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Puppymills-A National Disgrace.
Hundreds of thousands of puppies are raised each year in commercial kennels.
Puppy mills are distinguished by their inhumane conditions and the constant breeding of unhealthy and genetically defective
dogs solely for profit.
Very often the dogs in puppymills are covered with matted, filthy hair, their teeth are rotting and their eyes have ulcers.
We have seen many dogs whose jaws have rotted because of tooth decay.
The dogs are kept in small wire cages for their entire lives. They are almost never allowed out. They never touch solid ground
or grass to run and play.
Many of the dogs are injured in fights that occur in the cramped cages from which there is no escape.
Many dogs lose feet and legs when they are caught in the wire floors of the cages and cut off as the dog struggles to free
themselves.
Very often there is no heat or air-conditioning in a puppymill. The dogs freeze in the winter and die of heat stroke in the
summer. Puppies "cook" on the wires of the cages in the summer.
Female dogs are usually bred the first time they come into heat and are bred every heat cycle. They are bred until their poor
worn out bodies can't reproduce any longer and then they are killed. Often they are killed by being bashed in the head with
a rock or shot. Sometimes they are sold to laboratories or dumped. This is often by the time they reach five years old.
Puppy mills maximize their profits by not spending adequate money on proper food, housing or veterinary care.
The food that is fed in puppy mills is often purchased from dog food companies by the truck load. It is sometimes made of
the sweepings from the floor. It is so devoid of nutritional value that the dogs' teeth rot at early ages.
Dogs in puppymills are debarked often by ramming a steel rod down their throats to rupture their vocal cords.
Puppies are often taken from their mother when they are 5 to 8 weeks old and sold to brokers who pack them in crates for resale
to pet stores all over the country. The puppies are shipped by truck or plane and often without adequate food, water, ventilation
or shelter.
Innocent families buy the puppies only to find that the puppy is very ill or has genetic or emotional problems. Often the
puppies die of disease. Many others have medical problems that cost thousands of dollars. And many have emotional problems
because they have not been properly socialized in the mills. Don't bring this misery into your home.
There are over 4000 federally licensed breeding kennels.
If you are looking for a puppy, buy from a reputable breeder who raises the puppies in their homes, with love and as part
of their family. Do not buy from puppy millers or pet stores. Help break the chain!
10/28/09 PLEASE READ MY BLOG POST FROM THIS DATE! OUR VOICES WERE HEARD AND OUR EFFORTS PAID OFF! IT IS IN THE LEGISLATURE
AND WILL BE VOTED ON SOON!!!
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