Well i didn't want him to throw me out because i really wnated to hear what he had to say about where he gets these dogs and it was so hard i really didn't want to cuss him out i wanted knock him out and then save all the puppies lol! But he knew i didn't approve i made it very obvious what a moron he was!:D

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I would call the local police to see who you would call in your area. I did that
where I live and they gave me a contact # for animal control they also check
out complaints which they did because I followed through. ASPCA if you have
one will also check into this. I wish they could put the store owner in one
of those filthy cases for a week!

Broker and Puppymill...same difference, it's still dishonorable breeding.

As for the dogs size, well if the dogs come w/ papers, he could know something about the parents, but my vet told me theres really no calculation or way to tell a dogs exact size is going to be when it's gets older.

your vet was right. Brandy was 1.2 lbs when I first got her and now she's almost 7lbs at 11 months!

I'm sad to sat that puppy mills do exist. :( It's sad but true ... I look forward to the day when they will all be SHUT DOWN!!

There's a bunch of us that would like to help you knock that sob out...and the rest of his kind.:D He's no better than a puppy mill operator. Sadly, that's against the law so if you're in Salt Lake, I'm sure there is an ASPCA or some kind of humane society in your city. It would be listed in the yellow pages of your phone book under Humane Societies. Hang in there and keep us posted..if only we had more people like you.:big_hug: :thankyou2

Thank you for your kind words i was gonna call today but had an emergency my sister slamed peekas foot:( in the door so i will call tomarrow!

Puppy mills suck and we all should do what we can, sign petitions, don't buy anything at stores that sells puppies and whatever you can think of. I know how hard it is to see these poor puppies in the windows, it breaks my heart everytime I walk past a store. I wish I could do more.

How's peeka doing?

he's doing better a little sore today. thanks!:thumbup: :D

Wow!!! I asked my vet how big she thinks Rocky will get, and she gave me an estimate (He's grown from 4.8lbs to 5lbs in the past month) but she also told me that with the calculations and parent sizes, theres still no real way to tell, theirs always exceptions to the rules.

Ok guys i called the animal control and told them what was going on she said they were gonna send an officer out right away and also she would call me back and let me know what was going on! I hope this works and he gets shut down i also told her that he ships his pups there in trucks! I will let you all know what happens!:thumbup:

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!

Wow..poor Pepper :(

Thats good that your doing all you can do to stop it from happening to future pups.

Good job, for reporting them, if everyone did this, maybe it would help end this " pet store dilemma"

Brokers are the middle man between the mills and the buyer.. who does the broker get the dogs from? As him that, And for him to say they don\'t exist is the most ignorant thing I\'ve heard lately.

Yes, they come on trucks,,big ones, that I have seen loaded to the brim with stacks of cages of mother and pups. the most horribe thing to see, at the Dog Auction in Walnutcreek Ohio,, land of Puppy Mills,, after the Auctions,,where do you think they go,,to the Brokers, who ship them off to Pet stores, for quite a profit, then in turn the stores make another HUGE PROFIT. Thats why the dogs cost 1,000\'s and Up.. with no medical history, they have no regard for these animals at all. It infuriates me.

That owner needs a little literature delivered to him,,to prove to him how stupid his statements he said are. Tell him to watch the HBO documentary entirely about Puppy Mills,, Oh they exists alright.