Puppy Broker

Don't they have windows in those big machine sheds?  Poor things get no sunlight along with all the other substandard of care there.  Geez.

If they had windows, people could see how many dogs are housed there, and someone might think that a bit inhumane....
I always think that there will be a special place in Hades, if there is such a place, for people who make their livings this way.

that looks like an awful place for puppies to start off their lives

YUCK! [:@] How do these people sleep at night?

That.... looks about the same as a commercial hen house.

It's no better, no worse. Hens get the lights left on 24/7, so they'll lay more. Bitches get their puppies snatched at 4 weeks, so they'll go into heat sooner, and produce more puppies. Factory farming is factory farming. It's really very sad.

So,what do we do instead of complaining-is there a definite way to stop it? and why are these people advertising a puppy mill?  Are they not only greedy, but stupid?????? Geez I am just so impressed with the human race today-and if there is a way to stop it-let me know.......     ,,,,,,

They are not advertising a puppy-mill as we know it. They are brokers. The bulk breeders they buy from are legal. If the bulk breeders have violations in the way they are keeping their animals (which are only discovered when the USDA does one of it's rare inspections) they bulk breeders are not stopped. They are given time to rectify the situation.
 
I posted this because the brokers are the vital key in the cycle. Without them the bulk breeders (legal puppy-mills) would be out of business because they would have no one to sell their puppies to. (These breeders work on too large a scale to attempt to sell the puppies themselves.) Also without the brokers the pet stores would have no one to supply their pups. (This does not take into account your local small-scale BYB but these are a very small part of the overall picture.)
 
The puppy brokers are well respected in their communities believe it or not. The vet for Lambriar is involved in workshops put on for breeders by the nearby veterinary college.
 
The only way I can see to fight this is on a governmental level and even that would not be easy but a concerted effort in this area would save a lot more dogs than trying to shut down individual BYBs (you know...act locally, think globally)

I got Buddy from a puppy broker.   I didn't realize that they were right up there with BYB's, but I got pretty lucky.  Buddy was in a residential home when I picked him up.  He was there with his brothers and sisters plus other puppies, like a westie and poodle pure and mix.  He was socialized with neighborhood children, stayed in the garage and had access to the outdoor run for the bathroom.  I think both Buddy and I were pretty lucky to come out of it all so well.
 
Sue

How can people make their living doing that? It makes me sick. []

That makes me sick too.  [sm=evilfire.gif]   I don't understand how people who do this can look at these dogs everyday and think it is humane, right, and healthy .  It just boggles my mind and there should be a way to stop it.

Attack it from the other end.

Don't buy from pet stores. Teach everyone you know about puppymills, brokers and pet stores.

Help legislate in your OWN area that pet stores not be allowed to sell dogs or cats.

If it becomes unprofitable to run these big operations they will have to find something else, or go out of business.
Even if it doesn't totally shut them down, if it reduces the number of animals they can profit from, at least fewer animals would suffer.

Don't buy from ads in the metro papers, either. Although many of these people are just plain ol' back yard breeders, many more are fronts for brokers. We see this a lot in Border Collies because they are a rarer breed and people tend to be more savvy about buying from pet stores.

ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d

That.... looks about the same as a commercial hen house.

It's no better, no worse. Hens get the lights left on 24/7, so they'll lay more. Bitches get their puppies snatched at 4 weeks, so they'll go into heat sooner, and produce more puppies. Factory farming is factory farming. It's really very sad.

Just what I was thinking. And pigs get kept in the dark 24/7 so they don't attack each other from living in such close quarters. Dog people might find it intolerable to do that to dogs, but we've been eating animals kept in those conditions for decades. While everyone is petitioning and voting with their consumer rights, maybe you should add intensive livestock farming to the petitions and stop buying the products from intensive livestock farming.