Thursday, February 7, 2008

Saving Puppies

Did you know that South Dakota has puppy mills? What is a puppy mile and why are they such a bad thing?

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Puppy mills are breeding facilities that produce purebred puppies in large numbers. They are normally sold to the public through the internet, newspaper ads, or from the mill itself. They are also sold to pet stores across the country. There are many problems with these mills. They are overbreeding, inbreeding, minimal veterinary care, poor quality of food and shelter, lack of human socialization, overcrowded cages and the killing of unwanted animals. I think that these are bad things and should be illegal.

Anonymous said...

Nope, I guess not. A puppy mill is a breeding facility that produces purebred puppies in large amounts. They are overbreeding and there is a lack of human care.

tony said...

Yes, I do not that we have puppy mills. They can be a bad thing but not always are. Just like anything, they are only bad if the owners and employees mistreat the animals. If the people are good to the puppies then its fine. I know someome that I work with who owns a small puppy farm and works that in the mornings. He is just fine and all of his puppies are shipped and sold safely.

Kimberly said...

Puppy mills are breeding facilities that produce pure breeds in mass numbers, and then sell those dogs. They are a bad thing b/c of overbreeding, lack of human contact, and poor quality of conditions.

Reeber said...

This is a place where pure breed puppies are breed. They are then sold. The amount of breeding they are doing with these puppies jsut isn't healthy to the animals.

BiG Goehring said...

Puppy mills are the breeding facilities that where puppies comes from. There are bad because thy overbreed, the poor shelters, and just the smell just hurts there too. Its a smelly deal and kind of sad too.

Anonymous said...

Its a place where dogs are breed. They can be good and bad. It is good in a way that people love animals and supply dogs or other animals to people who want them. But these mills might also be a place where animals are abused and treated unfairly.

kelseyr. said...

It is a place where they can breed puppies. It can be a bad thing if they are raising them in a bad enviroment. They also over-breed and it causes overcrowded cages.

bertsch said...

They can be good and bad. IF the owner treats them right then they can be very beneficial to the public. They shouldn't be illigal but they should be regulated.

Richard said...

Puppy mills are facilities that bread purebreads. They are bread to sell to the public. There are so many problems with this because these puppies can be deformed because of inbreeding, and overbreeding. They don't have veternarians on staff so when puppies get sick it spreads quicker. i think it should be illegal to have puppy mills.

toddtisdall said...

puppy mills are were overbred unhealthy dogs are bred to be sold and they feed them and take care of them just enough to keep them living and they try to get rid of the puppies are sold as fast as they can

Abertsch10-11 said...

The puppy mills are big facilitys were the dogs are bred. The can be bad if the owner overbreeds and the cages are filled too much. They are also bad because the dogs can suffer and not get fed enough

Matthew said...

Puppy mills are a group of people breeding purebred puppies in large numbers. They sell them to people. There might be some in South Dakota im not sure. The way it could be bad is if the puppies liveing conditions were poor because of the mass numbers or If there are sold ther are sold to someone who wont take care of them. I dont think it should be illegal as long as it is govern by the state to make sure the puppies get to good owners and have good living conditions. Some animal actives might want to make it illegal and might think my idea of the puppy mill is wrong. But i do like puppys and i want people to have puppys so as long as it is looked on it is ok.

!~*Miranda! :} said...

puppy mills are breeding places that produce purebred puppies in big numbers. They normally sold to public over the internet, newspaper, or from the mill. They are many problema with mills. They are really overbreeding, inbreeding, and little vet care, poor food and shelter. I think that these are bad things to puppies and they shouldn't be able to do that....that should be like cruelty to animals....

travis s. said...

Puppy mills are facilities for breeding puppies to create large amounts of purebred puppies. They are sold in various ways such as through internet, newspaper, pet stores, or even the mill. They are making to large amounts of them and will have too many puppies for those facilities and it will not be good for them. There should be a law against doing this, and if it is allowed, they should have to do it in smaller numbers at least.