Yes I know this is hard to look at, but can you imagine having to live in these conditions, with no way out? The animals are defenseless they depend on their owners to care and love for them. What if you were in that situation? Nobody who really loved or cared for you. Just wanted you for breeding purposes and once you were no longer able to breed to be put down. That is just how these places work. I've always been a strong advocate for stopping such things. I think the more people who know and understand this will think twice about where they get their pets from. We can stop this!
Can you stand to see a dog look like this? Because that's what they typically look like when they come out of there. They are abused, malnourished, inbred, and full of diseases. Nobody really loves them. They don't have a voice, so we must speak for them. I know these pictures are hard to look at, but I want to drive the point home! I want you to feel in your heart what these animals go through.
Yes there is something you can do. I have gathered some facts for you to read about puppy mills from
The Humane Society of the United States.
- Puppy mills are large scale operations that force breeder dogs to
produce litter after litter to support consumer demand for puppies.
- These puppies are sold in pet stores or over the Internet, storefronts
that mask the suffering, disease, malnutrition, and loneliness of puppy
mills. Even the puppies themselves are prone to a variety of illnesses.
Some die within days or weeks of purchase.
- Most people are unaware that when they buy a puppy from a pet store, via
the Internet, or any place they have not visited in person, they are
often supporting a cruel and inhumane industry.
- By choosing not to buy your next pet or any pet supplies from retail
stores or Internet sites that sell dogs or cats, you are directly
helping to end this cycle of cruelty.
Now I ask of you to go
sign this pledge to do your part in not supporting puppy mills! I thank you and so do the many animals that it could save.
I want to show you a dog, one who I fell so deeply in love with in a matter of seconds. His name is Doc:
That's him the day I got him, so freaking cute and playful! He was a doll and really enjoyed eating fingers and:
hair...they were his favorite chew toys. He had a good hold of my hair and if I moved he barked and went crazy, he wanted his toy back!
He was so cute and little and fit right in a hat! One of his favorite places to hang out.
And this is where I cry....
I was uninformed and uneducated about buying dogs from puppy stores, which is exactly where we got him from. You see that big head on that little body...it was filled with water. He came from a puppy mill.
Within a few weeks he looked like this, and I couldn't get him to eat. I rushed him to the vets and that is when I found out about the water on his brain. They gave me syrup to try to get him to gain weight, I thought I had at least a few months.
Little did I know that the next morning when I woke up, I would be holding Doc in my hands as he struggled for breath. I told him I loved him, and that he was so special to me, but that it was ok to go so he wouldn't suffer. A few minutes later Doc died while I was kissing him on the head breaking down as I am now.
So please before you buy a dog from a store, or on the internet think twice! Why not rescue a dog, or adopt one. Foster one if you have the ability to. Save these babies that don't have a voice!
