In summation, a reputable breeder should have a good reputation. Talk to local trainers, groomers and veterinarians. Find an obedience club and talk to its members, since they are most likely working with purebred dogs. Buying a puppy is a process, not a transaction. Buying a puppy from a good breeder should be more time-consuming than buying a car. Part II Now that you’ve read about the options available when adopting a purebred dog, we must warn of the two ways not to buy a purebred dog: 1) Via the internet. 2) From a pet store. Internet Puppy Trade A new investigation into online puppy sales reveals that the internet is being used as a tool for exploiting dogs and consumers. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW- www.ifaw.org ), recently released its investigative report, How Much is that Doggie on my Browser? The Truth Behind Online Puppy Sales. It marks the first publicly available, large-scale examination of the connection between Internet puppy sales and suspected puppy mill operations. The investigation found more than 12,000 advertisements representing more than half a million puppies for sale on nine major buyer-seller Internet websites…on just one day. Six of these sites are dedicated primarily to the puppy market and three offer puppies amongst a variety of other commodities. Employing the criteria set forth by a panel of experts, investigators further isolated the nearly 10,000 ads from the six puppy-specific websites and found that 62% of the ads qualified as “likely puppy mills.” “Consumers opting to purchase puppies over the Internet are duped into believing they are buying from reputable breeders,” said Ben Stein, Honorary Member, IFAW Board of Directors. “The cute puppy images shown on many seller websites hide the heartbreaking reality of the overcrowded and unsanitary conditions in which the dogs are housed.” Lacking the regulation assigned to some brick-and-mortar establishments, the Internet has become a preferred platform for unscrupulous commercial facilwww.TheNewBarker.com
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