Amber,
I am so glad you contacted help for those poor animals! Yes there are puppymills and the "brokers" get their supply from them. I know because my Pepper is a puppymill puppy. I bought him in a Petstore before I knew where they come from. He has a very serious neurological illness that is going to end his life very soon. He has already lived longer than the vet's thought he would...they said he would die before he was a year old, he is now 2 1/2 years old. Pepper came from Arkansas to California via the biggest "broker" in the country. I have just in the last month found his breeder and after a few very heated e-mails (and giving everything I know about her to the humane society) she has finally agreed to stop breeding Pepper's mom. I will never know if she does but at least I know the HSUS has their eyes on her! This doesn't help anyone else who has gotten puppies from her and it doesn't help Pepper at all but at least I can try to comfort myself thinking there won't be any more to suffer the way he does! Thank you from Pepper and all of the other ones like him that you took a stand for them. I hope they are shut down...btw the store that I got him from HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN FOR GOOD! |