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How to Look at USDA Puppymill List

It seems a lot of people have NO IDEA what a puppymill is and how many USDA puppymills help to keep USDA in business. This list includes other breeders, but MOST are dog breeders.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/
click on Programs, then on Animal Care, then at the very top of the page are menu choices, click on AC Publications, scroll down to the very bottom right-hand side and you'll see a heading "Facility Lists" which lists by type of license who is licensed with USDA
Go to the heading " Dealers" and click on Breeders listed under that main heading. After you've seen the LOOOOOONG lists by state of puppymills, then go back & click on Dealers.

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Thought I would point out that not all those facilities are puppymills...You have rabbit breeders, sugarglider breeders, bird breeders, and etc....

The list also includes exotic animal breeders.

That list does not seperate "puppymills" from other animal breeders.

There is a sugar glider breeder licensed not far from me that isnt on either list. Reckon how many others the USDA has lost track of?

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this TOTALY depends on what you idea of a "puppy mill" is. By some I am a puppy mill. I have 14 dogs of THREE different breeds(Boxers,Treeing Walkers,English) .YES I do breed the Boxers for money.In fact on certain females I will breed back to back and then take a cycle rest (to some THAT screams puppy mill right there even tho I was asked to send pic of our kennel to pres. Of MO Pet Breeders for an info phamplet to improve relations on MO breeders).I have a friend that , until she went thru a dicvorce had 40 dogs .Some would point fingers "PUPPY MILL!!!!" This is NOT true. She HIRED help,had a big dog yard the dogs could run in ,everything was clean all vet stuff up to date she tested hips,etc showed obidence etc etc...Puppy Mill is a very broad term that can describe different things to different ppl.I have been to puppy Mills and it is heart breaking.I have been to small "hobby" breeders that had their dogs in filth which is equally heartbreakiing,and I have called the Humane Socity on a young neighbor couple who had a young black lab pup tied in the middle of the yard with NO dog house,shade,shelter and alot of times no water.The pup sat hunched out in the rain and as the weather got hotter he looked worse. Finely, one day , when he was streched to the max trying to lick the water from the AC unit and couldnt make it I called. I was told that he was dead when the animal welfare ppl went to knock.SO..it has more to do with the PEOPLE than the sheer # of animals (although I believe there is a limit and that means if you have 40 hounds your pushing it too).This is a very touchy subject for me as I have seen , and am ON both sides of the coin here.Considered a heartless puppy machine by extremes and a nice well run establishment by some and "oh my god I want to do JUST LIKE YOU and have a cool kennel" on the other extreme. USDA misses alot of ppl because MOST ppl dont contact them. If you have more than three female critters of breeding age (barn cats,house pets,beagles etc etc) that are not fixed, you are SUPPOSED to have a st. of MO licence. If you are planning on SELLING the offspring of these females you should have a USDA licence. So,how many hunters do you know who have more than XXX amount of females , breed,raise and sell to the public? THATS what the PAWS bill is about.

And MY point is

MOST coonhound people raising pups look after their dogs. They don't keep breeding stock in little wire cages in buildings where those dogs never see the light of day and never have the opportunity to be "someone's special friend." If USDA inpects these establishments & confinement in stacked wire cages is acceptable because the petshop trade keeps USDA people employed, then there is SOMETHING WRONG with the picture. I actually emailed USDA and ASKED FOR the PUPPYMILL LIST. USDA responded without clarifying differences in establishments on the list. So THIS means USDA considers dogs to be just another commodity that can be mass produced. Do we want to be a part of THAT classification?

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