/nods/ in fact, if you've done your homework, it's pretty easy to avoid puppy mills. If the seller is not actually the breeder of the dog (ie, a pet store) if the breeder doesn't show, compete or do anything beyond basic pet ownership with the parents, if the breeder has a lot of dogs and isn't a major show kennel, if you aren't allowed to meet parents or littermates of a prospective puppy and if the breeder has more than one or two litters in a year, a potential buyer should be very wary of obtaining an animal from them.
A good breeder will be just as careful about anyone who might be taking one of her pups, because none of us wants animals we bred ending up homeless. And often a purebred puppy really is the best possible option for a potential home. I just wish more dog/pet advocates in general would at least acknowledge this. The extreme 'shelter only!' position may seem simpler and might feel like a black-and-white, moral high ground solution to the problem, but like most of those kinds of positions, it's overly simplistic to the point of creating more problems.
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Date: 2010-06-01 06:15 pm (UTC)A good breeder will be just as careful about anyone who might be taking one of her pups, because none of us wants animals we bred ending up homeless. And often a purebred puppy really is the best possible option for a potential home. I just wish more dog/pet advocates in general would at least acknowledge this. The extreme 'shelter only!' position may seem simpler and might feel like a black-and-white, moral high ground solution to the problem, but like most of those kinds of positions, it's overly simplistic to the point of creating more problems.