A lot of people want to stop cún yêu, con chó con mills, but they don't know how. But if bạn follow these 8 steps correctly, bạn and everybody else who did this will be one step closer to ending cún yêu, con chó con mills, for good.

Do Not Buy Your cún yêu, con chó con From a Pet Store

That cún yêu, con chó con who Phép thuật bạn through the pet cửa hàng window has most likely come from a large-scale, substandard commercial breeding facility, commonly known as a cún yêu, con chó con mill. In these facilities, parent chó are caged and bred as often as possible, and give birth to chó con who could have costly medical problems bạn might not become aware of until after bạn bring your new pet home.

Make Adoption Your First Option

If you’re looking to make a cún yêu, con chó con part of your family, check your local shelters first. Not only will bạn be saving a life, but bạn will ensure that your money is not going to support a cún yêu, con chó con mill. There are many chó waiting for homes in shelters all across the country—and an estimated one in four is a purebred! Your một giây option is breed rescue. If your tim, trái tim is set on a specific breed bạn haven’t been able to find in a shelter, bạn can do an Internet tìm kiếm for a breed-specific rescue organization.

Internet Buyers, Beware!

Buying a cún yêu, con chó con from the Internet is as risky as buying from a pet store. If bạn buy a cún yêu, con chó con based on a picture and a phone call, bạn have no way of seeing the puppy’s breeding premises hoặc meeting his parents. And those who sell động vật on the Internet are not held to the Animal Welfare Act regulations, and so are not inspected bởi the USDA.

Share Your cún yêu, con chó con Mill Story with the ASPCA

If bạn have—or think bạn have—purchased a puppy-mill puppy, please tell us your story. Every bit of evidence gives us thêm power to get legislation passed that will ban cún yêu, con chó con mills.

Speak Out!

Inform your state and federal legislators that bạn are disturbed bởi the inhumane treatment of chó in cún yêu, con chó con mills, and would like to see legislation passed that ensures that all động vật bred to be pets are raised in healthy conditions. bạn can keep up-to-date about current legislation to ban cún yêu, con chó con mills bởi joining the ASPCA Advocacy Brigade.

Tell Your Friends

If someone bạn know is planning on buying a puppy, please direct them to our cún yêu, con chó con mill information at ASPCA.org. Let them know that there are perfectly healthy chó in shelters waiting to be adopted.

Think Globally

Have a webpage, a MySpace page hoặc a blog? Use these powerful tools to inform people about cún yêu, con chó con mill cruelty bởi adding a link to our cún yêu, con chó con mill information at ASPCA.org.

Act Locally!

When people are looking to buy hoặc adopt a pet, they will often ask the Lời khuyên of their veterinarian, groomer hoặc pet supply store.Print flyers and ask to leave them in the offices of your local practitioners.