[Doggies4Evers]

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejuGz1DCFj4 -

does anyone know how to stop them?
What us people can do, and how to make a law passed??
I think at mininamal they should be forced to keep them healthy/space/etc.

[Jen D]

Originally Posted by Doggies4Evers

- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejuGz1DCFj4 -

does anyone know how to stop them?
What us people can do, and how to make a law passed??
I think at mininamal they should be forced to keep them healthy/space/etc.

People first of all have to stay out of them! I have gone into them and suggested to people right in the store they should find a geed breeder or they will get a sick pup and no help from the store after they walk out.

[Doggies4Evers]

Yeah I hear some stores claim they have local breeders that give them pups.
not puppy mills, You cant hold the puppies at the place I went until a vet gave them a bill of health and there needles.

[Jaylie]

One thing that helps SO much, is just making a movie like that, getting the word out! If NO ONE bought puppies from pet shops, then there wouldn't be puppy mills anymore.

[Doggies4Evers]

I agree, if only everyone knew the truth, only way is to tell them
or show them proof like this video, or other ways, etc

[lovemachichis]

yes the best way to make this stop is to spread awareness. i know if people really knew that these things were as common as they are then they wouldnt support them by buying puppies from anyone other than a good breeder, where you seen the conditions. and if people stop buying from places that puppy mills supply to then they will stop because its going to cost them too much money to have all them dogs and not be making money off of them.

i bet if enough people got together and brought this to the medias attention there would be more things done about this. take smoking for example, enough people incessantly complained about it, and the government started doing something about it. puppy mills could be the same way.

we need to find, or create an organization that will put a stop to the end of puppy mills and backyard breeding. there needs to be an end to the torture of these animals, and if we dont do it then who will?

[Jen D]

So many people walk into pet stores not even thinking they wanted a pup and walked out with one. People think they are helping the poor little pups in the cages, so I agree more education about these places the better!

[Doggies4Evers]

can always use the video's I put up on this forum and get others to be aware and spread it in an email to all there family and friends to see it, lets spread the awareness around, lets make a differents weather its small or huge!!

[BoxMeIn21]

Here's another good site about puppymills -
http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/index.html
And how you can help here:
http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/actions.html

[iwantmypup]

I would say to just stop buying...why do they have to be such A$$es those puppy mill people.. UGH makes me sooo mad!! Sorry to curse - isha

[EasternCanuck]

Where I am living there is pretty much ONLY pet shops. Very few local breeders. Most of the puppies are imported from Australia. You can find some locally bred pups but not many people want to buy them. The prestige now of getting one from Australia instead of locally I guess.

Pups here are expensive. Prices range from $1800-$3000 (SGD).

I agree with you all about puppy mills back in NA. I remember some pretty sleezy pet shops back home on the east coast of Canada. We always got our pups from breeders (we had shelties, Newfoundlands, retrievers and a poodle).

[BoxMeIn21]

Yes, it's enough to say many more curse words isn't it? And sad...I got kicked out and banned from a local pet store for discouraging a potential puppy buyer from buying there. The owner happened to be standing right behind me and heard the whole thing, even with the horrible things I was describing the only thing in her mind was the $$$ bucks she was going to lose.

[vizslamomma]

Unfortuantley I have a pet shop horror story. We've filed a claim against the pet shop within the last week. Our case is now listed on petshoppuppies.com, and is documented through the United States Humane Society. What I wouldn't give to turn back time and get informed while I was young. Instead I bought the cute puppy in the window. The pain we suffered as a family was much more expensive than the $4,000 in vet bills. Here's the story I wrote to so MANY people.

