So, puppy mills and breeders that sell dogs…not a good thing. Thought it was about time that I made a post about this situation; I’ve been reading Dean Koontz’s “The Darkest Evening of The Year” and he makes lots of these points in his book. It is so important to give a rescue or shelter dog a chance and here’s some reasons why. Most puppy farms or breeders have 10 or 20 “breeder dogs”, these dogs will begin being bred at 6 months old and will have up to 2 or more litters a year for 5 or more years. And some large operations have more than 1000 in very cruel conditions. They usually live in a cage about 2 feet by 2 feet in perpetual darkness. Stores, Internet Merchants, and newspapers who claim to have puppies from small breeders and loving “farm families” are usually selling animals produced by brutalized breeder dogs. The AKC will register a purebred dog, this does not mean the dog has been bred humanely! I don’t imagine that I’m changing the world, I know it won’t change, not completely, but so many people are indifferent to the suffering of these animals. When, or if, breeder dogs are rescued, they still come to people with apprehension but with a hope that they will have a better life. There are no accounts of breeder dogs biting their rescuers, they accept treats as gentle as possible from the rescuer’s hand, with barely their lips touching the fingers. Their eyes have an emptiness to them, but the soul that will love you unconditionally still exists behind that emptiness. They will not and do not understand why they were treated the way they were, but they still have their dog spirit. It is so important not to buy from a breeder, or a family farm, or a pet store for these reasons. Plus, did you know 4 million dogs are put down each year at shelters because there are not enough homes. 4 million a year!
This is a subject very important to me and if you don’t agree that’s fine, but thank you for taking the time to read it. And finally please…don’t breed or buy while shelter pets die!