How You Can Help End Pit Bull Puppy Mills?
1. Find a responsible breeder and visit their premises.
Responsible breeders provide a loving and healthy environment for their canine companions, but don't take their word for it. Never buy a puppy without seeing where they and their parents are raised and housed with your own eyes.
2. Don't be fooled by common claims made by pet stores when pushing their puppies.
Despite what they may tell you, pet stores do sell puppy mill puppies.
3. Don't be swayed by a great website or ad.
Just because a website says great things about their "home raised" or "family raised" puppies doesn't make it true. Many puppy millers pose as small family breeders online and in newspaper and magazine ads.
4. Consider Adoption
Adopting a dog instead of buying one is the surest way to strike a blow against puppy mills. To find the perfect match, you'll want to choose the right one for you and your lifestyle. Animal shelters have dozens of dogs, many of them purebreds, just waiting for homes.
5. Avoid the temptation to "rescue" a puppy mill puppy by buying him.
Even though your intentions may be good, don't buy a puppy with the idea that you are "rescuing" him or her. Your "rescue" opens up space for another poor puppy mill puppy and puts money into the pockets of the puppy mill. Pet stores won't leave their cages empty and websites won't leave their pages blank. The money you spend on your puppy goes right back to the puppy mill operator and ensures they can continue breeding and treating dogs inhumanely.
If you see someone keeping puppies in poor conditions, alert your local animal control authorities instead of buying.
1 comments:
I would emphasize the value of adoption. it is said that only 1 in 12 dogs ever gets a permanent home. That number is only 1 in 52, or 1 in 56 for Pit Bulls, depending on where you read your stats.
There may be people who view as "good breeders" because they screen potential buyers, treat their dogs well, etc., but because there are sooo many homeless pit bulls, how can breeding be justified?
Some people say that the breed would "go extinct" without "good breeders" who are preserving the breed but i ask you how many breeders have puppies that are already spoken for by good homes before they are even whelped because of the high quality of their dogs and how many one sees advertising in the paper, on the internet, or with signs on the side of the road because they can't find homes for their pups?
Same goes for other breeds too, not just pits. It is heartbreaking for me to post week after week about great dogs (even pups and young pits under 1 1/2 old) with great temperments who I know have such a slim chance for a home, but yet see so many "selling ads"
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