4. Help Fight Puppy Mills
Buying a dog from a pet store almost guarantees you to be getting a puppy that comes from a puppy mill. Puppy mills are places where dogs are bred constantly to produce more puppies to sell to pet stores for a profit. The moms are kept in small cages and don’t receive proper medical care or any human companionship. They are often sick and tend to have behavioral problems because of this. Once a mom dog is no longer able to breed they are sometimes killed or abandoned. As long as people are still buying from pet stores, puppy mills will remain in business. By adopting a pet, you can ensure that you are not supporting puppy mills.
