The Perils Of Buying Labradors From Pet Shops
It's a nice day; you and your kids are walking around window shopping. Suddenly your kid squeals out in delight. There's an absolutely adorable Labrador in a pet store's window. Even you are won over by those puppy dog brown eyes, so you think why not buy it? After all you've always wanted a Labrador for a pet dog.
Despite what you've been raised to believe, the world is made up of actions and corresponding reactions. Something as simple as buying puppies can be tainted by these events, may it be negative or positive. To some people dogs are not just pets they are livestock. Although they may not be anything wrong with that notion, it is the conditions in which commercial Labrador breeders keep their dogs that are raising eyebrows.
Puppy mills and puppy mill owners are atrocious people who do not care for the well being of Labrador puppies. They are in the business of raising dogs for money and because Labradors are in demand it is one of the commonly victimized breed.
A puppy mill usually denotes negative connotation because they are very well known for breeding dogs like Labradors on a large scale and under poor conditions. During the World War II age, there was a surge of demand for puppies, so the puppy mill era was born at the same moment that pet stores became popular business establishments.
Female dogs are made to breed at a very young age, and they do so until they are incapable of producing a decent number of litters. What's more, they are kept in cramped cages, devoid of any human or animal contact. Their paws are swollen because of the hardwire flooring. Most of the dogs are afflicted with flea infestations, genetic disorders and other illnesses. So you ask, what's the connection to pet stores, and that poor Labrador in the puppy mill? Well, you see ninety percent of Labrador puppies sold at pet stores come from commercial Labrador breeders or puppy mills.
Some pet stores will assert that their puppy does not come from those kinds of puppy mills or that the Labradors they sell come from a reputable breeder, or dog owner. This may be true but chances are, it's probably not, only about ten percent of pet stores get their puppies from dependable Labrador breeders and private owners.
The puppies are shipped to the pet stores as soon as there are orders and in poor conditions at that. Most puppies are packed in boxes barely big enough to even fit the little ones. Puppies arrive at pet stores in ghastly conditions, soaking in their urine and wallowing in feces.
Although there are pet shops that do get their puppies from responsible commercial dog breeders, Labrador breeders, and private owners, the likely hood is that there are only a few of them that do. The lure of higher profits is sometimes hard to resist for some people. So be the responsible one and don't patronize the pet stores who are merciless to animals.
