I hope that the word will get out that ANY breeder that ships young pups (or ANY pups or dogs) through websites sales is a puppy miller!!!

Most people now know that ALL pet stores sell puppy mill puppies, but many people are unaware that the puppy millers are now selling DIRECT to the public through websites.

Through loopholes, they don't even have to get inspected! so these website sales mills are the worst of the worst!

(I might also note that many of them are evading local licensing laws and TAXES by selling deviously through websites!)

All of these websites that advertise they'll ship pups to you next day, or whatever- ALL puppy mills.

They will try to mask the cruelty by providing photos of happy puppies, dogs in outfits, or puppies with children.

But it's all a front to dupe the gullible public into believing they are small, reputable breeders instead of abusive, horrifying commercial kennels.

Many of these website sales dealers have mountains of complaints, cruelty complaints, even criminal convictions and are hiding the businesses under fictitious names or relatives' names.

NO reputable breeder ships puppies to you through a website sale. NONE. No matter what the website people tell you!

Reputable breeders demand in-person meetings and you are allowed to see their homes and where the pups are raised.

Website dealers do not let people visit their kennels. They are hiding the cruelty and illegal activity. (They will use false excuses such as not wanting to "bring disease in." It's a con.)

PLEASE PLEASE anyone out there- spread the word. NEVER buy a puppy from a pet store OR a website.

(Not to mention that most of the classified ads are now millers pretending to be small, private breeders. Another con!)

And track down and report web site sales you see to local authorities, the IRS, state tax authorities, etc You can easily determine if they have local licenses and are registered businesses, including issues such as sales tax requirements and payments.

The puppy millers may use the internet to hide their activities, but the web also exposes their activities.

Posted by: kelly | April 9, 2007 07:34 PM

peta has no right to complain about disney, they gave us bambi, they love the cuddly little guys and are generally pro-peta, animals and people should be really close, and maybe even interbreed sometimes, that way, the cruel slaughterhouses would be killing people, if there was a way, I would be on it like white on rice. fabs!

Posted by: Emory :-) | April 9, 2007 10:22 PM

I like Disney too, especially Stitch (fave character). Heck, I heard the news about the dying puppies, so... heck to it, I know you guys (I know not all of you Stitchfans) are appalled by the news too.

Posted by: RabidLeroy | April 10, 2007 01:07 AM

The sad thing is that Parvo can be easily prevented with a simple shot. Why weren't thess puppies vaccinated? The shot costs only 20$ at the vet where I work. This is a problem that could've -easily- been prevented.
Whats even worse is that it happened to so many puppies. Its appalling that such a huge company can't even vaccinate a puppy.

Posted by: Coyena | April 13, 2007 04:34 PM

How do I look up if a breeder of puppies has a license, and is paying taxes on the money they make from selling puppies? I live in Ohio. TOledo area. I want to report every single address I see where there is a sign out front and every single ad I see selling puppies as they are not paying tax on them while I pay tax on the lousy $100 bucks I make on my savings, not to mention the cost of a dog tag for my dog, my 8 cats all strays, the strays I feed and take in, and the taxes I pay to the local dog warden to pick up strays in the area.

Posted by: Karen Ash | July 26, 2007 02:26 PM