Finding Labrador Puppies
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.
Labrador’s are all the rage around the world. Aside from being utterly lovable they are also extremely versatile. Labradors, unlike most dogs, are not temperamental at all. They get along well with other breed of dogs and they are intelligent, multi talented, and loving without being over bearing.
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.
Yes, everyone has to acknowledge the fact that for these commercial Labrador breeders, dogs are livestock and not pets. But that is not an excuse. Allowing the mothers to live in smutty cramped cages without any human or animal contact is absolutely in humane. Usually these dogs will go crazy because of hunger, loneliness or lack of any association with other animals or people.
The callousness does not stop there. When these puppies are shipped, they are put in cramped boxes and arrive at pet stores inundated by their own urine and excrement. What’s more, according to one pet shop employee, these puppies are kept in cat carriers and stacked in the backrooms. You can hear the puppies’ wine from hunger, dirt and sickness.
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.
So the next time a pet store owner tells you that he got his puppies from Labrador breeders, let him know that you are no fool. Ask for proper documentation. A responsible and caring owner will look you over before selling you the next cute one.
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