Where NOT to Buy Puppies
Welcoming a new puppy into your home should be a joyous occasion, but if you buy from the wrong source, the buying process can sometimes be upsetting and in some cases end in the puppy’s death. This may sound overly dramatic, but at Beagle Welfare we are very aware of the high numbers of puppy farmers, pet shops and commercial breeders who are only interested in making money out of dogs. If you buy a puppy from a pet shop you have no idea whether the puppy has been raised in one of the dreadful cages seen on the left, in a filthy shed or in the warmth of a cosy kitchen.
Puppy farmers have no concern for the physical or mental well-being of either their breeding stock or the puppies they produce. They will make no effort to breed for good temperament or with regard to possible, hereditary defects.
This will not matter to you if your main concern when purchasing a puppy is the price. Cheap puppies can easily be found on the internet but unfortunately many of these pups will have been bred in appalling conditions on puppy farms. The puppies themselves may have health problems and only had the very minimum human contact, resulting in them having long term behavioural problems.
The adult breeding stock at these establishments live lives of total misery.
On the left is a Beagle “stud” dog.
On the right is a “brood” bitch who has spent her entire life in a cage.
Their lives are spent producing puppies for the “cheap” end of the market. They will be destroyed once their useful production days are over.
If you buy from a puppy farm, a pet shop, or other retail outlet, you may think that you’re getting a bargain but somewhere down the line, a terrible price has been paid.
Beagle Welfare cannot stress strongly enough, how important it is that you research the breed thoroughly and only buy from a reputable breeder.