How to stop a puppy mill!!!!!!!

[browniesmom622]

1.....Get your facts straight. Know at least approximately how many breeds are raised at the facility, whether or not it is clean, if the dogs run together or are housed separately, whether the dogs have regular preventative and necessary veterinary care, and whether the operators sell to pet stores, brokers, laboratories, or the general public.

2..If possible, get a friend to accompany you to the suspect business for your safety and to corroborate your observations


3...Make notes about the conditions when you return home and be prepared to send those notes to the appropriate officials. Be prepared for bureaucracy to grind slowly and to restate your observations several times. Observations, not heartache, not hysteria, not an emotional outburst.


4....Contact your local humane society and health departments and describe the conditions you have seen as specifically and unemotionally as possible. The humane society can act in cases of abuse and neglect (which in Ohio means lack of food and shelter) and the health department can deal with threats to public health from fecal contamination, dead dog bodies, etc.



5....Contact: Dr. Valencia D. Colleton
US Department of Agriculture,
2568-A Riva Road, Suite 302
Annapolis, MD 21401- 7400
(410) 962-7463


to find out whether or not the breeder has a Class A or Class B license (a necessity if the facility sells to pet stores, brokers, or laboratories and makes more than $500 annually from such sales). The USDA will be interested if the breeder has a license and is not following the guidelines for housing, sanitation, and veterinary care or if the breeder is not licensed and grosses more than $500 per year selling puppies wholesale. If these conditions are not met, USDA can by law do nothing. No matter how much your sensibilities are offended by the plight of overcrowded, undernourished neglected puppies, they can do nothing.
Contact: American Kennel Club Inspections and Investigations Department
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(212) 696-8208


heres more info .... http://www.canismajor.com/dog/stopmill.html

[browniesmom622]

bumpity bump bump bump !!

[red98vett]

GREAT INFORMATION !!!! Thank you for sharing ...and you're already doing your part by posting that ...I didn't know that .... I copied it and saved it on my computer

[lily's mom]

Thanks!!! Hope everyone does what they can to put them all out of business!!!

[Ilovebaby]

Thanks so much for that information. I actually know where a puppymill is and I wanted to send some information about it to the AKC...I will post more about it later..i have some pictures too!! Thanks again!

[CC's]

I don't think they will be stopped until pet shops and brokers can not deal in companion animals anymore. The best thing we can do is advise people not to support buying from these types of places.

[Olivier]

Maybe if peoples stop to buy puppies from them , believing there is a bargain done , It can have an impact on them .

[Gazou]

In my opinion , stopping puppymills is a very hard mission . Peoples are not always ready to go to breeders when they want a pup . The myth is , the puppies from breeders are too expensive , these peoples think if the puppies are lower this is better . They often end up with sick pups .

[simonandhallie]

EXCELLENT INFORMATION!!! Thank you so much for posting that!