*They do take a stand...However to some just one litter a year they will call you a PM.....And with so many dog's and registries it's hard to keep up where each dog ends up at just because Mrs.Smith who seems like a sweet old lady bought the puppy/dog doesn't mean she didn't sell it to Mr.Jones the Miller... * On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:57 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > I think that's a great idea... > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > ------------------------------ > On Oct 29, 2010 10:41 AM, Kavi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi > > I just had a thought. I do not know much about the AKC or the others that > register dogs, but if it was possible that the AKC & UKC? would NOT register > dogs from the PM's this also will cut down PM's if the dogs could not be > REG! I think the AKC should also take a stand against PM's and help keep > them from being REG. > > any opinions? > > shanna > > --- On *Fri, 10/29/10, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 12:30 AM > > > I know, I feel the same way when I see a puppy in a store. It kills me > and the twist on this is that they need to be saved too. The pet shops here > that stopped selling dogs finally sold them when they where 6-8 months old > too for only 200.00 just to get rid of them. The pet shops are really > stupid, because it cost them more money to keep those pups for the 6months. > They could have sold them cheaper from day one and still made a great > profit. Here's the inside fact on how much a pet shop pays for a dog from a > PM.......only 35.00 to 50.oo. Dogs are like gold to a pet shop. Pure > greed! Now you know why the PMs feel they have to breed so many dogs in > order to make a profit. The so call designer dogs, when they were a rage > were sold to most pet shops for 150- 200 and the pet shops sold some of them > for 2000-3000. I know for a fact that the so called teacup chis and yorkies > were sold here for over 3000.00 and the dam-- pet shop only paid 300.00 for > them. This really gets my goat up! So when two of these pets shops > couldn't sell their dogs and a year later went out of business I had a party > for myself of sheer joy! > > pickiting was the way that Petland stopped buying dogs for a while and then > when CA passed the bill, that really put an end to it. > > Oh I forgot, if you want to really get involved, you could also help with > transporting. It's called legs, Most people only have to drive a dog from > point A to Point B which is usually not more then 1 or 2hours of your time. > Dogs have been driven from CA to NY this way, with everyone all along the > way donating their time to meet the next driver. If it were not for all the > great legs out their many dogs could not be saved, because then the rescues > could not guarantee that they have a definite way of getting them into a > foster/adopt home. > So you see, their are a lot of ways to help, without it costing you > money, just a little bit of your time can actually save a dogs life. > > Heres video on the subject > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1TFkreWV38&feature=related > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kavi <[email protected]> > To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 2:40 am > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help > > > ya know... the squeaky wheel gets the grease! The way to get the word > out about PMs is protest on street corners with signs! People can protest > also in front of or on the sidewalks of pet stores that sell puppies and > kittens. (make sure they actually get PM animals). > > I do know of one pet store here in Nevada that sells puppies. It reminds me > of the "PETLAND" that was in CA. I am not sure where there puppies come > from, but I would guess PM's. Some of those "puppies" are NO LONGER > puppies!! They have been there so long they are more than 6 months old and > barely fit in the cage they keep them in. ya and on wire floors!! It makes > me sick!! > > Last time I went there, they had a sweet sweet little chi puppy. I could > have taken her home in a heart beat! but she was like $600! and it would be > adding to the PM's profits. > > money money money!! > > Shanna > > --- On *Thu, 10/28/10, Peggy & The Girls > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Peggy & The Girls > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 11:24 PM > > > Hooray for your brother! I am glad it worked out for them. As far as > the pet shops go, you are absolutely right! Right now it is a work in > progress. In certain cities in CA they have banned pets shops from selling > dogs and cats unless they can prove that they are from a shelter/ rescue. A > couple of other states are trying to get the laws changed too. Here on the > east coast, I know of six local pet shops who are not selling dogs anymore, > but only because they were having a hard time selling them but because of > all the good grief people gave them on not selling PM dogs. Hooray! So the > word is spreading, we just have to keep at it. > > Their are ways that we can all help, without it costing us money. Be an > advocate for the rescues. Every Time some one says how cute your dog is, > tell them that their are more just like him up for adoption. Explain why > they shouldn't buy from a pet shop. Start networking for the rescues through > emails to groups and other rescues and a blog, you can't believe how may > dogs are taken off of death row because of just one email that got out > their. I can tell you from my own experience that the feeling is > exhilarating! It's almost as if you took the dog your self, especially when > you see those cute little faces, just begging to be loved. > > If you can foster a rescue that is even better, Most rescues pay for the > dogs medical/flea meds etc needs while they are in your care. Some even > supply the food. So if you have the time and can learn to give up that dog > once you have found it a forever home then you have contributed to the never > ending problem. Who knows while fostering you may just find another furmate > for yourself. > > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kavi > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > To: Chihuahuas > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Sent: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 1:38 am > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help > > > ALL pet stores should be banned from selling dogs and cats!! Petco and > Petsmart do not sell dogs or cats. > > If ALL pet stores could not sell dogs or cats, this would cut down or out > on PM's. > > shanna > > --- On *Thu, 10/28/10, Nancy Lucky > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Nancy Lucky > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 9:13 PM > > > Peggy, > Thank you for sharing this with everyone. I have seen so many shows on > animal planet about these puppy mills and I could not even sleep after > wards. The president of the SPCA is a wonderful man and often has people go > undercover and buy many of these disposable dogs. They have never felt grass > on their feet, or sitting on the couch with someone who loves them. Often > they are in metal buildings with no heating or air, it is so awful. We need > to not