How To Help (Concluding Post)

I am sure some of you are wondering how you can help. The best way to help is to not buy puppies or kittens from pet stores and to encourage others to avoid these purchases as well. Puppy mills thrive because of the profits that they make. Without a profit they cannot continue and they will lose their enjoyment. This will also discourage others from starting people mills. Lancaster County, PA by the way is the puppy mills capital of the United States. You may think that when you buy a puppy you are saving it but in fact you are endangering many other puppies and helping to continue the breeding cycle. If you think about a puppy mill as a business, the best thing to do is in fact to cut out the profits and not buy anything that they are selling. Also please never purchase a dog off of the internet. Puppies are a huge responsibility and owning one is not something to be taken lightly. However, if you decide to you would like to own a puppy one of the best places to get a puppy is from a shelter. When you adopt a puppy from a shelter you are giving that puppy a second shot at a good life. In shelters you can find both mixed breeds and purebreds. If you would like to adopt a puppy the best website to use in order to find one for adoption in your area is petfinder.com. You could also volunteer at your local shelter which most likely will have some puppy mill dogs or if adopting and volunteering are not your thing you could always send a letter to your local senator with suggestions on how to stop puppy mills. Spreading awareness is also a good way to help. When people are better informed they can ultimately make better decisions. I hope you enjoyed my blog and thank you for reading!