Are you considering purchasing a pure bred puppy for yourself or a loved one? Please, do not, under any circumstances, purchase that puppy from a pet store. If you purchase that "cute" puppy from a pet store, you are subjecting the parents of that pup to a life of pain and misery. Approximately 98% of all of the puppies sold in pet stores are sold to those pet stores by a puppy mill. If you are not familiar with the term "puppy mill" I hope you will be by the time you finish this article.
If you were to ask the pet store manager, however, they would tell you that the puppies that they sell come from a breeder. It is a fact that no reputable breeder would ever consider selling their puppies to a pet store. Reputable breeders care about the homes their puppies go to. Whereas, the pet stores will sell puppies to anyone who has a pulse and a credit card.
If we, as consumers, could get the word out about these horrific "greed mills", we could put them out of business once and for all. The majority of commercial puppy mills across the country are filthy, fecal infested warehouses where dogs are kept in wire cages which are stacked on top of each other. The dogs do not receive any medical care whatsoever. Their coats are matted, their teeth rotten and most of these dogs cannot even walk. They live their entire lives in those cages giving birth to litter after litter of puppies. The cages are sometimes sitting out in an open field and the animals are exposed to the elements, freezing in the winter and exhaustive heat in the summer.
Please, please consider all of these things the next time you even contemplate going to a pet store.
The only way we can stop this inhumane treatment is to stop purchasing puppies from pet stores. If we, as consumers, take away the market, the demand, for puppies, the pet stores will close and the puppy mills will cease to be.
Believe me, there are much better ways to adopt purebred puppies and young dogs anyway. Go to your local shelter and save one of the fifteen million dogs and cats who will be euthanized this year. Most of these are great dogs who deserve a great home. According to statistics, approximately 25-30 percent of these dogs are purebred. They are already out there just waiting for you to find them.
If you are unable to find the purebred dog or puppy that you are looking for at a shelter, contact a breed rescue group. Almost every breed has its own rescue group and are very easy to locate by doing an internet search. You can search in your state or nationally until you find what you are looking for.
Finally, you can locate a quality breeder in your area. Be sure to visit that breeder and ask questions such as how many dogs they have, how many litters they have a year and whether they have state or federal licenses. Ask the breeder if they sell to pet stores. Also, ask the breeder if you can see all of the dogs, not just the puppies. Any reputable breeder would be proud and willing to show you their entire operation. You can even ask for the name and phone number of their veterinarian, how often they see their vet and what kind of genetic testing they have done on their dogs.
Here is even more bad news regarding purchasing a puppy from a pet store. When you adopt a puppy from a pet store, it is almost 100 percent for certain that the owner purchases those pups from puppy mills. Therefore, your "purebred" puppy most likely is not purebred. There is a very large chance that down the line there has been inbreeding. This will cause your puppy to have health issues as he or she gets older. Serious health issues such as hip dysplasia, skin problems and also emotional issues.
If we can get the word out to animal lovers everywhere, we can change this horrific situation for these precious, helpless animals who have no voice but ours.
For more information and also ideas on how we can all help, please visit www.prisonersofgreed.org. This is a non-profit website.
Bonnie Howell has been writing for over eight years. She has written two screenplays, short stories, articles on medical issues, animals, internet addiction and many other subjects. She is a passionate animal lover, voracious reader but most of all loves to write. The research she does for her writing every day, led her to see a real need for quality writing out there, free of misspellings and grammatical errors. So she decided to put her two passions together. Writing and helping people succeed. She started her own website publishing business called Howell Publishing where customers can pay a set price for articles or even bid on what they would like to pay per article. If you need quality content, a fair price and a fast turn-around, please visit her website at: http://yourarticlewriter.com |
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