Should Puppymills be Legal?

Puppy mills are in business and going strong.

There is no end in sight. 

Do you even know what a puppy mill is?  Do you even know what they do at a puppy mill?  These are questions so many people when asked cannot answer correctly.  Why is this?  I will tell you why.  It is because of our uneducated society and a common turn my head in the other direction.... if I do not look at it... it will go away...what I cannot see will not hurt me.... I would rather turn a blind eye and laaallaaaalaaaa it is not happening attitude.  Well folks, it is happening.  It is happening all over and it is so disgusting and inhumane that I cannot go a day without knowing deep in my heart what needs to be done.  The world we live in needs to be EDUCATED!  I understand there are a lot of things in this world that are horrific, and this is one of them that I feel extremely passionate about.  Really people, I cannot believe how any human being can look something in the eye like a little old momma who they have shoved in a little tiny cage to breed over and over again and not see her pain.  Do they see the pain?  Do you really think they look?  Or is it just a dollar sign, a thing, a possesion that brings money into their pockets at any cost.  What do these people think of themselves or others in this business?  How can they lay their heads down at night on a soft warm squishy pillow with a nice pillow cover that has been washed in Tide and rinsed with Downy Softener, pulling up their nice warm blankie in their comfy, maybe squeaky bed, while there are hundreds of dogs just yards from them in agony!!!  My goodness people.  Where is the compassion for a life?  Where is the heart that God has meant you to have, full of love and utter care for any being?  I feel that this topic needs to be discussed at FULL capacity.  This needs to STOP! 

For those of you reading this article and asking yourself.... humm????.... what is a puppymill anyways... well, let me delight you with the lovely details of their fantasitc Bed and Breakfast Inn's.  Puppy mills hold anywhere from 100 to 1000 dogs at one time for nothing but breeding purposes.  They breed over and over again to anything that walks so that they can come up with some designer breed or maybe even a purebred puppy to deliver to your local petstore for pennies on the dollar. The dogs housed at these facilities are never given medical treatment.  They are never given the human interaction they so live for.  They are fed only enough to survive... if they are lucky.  Puppymills supplement their dogs on saw dust!  They more than likely have never been down on the ground in their whole life so they topple over when they attempt to walk for the very first time, or go the easy route and just lay there, too weak to even try. 

Puppymills sell and supply to PET STORES!!!  Yes, the little nice pet store in your local mall on in the strip mall down the street where all the children walk home from school.  Children are able to see the cute little puppy faces looking up at them and telling them to run home and ask Mommy and Daddy for that cute little puppy in the window that has been shipped half way across the universe at an extremely dangerous age only to find themselves the "advertements" for puppy mills. 

Do you know how much the pet store pays for a puppy?  Probably not!  You would be amazed!  The pet stores pay approximately 25-50 bucko-roos for that little, cute, begging-to-take-me-home thing!  Yes, you read that correctly!  Some may be a little more or a little less, but all in all you go right ahead and plop those glasses down on your eye balls and read that price tag on that puppy!  WHEW!  Now that is a good down payment on a house these days, or maybe well, a good 6-9 months of a car payment!  BUT... "Oh look at it...I can't leave it here... it is so sad that it is at the pet store!!  " Oh look, they offer financing".  How convienent! And they will give me a new puppy if it dies within a few days!!! OMG!  Truly, if you knew how much they paid for the puppy and then marked it up so astronomical, would you really still consider purchasing there?  Why?  You work hard to earn your money, and they are just stealing it right out of your pocket without a care in the world!  Educate yourselves as much as possible.  Pet store purchases are usually a "fly-by the seat of your pants" purchase... an "impulse buy".  If you only knew the pain and torture this puppy mill survivor has endevored just for the production for the unknowing public, would you think twice?  I mean really, just look at her.  Look again.  Look closely.  Let me ask you again.... would you think twice? 

Supply and Demand people, Supply and Demand!  As long as the puppies keep making it out of those pet stores.. there will always be a need to re-stock them from Mommy's such as this!  If you STOP buying puppies from a pet store... there will be no way for their business to continue.  Supply and Demand.... repeat after me... Suppy and Demand.   You do have the control!  You do have the power to make this STOP!  Take the first step and educate your family and friends about puppy mills and pet stores. Know there are other options for bringing your new family member home, but this does not have to be one of them!