I would never do that either. However, our little schnoodle is a puppymill rescue. The schnoodles were priced for $2000 to $3000 – and kept in the most deplorable conditions. Our little guy is one of only two in a litter of seven or eight to survive. The mother had to be put down because she'd been bred to near death, kept in a cage with a wire bottom so that her feet were destroyed and maggot ridden.