I have decided to add a part two to my puppymil page because of mis conceptions people have about what determines a puppy mill. Here is the way i have always viewed a puppymill....it does not always have to be about the amount of dogs a person owns and is breeding, it is mostly about why, how and what they breed dogs for. People who breed for nothing more then the financial gain are millers, people who mix breed,(so called designer dogs, so called hybrids, doodles, anything ending in poo, les, or the combination of two breed names to make up a new sounding titile to a mutt dog)
Lets focus on the housing of dogs by these people. There are many different ways they house their animals and they are not limited to these examples:
Cages stacked in their homes, one on top of the other in rows (technically they can claim then their puppies are raised in their homes under foot, underfood of the dogs above them.)
this allows for many dogs to be kept in a small area...somewhat like how the pet stores do without the glass. I have personally been in a trailer of a breeder who bred shihtzu's, poms,
pekes, tibetan spaniels, and several large breed herding breeds. This woman had no less then 40 dogs in cages in the kitchen area of her trailer. I couldnt even tell you how many dogs she had outside in pens. This person was a Canadian kennel club member who even showed her dogs..what a shock to walk into that....it is very important to be able to go to a breeders home and get to see their dogs first hand.
Second: is housing in out buildings, kennels, garages or just simply leashed to little dog houses in open fields. This allows the person to be able to ignore the smell, noise, sight and immediate needs of the animals they keep...Again I have personally been in barns where the breeder had easily 100 toy breed dogs which were basically wild dogs, due to the lack of attention. You dont even want to get me started on the condition of the dogs or the smell. |
