Why Puppy Mills Are Bad For Dogs

Puppies from pet stores are adorable, and everyone wants one. Unfortunately, those puppies have a twisted past. Almost all of them were from puppy mills. Puppy mills are where puppies are bred. They are awful, and the breeders do not treat them right. According to an article on Friendsofanimals.org called ‘Puppy Mills, Pet Shops, and the AKC Basic Facts’, pet stores get their puppies from puppy mills. Puppy mill breeders don’t care about the dogs. Puppy mills hurt dogs and the government must stop them by making them illegal and working to eliminate the remaining ones.

Puppy mills are bad for dogs. They hurt them by using wire cages, over breeding them, and neglecting them. Puppy mills usually house dogs in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions without adequate veterinary care, food, water or socialization... In a puppy mill, dogs are often kept in cages with wire flooring that injures their paws and legs. (“What is a Puppy Mill?”) Another website, peta.org, said this, “Perhaps most heartbreaking of all were the old mother dogs who had gone mad from confinement and loneliness. Our investigator watched these dogs circle frantically in their small cages and pace ceaselessly back and forth, which was their only way of coping with their despair.” This is why Puppy mills are bad for dogs. They hurt dogs physically and mentally.

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“Conditions that most people would consider inhumane, or even cruel, are often legal” (A Closer Look at Puppy Mills). Laws against puppy mills aren’t strong enough. “The Canine Cruelty Prevention Act was passed in Missouri in 2011 to stop breeders from mistreating puppies. But it appears the problem still exists … Twenty-two of the 101 dealers in the Humane Society’s list of problem puppy mills are from Missouri, topping the list of worst breeders (Humane Society Releases List of 101 Worst Puppy Mills).” Laws against puppy mills really need to be