[fostermom]

One of the petstores in my area sells puppies "from local breeders"...when I googled the name of one of the breeders, found out from some town meeting notes that he came from PennYam which was referred to as the new Lancaster Co. as (now that they're finally cracking down a bit on puppy mills in PA) the breeders are moving shop to NY. This particular breeder had over 150 adult dogs on his premisis and when asked the life span of his (small breed) dogs had replied 5-7 yrs...but sadly everyone buying these overpriced pups thinks they don't come from puppy mills...so much for truth in advertising.