Victoria and Pippa were bred for 10 years at that farm, a puppy mill. Pippa gave birth 18 times.
Victoria delivered more than 150 puppies, passing along to all of them the incurable genetic disease that led to her death. She had mobility issues because of her disease, but still the owner was reluctant to have her stop producing, Herbert said.
Phillips-Hill said it is dogs like Victoria and Pippa, and the offspring that could carry illness because of overbreeding that led to this legislation.
“Pets become part of peoples’ families,” Phillips-Hill said. “They buy a dog or cat, not knowing about an illness they might have. And then the pet gets sick.”
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