Puppy Pet
Should I buy a puppy from a pet store that get them from Puppy Mills?
There is this pet store but the puppies are from a puppy mill so I want to know if it would be a good idea to buy one so I could give it a good home, but I also have 1 dog and 2 cats so could that puppy maybe give my pets a disease or something?
Puppy mills and pet stores are often intertwined. Pet stores who buy stock from puppy mills are only exacerbating the problem, and supporting them is a bad idea, unless you too want to perpetuate the practice.
Beyond the moral reasons, yes, it’s also highly likely you’re going to have health problems. If you’re lucky, the dog/puppy will have been pretreated for kennel cough, heart worm, fleas, and any of the other hazards that are rampant in puppy mills, but you’ve still got the health of your new dog to worry about. Even if it doesn’t bring in any thing to give to your dogs, puppy mill dogs are often unhealthy by nature; born form bad breeding and over bred dogs, denied the nutrients a normal mother dog would be able to provide; and prone to a variety of eye, ear, throat and other Illnesses.
Tea cup varieties are a perfect example of this myth~ there is no such thing as a tea cup sized breed~ but many people clamored ot buy one of these pint sized dogs that look like dwarfs compared to the rest of their breed; including Chihuahuas. In actuality, this was just a money-hungry person cashing in on the trend of small dogs; who took two abnormally small Chihuahua’s, and bred them to create a smaller version. However, they come with a host of issues, and are far more inclined to inclement health than one born from a healthy, regular adult.
Puppy mill dogs also live in squallor most of the time; which contributes to the disease issue; as well as their personality. Most of these dogs spent the first part of their lives living in a cage the size of a shoe box, with their mother and other siblings; in their own filth; and were only removed when ready to be sold. if they made it to the pet store, they may have gotten their own cage; but regardless, animals who are caged for extended periods often develop nervous ticks and what’s called cage aggression.
While i certainly commend your motive, you’d really do the pet world a favor by buying or adopting a dog/puppy from a kennel, pound, or rescue. Big dogs- or adult ones- are often put down for no offense other than being there too long; and can be just as- if not more- satisfying to own, since you’ve probably already got one out of those destructive puppy years.
But if you have your heart set on a puppy, you can still find plenty of those at your area kennel; and if not there, at a rescue; and most often, for a fraction of the price.
When i got my first dog, i went to the pet store; and they wanted $900.00 for a puppy. I walked out, picked up the paper, and found one at a rescue group for $50; which included (as do most kennels and pounds) shots, heart worm testing and spay/neuter.
If you only want a specific breed, and can’t find one after a few weeks at a shelter, jump on craigslist and start looking for rescues specializing in that breed. It may take a little Ionger to find your new buddy, but it will be well worth the wait.
Good luck!
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