and money. I also think a breeder can turn into a puppy mill when their hearts are no longer in it and they too are just concentrating on the money and getting no joy from it. I think numbers do play some part in it because being human we can only give so many dogs the full attention they need. I have never been a breeder. |