Puppy Breeders In Ny
Does Puppy Farming Affect Dog Health Care?
Anybody considering bringing home a new puppy should carefully consider where to buy it from. Buying a puppy from the wrong place could leave you dealing with all types of dog health care problems. This is because of the risk that you might unknowingly buy a puppy from a puppy farm.
Puppy farms and their owners show no regard for dog health care. In fact, farmed puppies are unlikely to be healthy. Such puppies often suffer with grave physical and psychological illness. They also frequently demonstrate problem behaviour.
These problems are down to the conditions in which these puppies are kept. Conditions are very poor because profit is really the only concern of the owners. The dogs have almost no contact with humans and are not able to move around or exercise.
Health wise the dogs suffer too. Mother dogs are malnourished because of the poor quality food they are fed in only the smallest amounts. Female dogs are bred as often as is possible from the age of four months until death or sickness stops them. This frequent breeding leaves both mother and puppies unhealthy. In order to increase profits, puppies are taken away from their mothers too early so that she may then go on have another litter. And this coupled with lack of human interaction causes behavioural problems and dog health care problems.
Puppies in pet shops are usually the product of puppy farms, so it’s not advisable to buy them. Newspaper and internet adverts are also dubious. Therefore, if buying a puppy from an internet or classified advert always insist on seeing the puppies with their siblings and mother as well as the father if possible. If the seller makes excuses about the whereabouts of the mother then they should not be trusted. Farmed puppies might be offered cheaper than the going rate, but the saving is next to nothing when extra future vet bills, behavioural problems and heart break are taken into account. No reputable breeder would touch farmed puppies, so asking for recommendations from other dog owners is a good idea.
