What is a puppy mill? A puppy mill is a commercial dog breeding facility that only focuses on increasing profit by raising dogs in overcrowded, crude, dirty conditions. The health and welfare of the animals is not their main priority. People who work in this puppy mill have no consideration toward the dog’s suitability. These people are very cruel and greedy. Life for these dogs is beyond miserable. Puppy mills must be prohibited, and punishments need to be put in place for all individuals who are causing the brutal and horrifying mistreatment to those innocent puppies. Puppy mills are without doubt distinguished by their inhumane conditions, the constant breeding of insanitary and genetically defective dogs exclusively for profit and the selling
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They live in overcrowded cramped cages similar to concentration camps with feet falling through the wires with no room to play or exercise. Most of the puppies are found with bleeding or swollen paws. According to an article on puppy mills: dogs abused for the pet trade a Pennsylvania breeder confessed that he kept his dogs in cages because it was “the only way to keep a lot of dogs.”The cages at the mills have minimum shelter from extreme weather conditions. Breeders force the female dogs to mate every time they are in heat abusing the limit of pups they can produce. Usually they are forced to breed when they are about 8-9 months of age with little time to recover between litters. Also, when the dogs can produce anymore, and the reproduction rate declines they are abandoned or put to sleep to make room for new dogs. As well, the food and water is contaminated with bugs and insects causing infections. There is no cleanup control so the puppies have no choice, then to sit, sleep and eat on their own …show more content…
Owners and buyers are lied to. Consumers are given incorrect lineage about the dog’s health, breed, and breeders. The lineage records of the puppies are often falsified. When buying a puppy at a pet store the origin is not certain. You do not know if it is a puppy from the puppy mills. In most cases the seller insures you that the puppies are healthy, but there are really sick. In the puppy mills the puppies have no veterinary support. Breeding dogs in puppy mills often suffer from injuries and disease that go untreated. Mothers and their litters regularly suffer from the lack of adequate veterinary care. The most awful difficulty a dog at a mill can face is a dental disease. According to a report of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) on puppy mills show that a dental disease can cause infection, pain, and in most severe cases the loss of the mandible and maxilla. In addition, worm infections, lesions on eyes, and skin diseases are common disorders that are often untreated in this puppy mills. Puppies that are shipped from the mill to the pet store travel many miles, exposing themselves to many diseases due to the lack of shelter, and ventilation. Do these conditions improve when the puppies reach the pet stores? Well the dogs that are kept in cages without any love, or human contact are likely to build up an undesirable behavior, bark excessively or even become
They live in overcrowded cramped cages similar to concentration camps with feet falling through the wires with no room to play or exercise. Most of the puppies are found with bleeding or swollen paws. According to an article on puppy mills: dogs abused for the pet trade a Pennsylvania breeder confessed that he kept his dogs in cages because it was “the only way to keep a lot of dogs.”The cages at the mills have minimum shelter from extreme weather conditions. Breeders force the female dogs to mate every time they are in heat abusing the limit of pups they can produce. Usually they are forced to breed when they are about 8-9 months of age with little time to recover between litters. Also, when the dogs can produce anymore, and the reproduction rate declines they are abandoned or put to sleep to make room for new dogs. As well, the food and water is contaminated with bugs and insects causing infections. There is no cleanup control so the puppies have no choice, then to sit, sleep and eat on their own …show more content…
Owners and buyers are lied to. Consumers are given incorrect lineage about the dog’s health, breed, and breeders. The lineage records of the puppies are often falsified. When buying a puppy at a pet store the origin is not certain. You do not know if it is a puppy from the puppy mills. In most cases the seller insures you that the puppies are healthy, but there are really sick. In the puppy mills the puppies have no veterinary support. Breeding dogs in puppy mills often suffer from injuries and disease that go untreated. Mothers and their litters regularly suffer from the lack of adequate veterinary care. The most awful difficulty a dog at a mill can face is a dental disease. According to a report of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) on puppy mills show that a dental disease can cause infection, pain, and in most severe cases the loss of the mandible and maxilla. In addition, worm infections, lesions on eyes, and skin diseases are common disorders that are often untreated in this puppy mills. Puppies that are shipped from the mill to the pet store travel many miles, exposing themselves to many diseases due to the lack of shelter, and ventilation. Do these conditions improve when the puppies reach the pet stores? Well the dogs that are kept in cages without any love, or human contact are likely to build up an undesirable behavior, bark excessively or even become