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Dogs discovered with skin and dental issues include toy poodle mixes, pomeranians, chihuahuas and yorkies

More than 100 dogs were rescued from an apparent puppy mill in North Carolina where they were kept in “egregious conditions”, an animal shelter said.

The SPCA of Wake county on Wednesday removed 101 dogs from a home that appeared to have been functioning as a puppy mill. In a statement online, the shelter said that the dogs had been “surrounded by their own waste, packed 5 or 6 to a cage and stacked floor to ceiling, or free roaming in cramped quarters and filth”.

The shelter, working alongside Raleigh animal control, also said that there had been numerous mother dogs with very young nursing puppies, adding that 19 of those dogs were now in SPCA Wake’s care.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago

Is Cruella De Vil a suspect?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

toy poodle mixes, pomeranians, chihuahuas and yorkies

Outrageous either way, but I was expecting Dalmatians.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

you would think so, by dalmatian apparently tend to be rare breeds to be owned, because they are high energy dogs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 37 minutes ago

Do they have hearing issues? A friend had a deaf one and said it's common.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I’ve owned two. One was a female and was indeed high energy. The other was a male and was a very chill dog. Not high-strung at all. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

Either way it’s Cruel~la~

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

You'll need a rechargeable electric shaver, and a quart of black paint....

Here's what you do. First shave the dogs carefully. Then...oh you'll need several circular stancil sizes.....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Anyone have advice for identifying a puppy mill?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty hard to identify them but here are some steps to avoid them. The main thing to check for is whether they have certificates from your national kennel club and how often do they have litters. If they have one female dog and litters from her quite often that’s a bad sign.

Another quick tip is to avoid “designer” breeds altogether like poodle mixes and such. Way higher risk of terrible breeding practices in these cases. If you want a mix go adopt one, buying a puppy from a breeder should only really be done for purebreds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 minutes ago

I always see signs around "puppies for sale @ xyz" or listed with a phone number, or camped out in a busy parking lot with a puppy pen out. It enrages me so fucking much because there's nothing I can do about it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

usually hidden from site, backyard breeders are easier to identfy though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Weird hair and tacky fur coats, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Monsters who force dogs to keep having puppies without any regard to the health of any of the dogs involved. Lots of inbreeding and higher rates of genetic issues in the puppies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What is the goal? Selling puppies?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago

Yes. This is why it’s important to only buy dogs from reputable breeders (or adopt them of course)