What do you consider to be a puppymill?

any suggestions?

My idea of a puppy mill is exactly what the media portrays it as, point blank. For some reason people have puppy mills and BYBs confused as one in the same. But my definition is simple;
A person or persons breeding multiple dogs yearly, to have a consistant flow of puppies, resulting in the ill treatment of the puppies and little concern of the breeding stock as well. Breeding for little purpose other than profit is WRONG on so many levels. These "breeders" are breeding their stock as much as possible, 2X per year (more if bitch is irregular) and through out the stocks entire lives with no reguards to the age of the stock. Not to mention the mills will breed any mix to meet the demand of trends. The only business concept that the puppy mill breeder understands is supply and demand. It's sad to see yards with tens to hundreds of cages full of malnurished, emaciated, and ill stock. There is also little care for the pups as well. These "breeders" sole purpose in owning dogs is to exploit the reproductive organs that these dogs possess. Commonly, these dogs are born with defects due to poor breeding habits and health issues of the original stock. These puppies are usually seperated from the mother too early and weaned improperly. I have seen footage of a puppy mill that actually had a fire going on while the undercover investigators were there. The owner improperly wired heating pads in the cages and was uneffected by the fire, said it wasn't the first time! Later on, after the property was siezed, there were barrels found that were full of dead burned puppies. Since there is little care for these puppies, the pups sustain emotional and physical damage from it's time spent in the breeders yard. The most common injury seen on mill dogs is wire damage and defects of the feet, caused by spending its entire life standing on wire. Inbreeding without proper health testing or science is also common, resulting in congenial defects such as hip displasia, heart disease, enlarged pallet, cherry eye, suseptible pattelas, and so on, and so on. I know that I've just barely scratched the surface here, but I would like to add... Pet Store dogs are more than likely from a puppy mill. Pet stores need a constant supply and mills are doing like the name says, "milling". If you think that the cute little puppy you see in the pet shop sounds a little expensive, just wait till you get the vet bills!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIV5l4gd_Oo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxY51QlpEG0

RedDoggy wrote:

My idea of a puppy mill is exactly what the media portrays it as, point blank. For some reason people have puppy mills and BYBs confused as one in the same. But my definition is simple;
A person or persons breeding multiple dogs yearly, to have a consistant flow of puppies, resulting in the ill treatment of the puppies and little concern of the breeding stock as well. Breeding for little purpose other than profit is WRONG on so many levels. These "breeders" are breeding their stock as much as possible, 2X per year (more if bitch is irregular) and through out the stocks entire lives with no reguards to the age of the stock. Not to mention the mills will breed any mix to meet the demand of trends. The only business concept that the puppy mill breeder understands is supply and demand. It's sad to see yards with tens to hundreds of cages full of malnurished, emaciated, and ill stock. There is also little care for the pups as well. These "breeders" sole purpose in owning dogs is to exploit the reproductive organs that these dogs possess. Commonly, these dogs are born with defects due to poor breeding habits and health issues of the original stock. These puppies are usually seperated from the mother too early and weaned improperly. I have seen footage of a puppy mill that actually had a fire going on while the undercover investigators were there. The owner improperly wired heating pads in the cages and was uneffected by the fire, said it wasn't the first time! Later on, after the property was siezed, there were barrels found that were full of dead burned puppies. Since there is little care for these puppies, the pups sustain emotional and physical damage from it's time spent in the breeders yard. The most common injury seen on mill dogs is wire damage and defects of the feet, caused by spending its entire life standing on wire. Inbreeding without proper health testing or science is also common, resulting in congenial defects such as hip displasia, heart disease, enlarged pallet, cherry eye, suseptible pattelas, and so on, and so on. I know that I've just barely scratched the surface here, but I would like to add... Pet Store dogs are more than likely from a puppy mill. Pet stores need a constant supply and mills are doing like the name says, "milling". If you think that the cute little puppy you see in the pet shop sounds a little expensive, just wait till you get the vet bills!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIV5l4gd_Oo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxY51QlpEG0

I would have to agree here with the millers. on the other hand my pup is from a breeder that has been doing it for about 3-4 years he has about 5 dogs and he is trying to get things up and running but his dogs (mine) can be dual registered BFKC and ADBA He only turns 1 litter a year possibly 2 this year he has a female that is 2 and has some points to her CH (i'm not into the show ring at all) and he does his home work to make sure the litter has a good chance of being the complete package of a APBT true working dogs. He doesn't have a building or anything like that he keeps dogs in his yard except the puppies and mother and he has a house dog. Would he be considered a BYB ...I don't consider him that or a peddler. (Why) becasue i had to go find him he wasn't looking for sales or anything like that he wasn't in the paper or on the net selling "pits"

He weight pulls with my pups dad BTW i know it's not relative to the topic but i like his muscle look

http://www.apbt.online-pedigrees.com/public/printPedigree.php?dog_id=256942

Anyone who breeds more than a few litters in a year or breeds for profit is a puppymiller to me,that being said,there are a few folks i consider puppy millers that hae good dogs i wouldnt mind owning.
Anyone advertising litters over the internet or on forums is verging on miller or byb status to me also,still good dogs are were you find them so im not saying all of them or bad,actually some pretty pretigious breeders were also considered peddlers,but in my opinion its in poor taste and shows a lack of class and respect for the breed,jmo....................................................................................

yeah puppy pushers are in it for the money and they usually don't care who their dogs go to and if they are selling to the petstores and the petstores are charging a overhead charge they are just as guilty