I bought my pup from tea cup puppies. I love him, such an amazing dog. I could never regret him, however, I hate that I helped support such a horrible industry(yes I found proof tea cups buy from commercial breeders aka puppy mills) I had known about puppy mills but didn't realize they are USDA licensed and the dogs are AKC/ACA registered. We call them puppy mills but on paper they are commercial breeders. So pet stores deceive is by how they word things. They tell uS they buy from breeders and they do just that they're commercial breeders. They tell us they only but from USDA licensed breeders and yes puppy mills are. Truth is, no reputable breeder would ever sell to a pet store, it's even stated in breeders club contracts. 98% of pet stores pups come from puppy mills and this place is no different. I have learned so much about all this the past 2 years and even decided to find out exactly where my pup came from. In the ACA application I received from the store, it has the breeders name. The first 2 letters of the registration number indicate state they came from. Mine said ""KS"" so he came from Kansas. Looking up breeders in Kansas with the name provided I found the commercial kennel he came from and it is a puppy mill(saw vid footage and USDA reports about conditions). Many of you can do the same if you want to find out(you can even have a free puppy report done to track where your dog came from). Luckily, he only had kennel cough. However, down the line he has two genetic issues. He has a luxating patella in his knee and was more of a problem when he was younger. In the future, I will never buy from a store again and only adopt. Buying a dog we just support puppy mills and not to mention 6 million dogs are euthanized every year in a shelter. Sure they're cute but puppy mills will continue to stay in business as long as we buy dogs. We hate they exist but we contribute to them and keep them in business.
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