United States Moves to End Puppy Mill Imports

[pnwmom]

11. So? That is the number of dogs of all breeds and ages in their system ACROSS THE U.S. -- not here.

You will get the same number if you plug in the same criteria for your own zip code. But all those dogs aren't living in your city, either.

See how many medium size poodle-mix puppies are in Seattle, or even within driving range in Washington state. I've checked before, and there are never more than a handful. And they are almost never poodle-mix "babies" -- which are usually still older than the puppies we adopt.

And don't be fooled -- some of those listings will appear to be from Seattle, but when you read them, they say that the dog is actually in California, but they're willing to ship to Seattle.

I'm not going to get a dog from Petfinders from a picture on the internet. I want to meet the parents and see where the dog has been raised.