Need Advice on a 6 LB Lhasa Apso Puppy Mill Momma

Dog_ma

if you had paid money for this young dog you would not have been rescuing her. Giving money to a breeder is not rescue. It is supporting that breeder financially

They are going out of business. They want to sell their dogs to someone else to continue the breeding cycle.

Dog_ma

Yes, you could have taken that dog and saved HER from a life of pumping out puppies. And in giving a puppy miller money, you would be contributing to the suffering of MANY MORE dogs

300.00 is a small price to pay to get a dog out of the system of producing many many puppies in her life time and give her a forever loving home. 

Dog_ma

you would be contributing to the suffering of MANY MORE dogs.

Ya you are right ( hers)

I doubt Oprah meant for folks to go out and start throwing money at millers to buy their "breeders". I'd wager she'd probably be upset if she thought that was the message people were getting rather than the one about "not" supporting a miller, ever.

Again...getting out of business...the story this month.

*sigh*

mollymoo

Dog_ma

if you had paid money for this young dog you would not have been rescuing her. Giving money to a breeder is not rescue. It is supporting that breeder financially

They are going out of business. They want to sell their dogs to someone else to continue the breeding cycle.

Dog_ma

Yes, you could have taken that dog and saved HER from a life of pumping out puppies. And in giving a puppy miller money, you would be contributing to the suffering of MANY MORE dogs

300.00 is a small price to pay to get a dog out of the system of producing many many puppies in her life time and give her a forever loving home. 

Dog_ma

you would be contributing to the suffering of MANY MORE dogs.

Ya you are right ( hers)

Then go back and see if the dog is still available. The choice is yours.  

The rescue we work with took in some rescued puppy mill dogs from another rescue.  One was a Boston Terrier who lost an eye (apparently quite common for the breed).  She had no trouble bonding with people.  But she does have SA problems and the new owner is having difficulty housebreaking her because she has "dirty dog" syndrome.  She is so used to being covered in her own waste she no longer has the normal instict to potty away from her bed.  Not fun, but honestly to do the right thing by some poor dog, I'd go through it.  She is making progress however.  She is a total love - so desperate for affection it is heartbreaking.  The others were Chi's.  Some had that genetic problem of missing or malformed legs.  They seem fairly normal though they do exhibit some barking behavior - not uncommon for Chi's!

 If you can face these kinds of issues with your eyes wide open I think you'd be doing an extremely kind thing.  I know what people are saying about supporting a miller and of course that is a problem.  I disdain giving a miller a penny from the bottom of my purse if it funds their hideous "business".  But you will have to weigh the pros/cons carefully and do what you think is right.  I don't care what you pay for the dog - from the sounds of it you will still be rescuing her.  Bless you for even considering making a difference in one little dog's life.

I don't care what you pay for the dog - from the sounds of it you will still be rescuing her.  Bless you for even considering making a difference in one little dog's life.

this is the kind of attitude that fuels puppy mills- you feel sorry for that pup in the pet store, so you "rescue" the pup by buying it. Forget it. It's not a rescue. Don't do it. Don't give ANY money to a puppy miller. If we all agreed to this, they would go out of business.

 A dog with "dirty dog syndrome" (that almost makes it sound cute) is harder to care for than you might think. Teenie was older, when I got her. How old, I don't know. She only lived with me for two years... I never got her house trained. She was not able to sleep in my bed (because she'd pee right on top of me). She'd pee on my furniture. She'd pee and lay in it. She had a lot of skin infections, because she was an obsessive licker, and laid in her waste. I came home, daily, to a dog that needed a bath and a dog room, crate, ex pen, whatever that needed to be thoroughly cleaned. I tried keeping her all sorts of different places, and none of them helped. She ate poop, very regularly.

Those sorts of behaviors are more taxing than you might think. I adored Teenie. I love her dearly, still. It frustrated me to no end not to be able to help her, and not to be able to keep her or my house clean-ish. She also had medical problems related to poor breeding (two luxating patellas, cervical disc disease, allergies, vaccine reactions, food intolerances). 

It is worth it to rescue a dog. It's worth every second of work and worry and every cent you spend in vet bills. Buying a dog from a puppy mill, or a BYB, or a pet store is NOT a rescue. It is a purchase, and you are supporting more dogs being raised in this way. 

jennie_c_d

It is worth it to rescue a dog. It's worth every second of work and worry and every cent you spend in vet bills. Buying a dog from a puppy mill, or a BYB, or a pet store is NOT a rescue. It is a purchase, and you are supporting more dogs being raised in this way. 

Yeah, jennie, you are right.  As hard as it is to leave her, it is probably worse to give them any money.  Heartbreaking.