Puppy Mill Free AZ, Ames, IA (2026)

Bailing Out Benji is a nonprofit organization that is committed to researching and exposing the puppy mill industry in order to create lasting change on the local level. We provide the most current and accurate data surrounding puppy mills and the pet stores and websites they sell through, while also providing the tools the public needs to create change in their own communities and states. Bailing

Out Benji educates with kindness and compassion and without using graphic imagery. Our volunteers are located in various states across the country and are dedicated to changing the world for animals bred in commercial facilities. For more information, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]

or send correspondence to

PO box 203
Ames, Iowa
50010

If you would like to donate to our cause:
https://bailingoutbenji.com/support-us/

12/06/2025

Even though Arizona has a sourcing law that says they can't, several of the puppy stores in our state are buying from breeders with violations.

Follow Bailing Out Benji (as this page is going away soon!) and look at our latest research into AZ's puppy stores here:

Arizona pet stores are buying puppies from some of the worst puppy mills in the Midwest. Our research has connected the stores to the puppy mills.

01/18/2025

The store owners of Puppland were ordered to pay $3.75 million dollars after an Attorney General Investigation in Washington State!

Breaking news!!

The owners of the Puppyland chain of stores were ordered to pay $3.75 million to the state of Washington and end its "illegal advertising and sales practices".

This comes after the Washington State Attorney General's office was prompted to investigate the store following numerous complaints from customers. Our nonprofit was instrumental in helping customers come forward in this case and we are extremely grateful for this outcome!

The court order also requires Puppyland Washington to make numerous reforms to its sales and advertising practices. Among them:

- Puppyland can no longer require non-disparagement provisions in its sales contracts;

- Puppyland cannot refuse to negotiate with consumers on pet costs;

- Puppyland is prohibited from advising consumers on loans;

- Puppyland employees cannot falsely advertise breeding standards; and

- Puppyland must clearly advertise the price range of its puppies.

This ruling only affects their Washington location. This chain currently has locations in Texas, Arizona, and Idaho.

To view the full press release from the AG's office, click here:
https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/puppyland-pay-375-million-result-consumer-protection-lawsuit #:~:text=The%20Attorney%20General's%20Office%20filed,agreements%20that%20illegally%20restricted%20truthful

To donate to our nonprofit and help us continue being a voice for the puppy mill dogs and the people who love them, click here:
https://bailingoutbenji.com/donate/

12/19/2024

Buyer beware!

No one wants to spend their holiday break at the vet clinic with an emergency case of parvo, Giardia or worse.

If you are getting a new puppy- or pet in general- make sure that you are thoroughly researching before you send the business any money. We are regularly hearing from customers who have to spend thousands at the vet clinic due to contagious illnesses, after having spent an equal amount on their puppy to begin with.

If you know someone who has purchased a puppy that later became sick, have them reach out to us and we can help them file all of the right complaints!

https://bailingoutbenji.com/complaint/

12/09/2024

Something to think about!

Families who attempt to buy puppies in pet stores or through online brokering websites are often offered credit cards, loans, and even leases just so the business can seal the deal and sell that puppy. What they aren't told is that those interest rates can climb as high as 188% per loan and they don't often realize it until their first bill comes. We know this because we've seen the contracts and we've had to try and help these families navigate a new world full of big debt and, sometimes, even a sick puppy.

"Ending Puppy Mills" to us means protecting the consumers as well. We need to meet the public where they are at and have conversations about safe ways to obtain their new pets in order to take sales away from cruel and inhumane business practices. We need to take the 'blame and shame' out of our industry in order to reach those who need to hear this message the most, so they can avoid financially supporting a puppy mill.

https://bailingoutbenji.com/buyer-beware-predatory-pet-leasing/

https://bailingoutbenji.com/puppy-mill-maps/cvi-data/

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