Latest articles from Candid Canine (http://www.candidcanine.info) http://www.candidcanine.info 2012-05-23T01:13:22+01:00 text/html 2008-05-05T00:08:32+01:00 http://www.candidcanine.info http://www.candidcanine.info/breed-success-in-your-a270.html The numbers will make any pet lover blanch with disgust, anger, and sadness. The Humane Society of the United States calculates that as many as 500,000 puppies every year are sold in pet shops, and that many of these pet shops buy their pets from the worst breeders—so-called puppy mills. What do these puppy mills (and kitty mills) have to do with you if you’re on the market for a new furry companion? You know what you’re doing when it comes to buying a purebred, right?