In October 2005 we bought our first dog, Ella, a Weimaraner .We didn't know a lot about buying a pet. We purchased her from a pet store in La Mesa, California. She was beautiful and we thought everything was fine and dandy. She had a good personality and learned quickly. She started to have eye problems around 6 months of age. She calmed down a lot, we thought we had a "good dog". Between 9 months of age and the time she turned one, June 2006, we took her to the vet about 6 times for various reasons, mostly concerning her eyes. At 14 months of age she had a biopsy to determine what was going on with her eyes, and now also her jaw. She was diagnosed with masticatory myositis. The steroid treatment she was prescribed was ineffective, for her disease was too advanced. She had good days, and bad days. Most of the time she laid on our 5 year old daughter's bed and slept, something not typical for her breed. She died on Dec. 25, 2006 at a year and a half. It was the worst thing our family has ever been through. My husband was extremely upset, and our little girls couldn't sleep without their "heater". Until now it's been too hard for me to even think about it. This morning I went through the paperwork we recieved from the pet store, and Googled the name of the kennel she was from. Sanjon Kennel in Louisburg, MO. I now realize why our dog was so sick, and in so much pain. I wish there was something I could do- beside getting my money back from the pet store.

[Jen D]

Originally Posted by vizslamomma

Unfortuantley I have a pet shop horror story. We've filed a claim against the pet shop within the last week. Our case is now listed on petshoppuppies.com, and is documented through the United States Humane Society. What I wouldn't give to turn back time and get informed while I was young. Instead I bought the cute puppy in the window. The pain we suffered as a family was much more expensive than the $4,000 in vet bills. Here's the story I wrote to so MANY people.

In October 2005 we bought our first dog, Ella, a Weimaraner .We didn't know a lot about buying a pet. We purchased her from a pet store in La Mesa, California. She was beautiful and we thought everything was fine and dandy. She had a good personality and learned quickly. She started to have eye problems around 6 months of age. She calmed down a lot, we thought we had a "good dog". Between 9 months of age and the time she turned one, June 2006, we took her to the vet about 6 times for various reasons, mostly concerning her eyes. At 14 months of age she had a biopsy to determine what was going on with her eyes, and now also her jaw. She was diagnosed with masticatory myositis. The steroid treatment she was prescribed was ineffective, for her disease was too advanced. She had good days, and bad days. Most of the time she laid on our 5 year old daughter's bed and slept, something not typical for her breed. She died on Dec. 25, 2006 at a year and a half. It was the worst thing our family has ever been through. My husband was extremely upset, and our little girls couldn't sleep without their "heater". Until now it's been too hard for me to even think about it. This morning I went through the paperwork we recieved from the pet store, and Googled the name of the kennel she was from. Sanjon Kennel in Louisburg, MO. I now realize why our dog was so sick, and in so much pain. I wish there was something I could do- beside getting my money back from the pet store.

That is so sad for you and your family, I know the feeling and it is so hard. Report the breeder to AKC and I would look to see if she belongs to any clubs and would report her there as well. Good Luck

[DogsforMe]

Here in Australia we have an abundence of Designer Breeds. Every sort of "oodle" mix amongst others. Last year I was in my local pet shop & a family was looking at a Husky puppy. I asked the price & I said that's more than you'd pay from a registered breeder. The shop assistant rudely replied you'd find it hard to find a chocolate with blue eyes. All pet shop mixed breeds are dearer than pure breed puppies from breeders. The shelters are overcrowded with mostly white fluffy/small terrier mixed breeds.

[DogAdvocat]

Originally Posted by vizslamomma

I wish there was something I could do- beside getting my money back from the pet store. [/color]

I'm so sorry that you experienced this. There is something more you could do, and you're doing it - tell the world. Keep posting it everywhere you can. Let people know that it's not just the dogs that suffer, it's their people that suffer too. If you have a website, put the story on that, and add your website to your signature. Help people to understand what they support when they buy from pet shops. And help those of us in rescue to understand why you didn't hear our message? That's one of the things that bothers me the most about education - how to get it to the people that need it. How can our education be more effective? What could we have done to get your attention?

[Dogsrule]

Read this

http://www.mydog8it.com/puppy_mills.htm

You can see that the AKC promotes these puppy mills to increase their financial income. Money is more important to the AKC than then the lives of innocent dogs.

[piglet]

This has to be outlawed and those who breed the dogs in these conditions – put in prisons!