Inside a Puppy Mill

Dogs are bred & rebred every time they come into heat.
They live outside most of the time in cages with wire bottoms where they get caught and tear they legs or worse. Sometimes these are stacked where the feces & urine runs down into the cages below.
Outside in hot or cold temperatures. Rain snow it doesn't matter. They are not protected.
Many times, there are several in one cage....... crowded and cramped
The filth is enough to make them sick and there is no veterinary care.
They are never let out of their cages- never loved or handled.
Babies are born with defects from the abuse.
They are inter bred which can lead to more defects.
They are fed only enough to keep them alive. Most of the time the food bowls are empty with no water.
Some places ram pipes down their throats to keep them from barking.
Puppies are taken from the mothers long before it is time. They are shipped in trucks sometimes across states, overcrowded and not taken care of.
Brokers take them to pet stores to sell. They have not been checked for defects or any diseases.
Many don't make it. They die before they ever get to the pet stores.
If they are deformed and not good for more breeding they are killed in inhumane ways.
They are never socialized. They never get out of their cages.
Many of these puppies are born with genetic conditions of the heart and lungs, seizures, which sometimes don't show up for years.
Many of them have parvo, worms, mange, and various other disorders.
Even if they come with registration papers – it does not mean they came from good breeding conditions.
The AKC receives revenue from the millers for these registrations
When the parents are no longer useful to the millers they are disposed of- (shot- beat or what ever methods they want to use. )
Remember this for every puppy sold at a pet shop

– A shelter puppy dies.