Avoiding Puppy Mills6279623

Puppy Mills - Ways to avoid them

Puppy mills are the dirty secret of the dog world. Puppy mills can be shut down by creating an awareness about their futility. Here are some key things that you can do to find a puppy that is not bred in a puppy mill: People need to be educated about puppy mills to avoid purchasing puppies from one. People can stay away from puppy mills if they understand what they are in the first place.

Just like any other mill where one thing or the other is produced; puppy mills are facilities where puppies are produced, or bred. Puppy mills are similar to production lines, and disregard the health of the dogs. Puppy mill owners neglect their dogs by feeding them low quality food, keeping them in small cages, and withhold love, affection, and freedom to run and play. Developing attitude and health issues is commonplace when dogs are raised in puppy mills due to inclement conditions.

Unfortunately some less reputable sellers, whether pet stores or individuals, get their dogs from puppy mills. An ideal and somewhat unrealistic way of avoiding puppy mills is to avoid buying puppies from these sources. Your knowledge as a customer grows when you pose some valid questions. It is most likely that if a pet store that sells puppies is unable to verify where they bought them that the dogs are from a puppy mill. There are documents to prove that the pets hail from dependable sources in the case of puppies sold by reputed pet shops. Investigate the laws in your state regarding the care and breeding of domestic animals. Local representation is available to discuss any problems you may have. A lot of people subscribe to the notion they can be perform a good deed by saving a puppy from a puupy mill when they buy from there. However that will only help the puppy mill owners to rear more puppies. Enacting laws that will put puppy mills out of business is one of the best actions citizens and lawmakers of a state can take.

It is possible to eliminate the need for puppy mills altogether by adopting pups and dogs at animal shelters or going through a breeder who has a strong reputation. Look for a reputable breeder when you are getting a puppy so you will know it has come from a kind and caring source. Upper class breeders will always be prepared to let one view the area where there dogs and puppies are housed, while a puppy mill owner will not feel the need to show the living area and how it is maintained. Higher quality breeders keep their canines in a clean and spacious place that ensures their good health and contentment with amenities and companionship. Parents of puppies are often kept as pets along with them by a lot of the breeders.

Animal shelters provide an improved source to get puppies that didn't originate from puppy mills. Dogs that are found in animal shelters for adoption are rescue animals and therefore, those that adopt them are doing the greatest deed, by giving that pet a home forever. The most humane way to get a family pet is through an animal shelter to avoid the pitfalls of puppy mills and other less than ideal conditions animals are raised in purely for profit.

Animals are used more like machines than pets when they are in a puppy mill. Mills are cruel and harsh places and they do not treat their animals properly. All puppy mills are going to be out business and forced to close down one day with the awareness being raised about the plight of animals surviving in these conditions.

Resources:

1. http://www.tadakaluri.org/grooming-your-dog 2. http://www.tadakaluri.org/dog-clicker-training 3. http://www.tadakaluri.org/puppy-mills