only stop this but we also need to inform the public regarding > factory farming, which is just as cruel and mean. How could America allow > this kind of savage treatment of any animal - well its all about profit. > Look what they are doing to the beautiful wild Mustang horses in Nevada. The > farmers want the land and the use helicopters to get them to run into pens > and then they are locked up. They live in family pods but no one cares. I > feel that us humans are the meanest and cruelest animal of all. I believe if > more people were educated that they would stand up and do something. Do you > know that if everyone just cut down the eating of red meat by 20% it would > be the same as everyone driving a hybrid car because their gas pollutes our > air. > Well their are my 2 cents worth. > Nancy > > > > --- On *Thu, 10/28/10, Peggy & The Girls > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >* wrote: > > > From: Peggy & The Girls > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Puppy Mill Auction-Hundreds need our help > To: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>, > [email protected]<http://us.mc1125.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 8:23 PM > > > > Hi Everyone > > I'm not sure if anyone on here is interested in this, but I figured for > those that are not informed on what is really going on in the Puppy Mill > world, you may find this of interest and possibly spread the news to rescues > that you know. > > This month alone their will be 6 PM (Puppy Mill) auctions. Their are two > types of auctions, the regular type which goes on all the time is when a > particular Mill will auction off part of its stock so it can replenish the > mill with new young healtheir dogs. They auction off their worn out and > sometimes very sick dogs, or puppies that they know will later on in life > have problems from bad breeding (but they don't tell the auction that or the > buyer) .The ultimate sad and sick part of this is that they sell them to > other worse PMs for as little as $5.00. Some times if their is any stock > left over at the end of the auction, they either shoot them or drown them or > worse yet drop them off in the streets or woods or just leave them in their > cages usually in an abandoned building to rot to death. This is the horror > of what goes on in the PMs and the public has to be made aware of the whole > story, not just part of it like the news and tv tells you. It is true that > the laws have changed some what within the past couple of years and several > of these PMs have been prosecuted for ending their auctions in this manner, > but that only went as far as the ones that actually got caught. > > So far this month, 5 of these auctions have already taken place, several > hundred dogs have been involved. Tomorrow is the biggest double auction > that anyone has ever heard of. This is the second type of auction. It is > called a Closing Auction, where they sell not only the dogs, but all the > equipment and the buildings and sometimes even the property. Their are 804 > dogs at this auction, *57 CHI's* are included and possibly puppies. Since > this is a Closing Auction, it doesn't mean that all the dogs are old and > sick, in fact most of them are young. October's auctions totaled several > thousand dogs. Their are more coming up in Nov too. > > So here's the thing, many rescues have been going to these auctions and bid > on the dogs to prevent another PM breeder from buying them. Not only does > this save that particular dog, but just think of all the puppies that we > have prevented from being born into a hell hole. This double closing has > almost every breed that you can think of listed to bid off. An auction is > not for the faint hearted. It goes on for two days. The dogs are literally > stuffed into small cages and not attended to for the two days. The cages are > stacked from the floor to the ceiling, row after row. They are grabbed out > and stuffed back in again and again, until the bidding is finished. Bare > in mind that these poor souls have never been handled by humans or felt > grass or cement on their paws or have a clue what a car is or anything other > then seeing other dog cages and barking all their lives. They deserve so > much better, and the rescues are trying so hard to make a difference. > > This is one way to stop PMs, plus advocating not to buy, and not to breed > because for each dog that is bought, or for each dog that is bred, it gives > all the PMs dogs, the rescued dogs and the shelter dogs once less chance of > finding a forever home. Their are thousands and thousands of dogs just on > Petfinders alone who need a home, why bring more into this world, and never > knowing that maybe one day the puppies that you sold could wind up in a > shelter or found by a PM and used as a breeder, or worse yet used as a bait > dog? A lot of people don't realize that these PMs are unscrupulous. They can > have a family member go to a shelter and adopt a dog and then use it for > breeding, to them it is new stock to mix in. The shelters don't do a check > on people who adopt and the PMs and backyard breeders know it. Things have > been so bad for some of the shelters in different states that they weren't > even charging a fee to people to adopt a dog. If the laws were mandatory > that no dog can be released from a shelter unless it is spayed and up to > date on shots, worming, etc, we wouldn't have as many problems. But the > funds aren't their for the shelters to do that, so they do the best that > they can. > > Their will be more and more of these Close Out Auctions in the months to > come, because of the economy and all the advertising not to buy a dog from a > pet shop. The pet shops can't sell their dogs, which means the PMs can't > sell to the pet shops. So then what happens to all the dogs that exist in > the PMs? Some one has to rescue them and the only way a PM will release a > dog is through the almighty dollar, even if it is 5 or 10 dollars, they > don't care. Thus the auctions. > > So I am including the link for the auction and another link of a huge > rescue that will be their among a lot of other rescues that will be their. > They are going to need every ones support, financially, fosters, adopters > etc. If you are interested in helping out in any way, please call the > rescues in your area and ask if they participated or where they could direct > you to help out. You can also email the main rescue from their site. > > Auction Link, click to the left for "up coming auctions" > > http://www.swkennelauction.com/index_files/Auction3.htm > > NMDR A fantastic rescue group! > > http://milldogrescue.org/News.html > > > > http://doggiesandstuff.com/2010/10/15/missouri-mill-dog-auction-rescue-one-mission-october-29th-30th-please-help/ > > http://sscr.chipin.com/missouri-mill-dog-auction-rescue > > and it is all over facebook too. > > Thanks for listening and hope you can help these poor souls. > > > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > > > > > > > -- * Joyce and Chi Gang! "Paradise is where you can hang your hat,be yourself and your chi is special no matter what" Chihuahua Paradise <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChihuahuaParadise>* * * *www.mtnviewchis.webs.com* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
