| There are many advantages of getting your Bichon | | | | responsibilities very seriously. Since they planned on |
| Frise puppy from a Bichon Frise breeder rather than a | | | | bringing the puppies into the world, they are responsible |
| pet store. Bichon Frise breeders spend lots of time on | | | | for finding good homes for the puppies. They will do |
| only a few puppies, making sure they are healthy and | | | | background checks on prospective puppy owners, drill |
| properly socialized. Pet store puppies get very little | | | | you on your Bichon Frise information (or lack thereof) |
| attention and are stuck in cages at the time of life | | | | and often ask for character reference letters. They |
| when they should be getting training. And, most | | | | want to be sure that you are going to be a humane |
| importantly, Bichon Frise breeders are not puppy mills. | | | | owner and won't give the dog to a shelter once it has |
| All pet stores get their puppies from puppy mills | | | | outgrown the cute stage. |
| without exception. If they tell you otherwise, they are | | | | Always buy from a reputable Bichon Frise breeder, |
| lying. They are just trying to make a sale and will say | | | | because buying a puppy at a pet store only helps to |
| anything in order to close the deal. Pet shop owners | | | | perpetuate the inhumane and barbaric puppy mill |
| and employees use the exact same sneaky selling | | | | system. In a puppy mill, dogs are treated worse than |
| tactic that you are probably already familiar with in | | | | battery hens (and there are even laws to protect |
| other stores and car lots. No respectable and caring | | | | battery hens, now). Dogs are never taken to a vet, as |
| Bichon Frise breeder (or any other dog breeder, for | | | | that would cut into the profit margin. They spend their |
| that matter) would sell his or her puppies to a pet | | | | lives in crates and only come out to breed. They often |
| store. | | | | spend most of their lives sitting in their own excrement. |
| What's inhumane about buying a puppy at a pet | | | | The puppies bred in this condition are often sickly, have |
| store? Plenty! First off, all puppies in all pet stores are | | | | behavioral problems and often aren't purebred. There |
| from puppy mills. Puppy mills are barbaric places | | | | is no legal overseeing group that makes sure a dog is |
| where dogs are treated like unfeeling breeding | | | | a purebred. Anyone can fill out whatever they darn |
| machines. They never get to play, they never get | | | | well like in pedigree papers and no one checks up on |
| affection and they certainly never get veterinary care. | | | | anything. Bichon Frise breeders not only will sell you a |
| The puppy mill workers do all the vet care, whether | | | | healthy, behaved puppy but one that is pedigreed. |
| they know what they are doing or not. | | | | They also are great sources of accurate Bichon Frise |
| No Bichon Frise breeder would ever sell puppies to a | | | | information throughout all of your Bichon dog's life. |
| pet store. Bichon Frise breeders take their | | | | |