Thinking About Buying a Puppy Online?
Puppies Are Adorable. Puppy Mills Are Horrible.
Thinking about buying a puppy online? Before placing a deposit, learn how to identify puppy mill red flags, understand how online puppy-selling websites operate, recognize puppy scams, and know why meeting the mother dog is one of the most important steps you can take before bringing home a puppy.
What is a puppy mill? A puppy mill is any size dog breeding kennel where the health and welfare of the dogs is disregarded in order to keep overhead low and maximize profits.
We educate to end puppy mills for your family’s sake and for the sake of the parent dogs left behind. Learn about the lack of transparency on puppy broker websites.
Puppy mill dog breeders are found in every state, no breed of dog is immune to puppy mills. Some states may not have many, other states are well known to have high concentrations of puppy mills.
To learn more, please take a moment to watch our video, We The Puppies.
Before you buy a puppy, learn how online puppy mills and puppy brokers work.
Know how to spot puppy mill red flags, puppy scams and how to find a responsible breeder.
Learn why you don’t want to buy a puppy from a puppy mill. Understand why it is so important to meet the mother dog and see where she lives before you pay for a puppy and why you don’t want your puppy to come from a USDA dog breeder.
Stop Online Puppy Mills monitors websites selling puppies. For more information, visit our Puppy Mill Watchdog page.
Help stop online puppy mills, visit our Laws and Legislation pages.
Report a puppy mill.
Since 2014, Stop Online Puppy Mills has been dedicated exclusively to educating the public about the online puppy marketplace. We help prospective puppy buyers understand how puppies are sold online so they can make informed decisions before purchasing a puppy. Puppies are adorable, puppy mills are horrible.
