tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post2653147228082169874..comments2023-12-13T05:35:03.070-05:00Comments on Wheres my sanity: What is a Puppy Mill?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-19694729623463548692013-08-01T10:37:24.089-04:002013-08-01T10:37:24.089-04:00I agree with AnnieG; there is a middle ground betw...I agree with AnnieG; there is a middle ground between the H$U$ and much of the content on this Blog. There ARE horrible conditions and there ARE puppymills that should be shut down and owners/breeders prosecuted. There IS animal cruelty and a blatant disregard as people dump off litter after litter of puppies at local shelters when spay/neuter was available low cost. Or worse, leave them on the highway.<br /><br />That being said, I have pomeranians. I have well bred, fluffy tiny bundles of joy. I went to pick her/him out of the litter, talk with the breeder and met the parents. I had the whole new puppy experience. I have bought pom puppies, I have rescued older poms and I have fostered 'highway puppies' for the shelter (and kept one of them:) My oldest is now 9 and they all have forever homes with me as they approach their golden years. <br /><br />We need quality breeders who sell healthy puppies, we need spay/neuter programs in rural counties like mine and we need public awareness programs that preach RESPONSIBLE ownership so the clueless masses will think twice before getting junior a boxer puppy with a 35lb pet limit at the apartment they rent, then dumping puppy off at a high kill shelter in 9 months.<br /><br />We need to work to ensure the kind, healthy, appropriate treatment of copanian animals no matter where they are or how they came to be...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-49687892364621381692011-04-08T22:41:21.062-04:002011-04-08T22:41:21.062-04:00To quote the ASPCA: "A puppy mill is a large-...To quote the ASPCA: "A puppy mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding operation where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs." It's not hard to agree on that, is it? And the USDA does a miserable job enforcing existing laws in many areas, regarding both human and animal well-being and safety. Not so hard to agree on that either. I agree that invasive over-regulation of pet ownership and reproduction is bad, but you lose me - and other reasonable people - when you gloss over the real abuses of some puppy mills and the failures of law and enforcement that allow them to exist.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02672173105120829787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14982702.post-60655789298231690822009-12-18T12:12:36.065-05:002009-12-18T12:12:36.065-05:00Many commerical breeders are already regulated und...Many commerical breeders are already regulated under the USDA. <br /><br />Sometimes I think the preoccupation with domestic animal breeding is a form of neo-Purtianism that infantalizes animals by denying that they can or should be allowed to reproduce. <br /><br />As a dog-hater of my acquaintance frequently reminded me, animals get a lot better treatment and publicity than the abused and foster children up for adoption in our country, or the homeless.<br /><br />It's easier to "speak" for animals and use them as tools to raise money because they won't contradict you or in turn accuse YOU of abuse. And all you need to do to silence real animal advocates is to accuse THEM of abuse in their turn.<br /><br />It's the perfect shell game.The Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033681146842578091noreply@blogger.com