Now This Is A Puppy Mill

I-Team: Wisconsin Puppy Mill, by John Mercure
Link for the story http://www.todaystmj4.com/features/iteam/11638646.html

We are interested in the facts not slander and above all we are "Pro-Good Breeder"

In review of this report any discussions with others who know about this facility, we are appalled to think this lady has been allowed to remain in business;

Being familair with raising and caring for dog populations. We know there are times when a health issue may surface in the kennel that is a tough one to combat. And we also know there are days that things just don't go right, happens even in the best kennel or business.

These kinds of things are what we call "work" in progress, But in this case the dogs were in filth and they were injuried and they were housed in her home and above all she was selling "Babies" mind you four weeks of age "out the door" (breeders term for on site sales)

She had no diease control policy, visitors should have been "booted up" (All visitors to a professional breeding facilioty are required to "Boot Up", wear protective clothing so as not to track parvo and other dieases onto the property) to protect the new borns and the general population from infectious diease that could be tracked on the property.

Although she tried to offer meds to the owner for the puppy to complete the schedule for possible healing it was a sorry example of any kind of breeder.

1. The breeder should not have sold a four week old baby.
2. No sales should be taking place when thee is a contageious diease present on the property.
3. The place looked trashy and un kept
4. No diease control protection in place, I think I would want to make sure that I didn't get something there for my own animals sake.

But here's the story which seem to go unreported often in these kinds of stories. Does this lady have a USDA license? and if so where are the Feds?

All I can say about this one is "Damn it Lady People like you are the problem!"

Although not perfect in the total story, John did do a good job.