Puppy mill owners would not call themselves that, they would call themselves breeders. How do you know where your pet stores get their pups? Would they give you the breeder's contact information if you asked? Are the breeders local or are the pups shipped to them? Do they visit the breeder's homes to make sure conditions are healthy?


I do not visit many pet stores that sell dogs and cats. There is a small pet store, not a chain store, that does near me, but I have not asked where they get their pups. They have a policy that no pup is ever "too big," and they ask a lot of questions of potential owners, that I do know, and the pups in the stores seem healthy and are not in cages, they are in play areas with wodden, not wire floors, lots of soft bedding, and there are often a few puppies out running around the store. So they at least treat the pups humanely, though, as I said, I have not asked where they get them from.