spiritdogs
Posted : 10/6/2008 2:04:39 PM
DPU
Once again, people on the sidelines trying to call the shots for others to act. Having others do your dirty work while you just sit back and watch and then profit by these dogs by taking in dog related fees. I am appalled that so called dog professionals would advocate and allow the extended miserable existence and would be ok to sacrifice their lives. Dog professional who advocate the killing of puppies are so pathetic because they greedily accept the fees from these "rescued" pet shop dogs by allowing the pups in their training class, in their clinics, in their grooming facilities, in breed clubs, in their conformation showings, in their boarding facilities. Every pet shop that I know always has first free vet visit. If the dog professional were united, they would be able to police and change the practices of one of their own, the puppymiller. Leave the public out of your internal squabbles. Relying on the public to stop the practices of puppymillers and to close down pet shops while the dog professional continues supporting the pet store industry by accepting fees associated with these dogs is so two faced. The dog professional is in a position to create consequences for purchasing pet shop dogs but we all know greed override this. You can't have it both ways when there are so many other ways to accomplish what is needed without picking on the poor defenseless puppy.
The reason dog professionals take "these dogs" into class is that, once the dog is owned by an individual it is a loved dog, just like yours. We have an opportunity to educate people not to get their dogs from similar sources in the future, but not if we simply tell them to buzz off. If we did that, they would just end up repeating their mistake, time after time. The public are the ones who need the education, because the rest of us already know enough (at least some of us do) not to buy from pet stores, Internet puppy mills, or disreputable breeders. You, on the other hand, point fingers at people who do educate others, yet you remain uneducated yourself and claim you are rescuing dogs by buying at pet shops, which is absurd. You are putting cash into the pet store owner's pocket and into the pockets of the likes of Hunte Corp. No one is picking on "poor defenseless puppies". In fact, the pet stores want you to "rescue" them, since they know that just ups their bottom line. They don't care how they suck people like you in - they just do it, because it's all about the almighty buck. Instead of buying from them, sic the state vet on them any time you notice so much as a drippy nose, or a dirty crate. YOU can't have it both ways either. Why don't you go out and get another credit card to max out - I'm sure that there are hundreds of Internet "buypuppiesnow" sites that you could spend your life savings on to rescue the remaining thousands of puppies, but in the end, you would just be putting money in their pockets to help them continue, and you cannot shovel that much *^(% against the tide without the public getting behind it. That's why, even if some pups don't get homes, and pay with their lives, you must still never buy pet store dogs. NO ONE should support this heartless industry, and EVERYONE who knows about it should be educating as many people as they can. So, if that means that I let people in to my training classes even though they made that mistake, then that's what it means, because I DO talk about mills and the Internet, etc. to each and every class. I have a nopuppymills poster in my facility, and I support legitimate rescues. No one is doing my dirty work - I own three rescued dogs, and have rescued dogs all my life. Sequoyah was purchased from a reputable source. No pet store dogs here at my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For your information, I do not advocate the killing of dogs or puppies, nor do any responsible trainers - YOU do that with your actions, if you continue to support a system that places countless ill-bred, sick, and parasite-infested puppies on the market each year.