Undercover Look at Puppy Mills: Investigation in Virginia

The HSUS goes undercover to investigate hundreds of unlicensed puppy mills in Virginia. Is your state watching out for man's best friend?

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Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• puppymill
• puppy
• hsus
• virginia
• dogs
• puppies

[Tumbokon1999]

Yes that's, right stop buying at pet stores it's the same as buying a dog at a puppy mill

[16Nire61]

4:30 ... Did that woman actually suggest NOT taking a puppy to the vet?! Seriously, that's a red flag right there. A real breeder - a responsible one - would ENCOURAGE her customers to go to the vet if they felt something was wrong.

Of course, anyone who saw the state of the place would have gotten their red flag much sooner than that.

[stoppuppymills100]

Look at my puppy mill video

[zembowz]

@Ki2door you dont "buy" a dog, you ADOPT a dog

[jofichess]

Circle of life;They sell puppies from puppymills in petshops and internet.Some buyers just think it´s cute with a puppy but get tired on it after awhile and abandon it. If it survives it´s possible it comes to an animalshelter,maybe the dog had some litters of puppies before that.

If puppymills were banned there would be less homeless dogs and less had to be killed because there are not enough with homes for them

[bananasunshinecake]

1:08 he said he's gonna make little shit-poos... bahahhahaha

[IRaceBarrels]

@Ki2door There are real breeders out there that care about their dogs. A good breeder only has a few dogs and doesn't breed the more then a few times. You should go to the breeder's house when selecting a puppy, not the mall. Or the shelter is always good as well. The AKC homepage can give you good information on finding a breeder.

[brookeanne6]

@ki2door ummmmm, a shelter.

[Ki2door]

then where do u buy a dog ?!?!??!

[cloudlestorm]

So THIS is man's best friend? Hate to see how we treat our enemies.....I'm on the case to STOP puppy mills. MAN I'm gonna stop puppy mills...Doesn't matter if that kills me. I'd rather to save thousands of lives instead of living. -.-

[ProphetGuardian]

The very first sign that a dog is from a puppy mill is that it is designer or hybrid dog. All AKC or UKC reputable breeders only produce pure bred dogs. Cockapoos, Labradoodles, Shitz Poo, Morkies, Pugles are not recognized by any kennel club. Also reputable breeders do not breed multiple breed. They stick to only one breed. So if a person is reputable you will not see them breed German Shepherds as well as Golden Retriever.

[clevii]

@16Nire61 Totally agree ,a responsible breeder would not have told people not to take an obviously ill puppy to the vet.

Actually a real responsible breeder would have already taken that pup to the vet HERSELF.

Then again, a responsible breeder wouldn't be doing the kind of bad breeding practice, all for profit, nothing for health, that produced that poor puppy.