Two dogs are shoved in a cage or kennel together, calculated at the right time to conceive. They breed together and it takes, a mother dog now pregnant at a puppy mill. She lies in a small cage, one she can not even stand up in. Her food is scarce, clean water is rare, and fecal matter and urine begin to collect. Flies and other insects, which carry disease that can easily infect dogs, are now swarming on the ground of the puppy farm. The puppies are born in these condititons. For the next 6-8 weeks, this is the puppies lives too. Pus in their eyes, likely from crying and infection, fecal matter and urine throughout their fur, and bug bites all over their bodies. The owners of the puppy mill don't look, they don't care.
The mother fights with her body to muster up the energy to feed once more. The lack of correct nutrients, food and water makes it tough. She has no energy. She feeds anyway. Many times, the puppies are sold at six weeks, which is two weeks shy of the needed time with the mother. They are hastily pulled fromthe kennel, and for the first time, they feel the warmth of human hands. If they get excited, they are beaten. The only interest in them is to clean them up, get them off the puppy farm in exchange for money. This is the life for a dog in a puppy mill.
If the mother is still in her prime and can produce more puppies, she is spared. If she is deemed unfit for more puppies, her fate is full of gloom and she may end up in the landfill, dead. She could no longer make money for the puppy mill and is no longer needed. Perhaps, in this situation, death may be more humane. Living in the conditions of a puppy mill for another year is unbearable for the morally sound.
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