Merry says, "GET INFORMED! STOP PUPPY MILLS NOW!"

A puppy mill is a breeding facility that mass-produces purebred puppies, which are typically sold at eight weeks of age (or less!) to brokers and retail operations across the U.S. Unless you have seen the horror of a puppy mill up close and personal, you might be one of those nice people who do not truly comprehend the awful truth about mills. The documented problems of puppy mills include: overbreeding dams, inbreeding, minimal veterinary care, poor quality of food and shelter, lack of socialization with humans, overcrowded cages, and the killing of unwanted animals.

To the unwitting consumer, this situation frequently means buying a puppy facing an array of immediate veterinary problems or harboring genetically borne diseases that do not appear until years later. 

Sadly, some dogs are forced to live in puppy mills for their entire lives. They are kept there for one reason only: to produce more puppies. Repeatedly bred, most of these "brood bitches" are killed once their reproductive capacity wanes. The people who operate puppy mills care only about one thing, making more money. They do not care about the dogs they confine in small cages, who never get the chance to feel grass under their feet. They do not concern themselves with the true needs of dogs; pack animals who crave the company of their "pack". For pets, safe in our loving homes, WE are their pack. For the mill dogs, left alone each and every day and long lonely night, away from caring human kindness, separated by cruel wires or wood from even others of their kind, simple isolation is the truest cruelty. 

For more information please visit the following sites:

- The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) website
- No Puppy Mills website
- Puppy Mill Fighters website

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