It is not at all easy to take a look at a clean, cute and healthy puppy and imagine that it has come from a puppy mill. But unfortunately this is true and there are several stores that sell puppies that have come from these very puppy mills.
The whole situation arises not because of the fact that there is high demand for puppies, or people like to buy puppies from pet store, the thing is that there are no regulations or laws governing things like these, and whatever laws or regulations that are present are not enforced as they should be due to a number of different circumstances.
What you need to take care about when trying to get your own puppy, is not to just look out for pet stores which might be getting their dogs from puppy mills, but also for unscrupulous operators such as sellers on the Internet, or people selling puppies through classifieds and even one on one personal sale.
Wait a second though, doesn't that mean that you should look out for every transaction that you could possibly have? After all there are only a few limited number of ways by which you can buy a puppy for yourself, and in case you are not a breeder yourself then the number of ways of getting a puppy are limited to the ones that have been mentioned above.
What you need to look at here then is not the overall picture of getting a puppy, but your individual case. If you conduct a thorough check in the place you're getting your puppy from, be it from a pet store, a puppy breeder, an online puppy breeder or seller, or even through a classified advertisement, you can at least be sure that you are not getting your puppy from one of the puppy mills.
This is the most that you can do to stop puppy mills from flourishing. Many people will tell you that by getting your puppy from a pet store or a puppy breeder, it is tantamount to giving puppy mills the impetus to stay in business. This is just not the case.
There are many pet stores that don't get their puppies from puppy mills, and there are many puppy breeders who run clean operations which are as far removed from puppy mills as chalk is from cheese. Many of these operations are sanctioned and certified as being the genuine article, and with a little research and diligence on your part you can contain your obtainment of a puppy to these places.
The whole situation arises not because of the fact that there is high demand for puppies, or people like to buy puppies from pet store, the thing is that there are no regulations or laws governing things like these, and whatever laws or regulations that are present are not enforced as they should be due to a number of different circumstances.
What you need to take care about when trying to get your own puppy, is not to just look out for pet stores which might be getting their dogs from puppy mills, but also for unscrupulous operators such as sellers on the Internet, or people selling puppies through classifieds and even one on one personal sale.
Wait a second though, doesn't that mean that you should look out for every transaction that you could possibly have? After all there are only a few limited number of ways by which you can buy a puppy for yourself, and in case you are not a breeder yourself then the number of ways of getting a puppy are limited to the ones that have been mentioned above.
What you need to look at here then is not the overall picture of getting a puppy, but your individual case. If you conduct a thorough check in the place you're getting your puppy from, be it from a pet store, a puppy breeder, an online puppy breeder or seller, or even through a classified advertisement, you can at least be sure that you are not getting your puppy from one of the puppy mills.
This is the most that you can do to stop puppy mills from flourishing. Many people will tell you that by getting your puppy from a pet store or a puppy breeder, it is tantamount to giving puppy mills the impetus to stay in business. This is just not the case.
There are many pet stores that don't get their puppies from puppy mills, and there are many puppy breeders who run clean operations which are as far removed from puppy mills as chalk is from cheese. Many of these operations are sanctioned and certified as being the genuine article, and with a little research and diligence on your part you can contain your obtainment of a puppy to these places.
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