- It’s estimated that more than 90 percent of dogs sold in pet stores come from puppy mills – large, commercial breeding operations where they’re treated like inventory and stored in crowded, filthy cages with other dogs.
- There are no limits on breeding. Female dogs used for breeding are bred over and over again until their bodies give out. Then they’re destroyed, sold for research or dumped at the local pound. Dogs may well be inbred, which means their puppies might have deformities.
- Dogs raised in substandard conditions often suffer from all kinds of physical ailments, which can result in large veterinary bills – and a lot of heartbreak – for their unsuspecting new owners.
- There is no reason to support the exploitive breeding of companion animals when millions of animals languish and die in public shelters every year.
- Also, have you ever seen pet store dogs going for a walk? They are taught to urinate and defecate INSIDE their crates(which actually must be called cages in this case) which goes against house training, crate training, causes you to have bigger messes to clean and even have to pay big bucks for a private dog trainer to fix this problem. What's the point?
Go to this site to print out something to show your local pet shop that being puppy friendly is better. http://www.stoppuppymills.org/puppy_friendly_pet_stores.html
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