Here are some pictures taken at various puppy mills. If seeing the horror these dogs endure isn't enough to keep you from buying a pet shop dog, nothing is!

This is one type of "enclosure" used by puppy mills.

 

The typical way dogs in mills are housed. Note that there are two or three dogs in a cage designed for one.

Would you keep a young pup in a cage where there is loose wire for it to chew on??

 

This poor pup may face the same hard life as her dam - forced to breed too young and too often.

 

Do these look like healthy dogs to you??

 

Once again, too many dogs in a run down shelter not large enough for them all. Note that the one on the right looks to have a gash on it's forehead.