This is why all of my pets are rescues. They either find me, or I find them in a shelter - but there is no buying.

Tiny Tim
"He was one of about 30 that were rescued late last week from a local puppy mill by the Brown County Humane Society, Animal Control, and the All Texas Dachshund Rescue out of Austin. There are still about 100 more dogs at that location, but due to the lack of enforceable legislation, they had to be left behind."

To see what a puppy mill can do scroll down. It's an awful image. Worse than anything I've ever seen on Animal Cops.