2. Do You Care About
Puppies?
Would you rather get your puppy from a pet store, or from an
animal shelter?
3. Where do you find
puppies?
Pet stores
Animal Shelters
Newspaper Ads
Online
Friends
4. Where do pet stores get their
puppies?
Sometimes pet stores get puppies from local
breeders.
Most of the time pet stores will get their puppies
from places called puppy mills.
5. Where do shelters get their
puppies?
Shelters get their puppies from all over.
Sometimes they are rescued from a bad situation.
Some are found without a home.
Some come from people who have accidently had
puppies and don’t know what to do with them.
Others are sometimes born there.
6. Why might you buy a puppy from
a pet store?
Convenience
7. Why might you buy a puppy from
an animal shelter?
Animal shelter dogs are in desperate need of a home
It’s easier to find out more about their history.
Their medical needs have already been taken care of.
The people who give them away actually care if you
are or are not a good fit.
8. What are puppy mills?
Puppy Mills are places where puppies are bred to be
sold a very fast rate.
Imagine a place just like a large scale chicken coop
with dogs instead of chickens.
The female dogs are forced to have puppies
repeatedly without any time to rest in between.
They typically die very early on without ever going
outside.
Puppy mills are ILLEGAL
