Thank you Nancy ! I support you and this cause 100% ! Knowledge is power and I do feel many people are not aware of the devasting impact it has to these beautiful, innocent, dogs. :aimeeyork

:thumbup::thumbup: great post! so true!!

thanks for inviting me to post
i want to become active in my community
the only thing i can think of is
city lawmakers making new laws to stop pet stores from selling dogs
an ordinance
i live close to amish country
the amish puppy mills in middlefield
if there are any
i would like to do something
all talk and no action doesnt help much:animal-pa

Stop Puppy Mills Campaign Gear
 

Great post Nancy...we can all help to educate people about puppy mills. Please go to Stop Puppy Mills and buy some "Stop Puppy Mills" material (flyers, brochures, bumper stickers, bookmarks) to distribute at different businesses in your area.

I personally spent over $100 once already to display this material at the local car wash, my vet's offce, the only pet boutique in town and I am planning on buying more to display in different businesses. I am not into bumper stickers, never have been, but I proudly display my "Stop Puppy Mills" bumper sticker.


Here is the link that list the different material, campaign gear: Campaign Gear

Here is the pdf form to purchase the material: http://stoppuppymills.org/pdfs/SPM-Print-Order-Form.pdf

Education is key! I think it's so important that people understand the difference between where dogs come from and what are the signs and red flags of puppy mills/bad breeders. It would also be helpful to have a very simple list of: Choosing A Breeder and Red Flags/Signs of Possible Puppy Mill .... what else?

Great post! We may need a sticky including this and more stuff as well that makes it inclusive...

Movement!!! Stop the Puppy Mills!!!!!!!!
 

I think we have to really organize, email our law makers...protest... make some noise in my opinion is the only way to save these animals..
It would take lots of people together and organize and all sorts of people that know how to get laws passed to get these puppy mills out of business...
Education....commercials... ads!!!! But it would mean dog lovers like us...would have to make a committment and go for it... It would take lots of money and time...

Thank you for posting this Nancy1999. I will definitely continue to educate people about the horrors of puppy mills and brokers.

Thankyou for posting this Nancy :thumbup: People have got to be more cautious about where they buy their dogs! When you buy from a petstore, puppymill, broker, or backyard breeder you are only allowing dogs to suffer. It's so so important to buy from a reputable breeder so please educate yourselves on the breed and what a reputable breeder is before you buy. Please don't buy from someone based on a nice-looking website, a cute puppy picture, or a good deal. Choose your breeder first and then choose the puppy..not the other way around. Buying from bad breeders or petstore for ANY reason (even if you think you are rescuing it) only opens that cage up for another puppy and continues to allow these dogs to suffer. The only way we can stop the suffering is to NOT BUY from these people! Let's do what is best for the dogs and only buy from reputable breeders who breed because they love this breed and the dogs and are breeding ethically...otherwise adopt one of the homeless dogs that need a home. There is no good reason to support a puppymill/broker/backyard breeder.

I AGREE!!!
Many people dont know the truth and see nothing wrong with a puppy store puppy...especially since the pet store told me they come from breeders.

Oh wow...Cynthia...thanks for those links! I know lots of people who would be interested.

Great information. If we could only educate the public these puppymills would go away.

Great post! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

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I think if you are buying a puppy you must see where it came from and how it's parents live. I have been to a place I consider a puppy mill and the website shows pictures of puppies laying on furniture and playing with children. The reality is they are kept twenty four hours a day, seven days a week in wire rabbit type cages. There are no laws being broke but dogs should not live like that. The older dogs that come from there are unsocialized. They specialize in designer dogs. Websites can be so misleading. I wish the laws were better. But until enough people push to get the laws changed nothing is going to change. Before I worked at a shelter I did not know about puppy mills. I think the average person doesn't know how bad they are.

Last summer Amish people were coming from PA to a local flea market in the county I work. We checked their health certificates, which were out of date. The puppies were anemic and full of parasites. They had upper respiratory infections. I told them to pack them up and get back to PA. I told them if they come back we would check all the paperwork again and the puppies health. If there was any problem they would be sent out of there again. As of this week they have not come back. We also told them not to go to the other local flea markets because we called those counties and warned them. We followed them out of our county. Two people were there holding puppies wanting to adopt, they told them they would not buy them. Another lady saw us and came back and gave the puppy back and demanded her money back. The week before they sold sick puppies and people stopped payments on their checks so they stopped taking checks. They would only take cash.

If you see sick puppies being sold call your local animal control. Do not be afraid to step in. If puppies are being brought across state lines they must have current health certificates and be healthly. Everyone needs to speak up and do their part to put these people out of business!

Well, to get right down to the nitty-gritty, we are all to blame in one way or another. Instead of rescuing animals from animal shelters and humane societies, we insist on purebred puppies. They become very popular as a result of this desire to own one of these cute puppies, so the puppymiller's and byb's buy some of these cute little doggies to breed and sell at a nice profit to pet stores or the unsuspecting public. It's going to take more than most people think to change the horrible situation breeding facilities have created across the country and even south of the border. This country is based on capitalism. As long as there is a demand, there will always be a supplier. The only way to stop this is to pass laws limiting the number as well the living conditions of the animals. I cannot see it happening in this country anytime soon. For example, our government officials are not looking at the conditions in which yorkies are bred. They are looking at the big picture. All dogs. The laws that people want to see passed must apply to all dogs and not just our precious little yorkies.