Dog By Dog [Blu-ray] - Award-Winning Documentary About Puppy Mills | Perfect for Animal Lovers & Documentary Enthusiasts | Great for Movie Nights & Educational Screenings

This is a very worthwhile film on a number of levels. The most important aspect of the film is to educate people about where those cute, fluffy little puppies in the pet stores come from.Regardless of what the ads for the pet stores say, if they are retailing dogs, then those dogs are from puppy mills. Not some of them – ALL of them – in ALL pet stores.Good breeders don’t sell their dogs to others who will resell them to strangers with the only qualification being their ability to pay for the dog. The good breeder will have you come to their house or kennel. You will meet the mother dog and many times the father dog. You will also be interviewed and judged and that breeder will make sure they approve of where their dogs go. If the conditions aren’t right, you may be denied an animal if the breeder doesn’t like you, or think you can appropriately care for their dogs. It may not be fair, but it’s the way truly reputable breeders work.No good breeder will wholesale their dogs to pet stores, so even when the nice man or woman at the pet store tells you their dogs are from “local” or “reputable breeders,” they are lying to you. It’s that simple and straightforward.The film also goes into how legislation efforts aimed at making puppy mills more humane are often entangled into other legislative agendas of big Agra in their efforts to limit regulation on livestock.One of the most disappointing things I’ve learned about puppy mills is how deeply involved the Amish and Mennonite communities are in this cruel flesh trade.Finally, the film takes several well-deserved swipes at the AKC, who continues to allow puppy mills to get AKC pedigrees for their “products.” If you were ever under the impression that AKC registrations, or a purebred pedigree are some measure of quality you will be enlightened by watching Dog by Dog. Pedigrees are a profit center for the AKC and have nothing all to do with the quality of purebred dogs or the conditions under which they are produced.Great film, great message – get informed.