A Breeder told me she is not a puppy mill

[yorkietalkjilly]

I'm sure sorry to hear about your puppy's hip! Did you let that breeder know about what that breeding produced so she can neuter? I would. I pray that you can get the puppy treatment that can help the pain and disability when it's time. Poor little sweetie.

I'm glad you responded back and are telling about that place here and where you can. Anybody housing that many dogs for any reason, other than a desperate rescue situation, is more than likely hoarding or petmill-breeding and cannot be treating those dogs as anything but PROPERTY - not loved pets, cherished as individuals. Even if they have a lot of help, if the dogs are mostly quartered in some kind of small confinements the majority of their day for the duration of their lives and aren't treated as housepets, it's not a decent life for a precious, sweet, sentient dog. Dogs living like that are just not getting a fair shake at life and are really just there serving the ends of their owner(s).

Try to imagine the life of a dog that lives largely in confined quarters 24/7 and sees little in the way of daily interaction with his person(s), life-enrichment, challenges, regular exercise or even a reason for living but is relegated to just lying about in a pen/kennel/crate/cage/room most of the time with a toy or two - maybe. It's got to be a horrible life and how dogs keep their enthusiasm and zest for life under those circumstances is just way beyond me.

[sweetest1307]

Originally Posted by Reneevil

I sent her a message back telling her as nicely as I could, that I disagree that she is a good breeder and her dogs are absolutely neglected and probably suffering. I am pretty sure she found my post here on Yorkie Talk and knew it was me that posted. Her "family" business has gone on for 3 generations and I'm sure her small town knows exactly what she does on her farm. If I didn't mention it before breeders name is Brenda Lange and Susan Boyd and they have a website Pups2pets.net. BTW: my vet has confirmed my 6 month old puppy has hip dysplasia in her rear left hip.

If there's a 1 year health guarantee use it...her site says there is. Good luck! I've been down this road before.