International Champion sired puppies available now AKC English Bulldog Pups << pups available now AKC English Bulldog Puppies Ready Now! english bulldog puppies akc Male AKC English Bulldog Pup for Sale Five puppies, two males and three females. Number of lives saved in Pennsylvania in the last year: I love outdoor activities and working with sporting dogs in the field Grooming Manager : Maryann Pet Passions : Canine transformation is my passionSome traits which indicate a reputable breeder: A reputable breeder is passionate about one or two breeds and is knowledgeable about breed standards and potential breed-specific genetic problems. A reputable breeder should understand basic female reproductive health, so each female should not be bred more than a few times in her lifetime. The puppies and their parents are kept in the breeder’s home as part of the family.  A reputable breeder will welcome you to see where the dogs spend most of their time and encourage you to spend time with the puppy’s parents.  

Multiple visits are encouraged prior to taking the puppy home. A reputable breeder relies on a strong relationship with a veterinarian and will provide documentation of the puppy’s vet visits,  medical history, and any genetic tests that were performed. Every puppy should come with a written health guarantee and the breeder should ask you to sign a contract stating that you will return the dog to the breeder should you be unable to keep the dog at any point during its lifetime.  It is also customary for breeders to microchip their puppies before they go home.  (Commerical kennels have now begun offering these “health guarantees” as well.  Please use your best judgement when reading over any contractual paperwork.) A reputable breeder will probably have fewer dogs than potential families waiting.  He/She will maintain a list of people interested in the next available litter.  This will mean that you may not be able to choose the exact time of the dog’s purchase. 

A healthy, happy puppy is well worth the wait. (Remember, AKC registration itself does NOT imply that the puppy has not come from a commercial kennel.  AKC registration ONLY verifies the dog’s bloodline.  It does not imply acceptable conditions in which it or its parents have been kept.  Many commercial breeders, or puppy millers, keep AKC registrations in the hopes that the public views this as a positive credential.)Pug Puppies For Adoption In NycReliable information from one of the largest Amish sites on the web. Puppies For Sale Near Baldwin Wi on December 11, 2015 at 8:20 AM, updatedWedding Dresses In Lahore With Prices "If anything, I think they've gotten better at hiding it." — Jen Nields GORDONVILLE — Humane Officer Jen Nields knocks on a door of the suspected puppy mill in Gordonville and steps back.

She fidgets with a notebook and peers through a covered glass panel looking for signs of life. The setting around her is breath-taking — lush Dutch Country farmland at sunset, a sea of gold and green. It is also ground-zero for a culture and information war still raging in the mid-state after years of soul-searching and debate. "A lot of people don't understand when I say, 'We (Lancaster County) are the puppy mill capital of the U.S.,' how heartrending it is to say that," Nields explains. In recent years, legislative efforts to clamp-down on puppy mills have driven scores of large-scale commercial breeders out-of-business or the area, state officials say. In some cases, those that stayed have slid into unregulated and under-the-radar breeding networks exploiting licensing loopholes and legislative blind spots. "I think the activity has been pretty steady since I started (in 2013)," Nields adds. "If anything, I think they've gotten better at hiding it." Even amid what has been described as the slow death of licensed commercial dog breeding in Pennsylvania, Lancaster County remains a potent force.

Of the licensed and commercial kennels remaining, the county continues to lead the state in licensing fees, with roughly $50,000 collected here in 2015. The next highest total is just half of that, with $25,000 collected in Allegheny County. Fee collections totaled roughly $400,000 this year, statewide. At the Lancaster County SPCA, Nields says breeding remains locally prevalent and, to an extent, the status-quo still intact. Complaints about suspected animal abuse, meanwhile, are far more common now as awareness of puppy mills has grown. Nields says she's called to suspected mills almost daily, with the activity comprising more than 75 percent of all cruelty calls. Officials say puppy mills endure in midstate's fringe kennels Susan Martin, executive director of the Lancaster County SPCA, says the majority of callers are people who "go to buy a puppy and have concerns." "They hear a bunch of dogs barking and they say, 'I don't know, but this might be a puppy mill.'

Others say they (the breeder) would show me the puppy but not the mom and dad." It was an anonymous complaint from a similarly concerned customer that led Nields to the Gordonville home, also a state licensed kennel, on a recent Thursday evening. When her knocking was finally answered, the door opened to reveal a stout Amish woman who, with a male family member, denied Nields entry to the home where she sought to conduct an animal welfare check. "They said we're not going to let you in, you need a warrant, we're not just gonna walk you through our property," Nields recounts, adding "They could just have an expectation of their privacy, or they could be hiding something." While licensed by the state, the kennel operators are only required to submit to twice-yearly inspections, not random welfare checks by humane agencies or even those originating with complaints. An SPCA investigation of the home is currently pending. Showdowns of sensibility between the Amish that dominate the trade and the "English" that regulate it have long been common in mid-state dog law enforcement.

Humane officers in speaking with Pennlive said Amish typically view the dogs as livestock and don't share contemporary American views of the animals as pets, even while many, if not all, are sold for that express purpose. Nields is clear that this cultural divide does not mean all dogs on Amish farms are treated poorly. "I've been to Amish farms where they (dogs) were very well taken care of," she said, adding "Everyone is an individual with their own agenda." Officials add that while kennel complaints don't always lead to the discovery of violations or substantiated cruelty, those that do often reveal shocking truths. Feds to close Internet puppy mill loophole, crack down on online dog sellers The findings can range from dogs infested with parasites to those covered in waste. Conditions that are cramped and mothers that are riddled with cesarean scars, some with incisions crudely closed with twine. In other cases, many are unable to walk after a lifetime living in cages and on wire floors that draw waste away from their bodies, but which leave their paws disfigured and hips splayed.

Karel Minor, executive director with the Humane Society of Berks County, said "Major commercial kennels can range from mere licensing violations ... to being true hellscapes with dozens or hundreds of animals living in their own waste, air which is unbreathable, animals so uncared for they are nearly unrecognizable masses of hair and filth, and clear violations of PA cruelty law. Smaller unlicensed kennels can follow the same pattern, but on a smaller scale." Minor cautioned that "not every kennel is in violation based on the letter of the law, which can differ from what most animal lovers feel is appropriate, even if the conditions are technically legal." In fact, advocates continue to argue that Pennsylvania's anti-cruelty laws and punishments are too weak and too rarely enforced; that the state's enforcement structure leaves private, often non-profit groups shouldering the burden and footing the bill; and that state dog laws wrongly view the animals as livestock and their breeding as an agricultural process.