TONIGHT ABC's Nightline will be investigating Puppymills!

[Spiritwind]

I watched it & was quite disappointed in it... I swear they were showing that Puppy mills aren't as bad as we think they are... You saw what? 3 dogs in "rough" shape, & hundreds in good shape?

If I didn't know what Puppy mills really were, I'd think, well thats not too bad. They are clean, get excersize & have clean water.

They really should have shown the BAD ones, the sick dogs, the dead dogs, the deformed, & sick pups.

I personally think it was so warm of a show to educate people that puppy mills are bad...

Well thats what I thought of it anyways.

I just watched this online.. and I don't know if I agree with what you are saying. I agree that the show didn't go into to much depth on puppy mills, and could have been better... but I certainly wouldn't say it showed Puppy mills weren't all that bad. I think that guy with the 200+ dogs was a complete moron! He said it was safer and more humane for his dogs to be locked in small cages on wire 24/7 and to run in a giant hamster wheel than letting them outside in fresh air? He says his puppies are healthier the way he keeps them than other breeders who let their dogs run and play outside??? That guy is just trying to BS everyone into thinking his way of taking care of his dogs is ok.....

I just don't know how anyone could honestly go to that place, see all the dogs in cages (in the part the public is allowe to see) and pick out a dog to buy and take home..... its just crazy. JMO

[chocolatepuppy]

That guy is just trying to BS everyone into thinking his way of taking care of his dogs is ok.....

That's the point, he *will* BS a lot of uneducated people into thinking what he's doing is ok. All they'll see is the cute puppies and buy one.
Perhaps if they had showed more of the really nasty puppymills, most people would know that's not the way to care for dogs.