![]() ![]() Puppies from puppy farms are likely to have a genetic disorder and are at risk of deadly infectious diseases such as canine parvovirus or canine distemper virus. This means their behaviour is extensive and long-lasting. Studies show that dogs kept in puppy farms develop major and persistent fears and phobias, changed mental functioning, compulsive behaviours such as pacing and circling, and often show difficulty in coping with a normal existence when released to a new home. They must be given sufficient food, water, and shelter. The mothers often too weak to care for her puppies as she has been bred repeatedly with no recovery time allowed in between litters.ĭogs crave companionship so the conditions must meet the physical, behavioural, and social needs of the breeding animals and their offspring. In these factories fathers are often kept alone and suffer neglect and the mothers often suffer physical injuries because of constant pregnancies and birthing. When regulations are insufficient or ineffectively enforced, farmed puppies, their mothers, and fathers, are often poorly socialised and given no exercise, regular grooming, or bathing. ![]() What are the negative effects of puppy farms on the dogs themselves? This is then illegal under animal cruelty standards and may lead to health and psychological problems in breeding animals and their offspring. Overbreeding with the addition of early infant-mother separation, lack of veterinary care means that the health and happiness of the mothers and their puppies is not cared for. ![]() They have no choice but to eat, sleep, go to the toilet and give birth in the same confined space.ĭogs in these intensive breeding programs are continually pregnant, some even from the age of 6 months. ![]() They may never be allowed out for a walk, play, socialise or have the freedom to enjoy normal behaviours. Dogs kept in intensive breeding facilities may be confined in small cages, unhygienic conditions, and ongoing confinement. Profit motivated breeding takes away a dog’s freedoms and denies the dog to be loved as a pet and companion. Recently several states in Australia are of introducing new legislation to protect animals from intensive breeding with tighter regulations when registering animals and with only licenced farms which have been approved can trade. New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia are restricting the numbers of animals a commercial breeder can own. It is seen that these farms are legal providing the animals welfare is taken care of and they are given sufficient food, water, and shelter. The intensive breeding in puppy farming itself has not yet been considered illegal but the welfare conditions on a puppy farm may be illegal under the animal cruelty standards set out in different Australian state and territory codes of practice. Breeders must be government licenced, identified, traceable and independently inspected on a regular basis Breeder standards and compulsory codes of practice must be in place. In Australia, all puppy farms must be registered, and all conditions must be met to safeguard the animal’s welfare. The animal welfare groups are rightly concerned for the welfare of these deprived animals who have evolved to crave companionship and love and not to be imprisoned in squalid closed cages. Pet sales websites are filling up with listings for puppies to be resold.Īs scandalous as it is, in puppy farms, puppies and their mothers are often kept in overcrowded filthy conditions, forced to sleep, eat, go to the toilet, and give birth all in one confining space. Now, a couple of years on, puppies bought from puppy farms are being handed in to animal shelters by their frustrated owners as behavioural issues arise. Yet for many pet owners, it’s not until their dog gets sick, they realise they’ve fallen victim to unethical breeding practices. The sudden demand for puppy companions during the Covid lockdown has increased the wealth of dishonest puppy traders. ![]()
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