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The images above are typical of the conditions in a puppy farm. The breeding bitches and stud dogs are kept in these conditions for their entire wretched existence. Bitches will have their first litter in their first season, usually around 8 months old, when they are too old to be bred from, around 5 years old they are discarded into the trash.
You may think this doesn't happen on our door step, but it DOES! There are two pet shops within the Greater Manchester area that sell these puppies. DO NOT BUY PUPPIES FROM A PET SHOP!
Puppy farm puppies, come from parents that are not health tested, they are kept in such squalid conditions for the first few weeks of their life that they often become ill and develop much worse problem later in life. You also have to consider the impact of all this on their behaviour. Puppies have a limited window of socialisation, so the first 12 weeks are absolutely VITAL, what they learn in that time will be the absolute building blocks for their development.
Puppies bought in pet shops are often shy and timid and may always be much quieter than other puppies of the same age. They may also develop aggression problems, become overly fearful and unwilling to socialise.
You may think this doesn't happen on our door step, but it DOES! There are two pet shops within the Greater Manchester area that sell these puppies. DO NOT BUY PUPPIES FROM A PET SHOP!
Puppy farm puppies, come from parents that are not health tested, they are kept in such squalid conditions for the first few weeks of their life that they often become ill and develop much worse problem later in life. You also have to consider the impact of all this on their behaviour. Puppies have a limited window of socialisation, so the first 12 weeks are absolutely VITAL, what they learn in that time will be the absolute building blocks for their development.
Puppies bought in pet shops are often shy and timid and may always be much quieter than other puppies of the same age. They may also develop aggression problems, become overly fearful and unwilling to socialise.
The following information has been taken for the Puppy Love Campaign website:
http://www.puppylovecampaigns.org/index.shtml
Puppy farms are large-scale breeding premises. The aim of puppy farms is to make money, no matter the cost to the dogs, who are kept in cramped and cruel conditions. The puppies are sold through pet shops, internet and newspaper ads.
Puppy farms in the UK have been found to have as many as 150 breeding dogs, most kept locked inside 24 hours a day, often in complete darkness. They are usually located on farms in barns, disused chicken houses garages or any disused outbuilding. The dogs are forced to eat, sleep and give birth in the same area they urinate and defecate; something they would never do given the choice.
Dogs on puppy farms are often neglected; matted coats, infected eyes and ears and rotten teeth are just a few of the painful conditions the dog suffer. When breeding dogs become too old and exhausted to continue producing puppies they are killed or discarded. The puppies also often have behavioral and psychological problems, such as aggression and fearfulness, because they are not exposed to the outside world.
Puppy Love Campaign carry out undercover investigations to provide evidence of the cruelty of puppy farms so they can educate people and put pressure on those with the power to close them down.
Puppy farms are most common in Wales and Ireland; the puppies they produce are sold in pet shops all over the UK and through newspaper ads and the internet. There are currently no laws in Ireland to regulate puppy farming which is no doubt why the country has become the "puppy farming capital" of Europe. It is estimated that 50,000 trafficked puppies are believed to be imported from Ireland each year, most destined for pet shops in Southern England. The county of Carmarthenshire in Wales alone is thought to produce 28,000 puppies a year.
Puppy Love Campaign hold demonstrations outside pet shops that sell puppy farm dogs as part of their work to raise public awareness and to convince pet shops to stop fuelling this cruel trade.
If you feel as strongly as I do about this disgusting trade, please sign the petition:
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