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s/o to Puppy articles post (LONG)
Here is what I wrote to the author of the article (I included the websites someone suggested on the previous post):
You asked for suggestions and I will give you them. The next time your
kids ask to go to a Pet Shop take them to a shelter. There are animals
at the shelter that are in much more need for adoption than the dogs
you buy at the store, which further support PA's horrible puppy mill's.
Perhaps you have heard of them? That is where your darling Poochie is
from, where her parents are suffering in TOO small cages, the mother
being forced to be pregnant most her her life. When you adopt these
"designer dogs" (aka dogs with a new name like Pek-a-tese) you are
supporting these Puppy Mills. Meanwhile puppies (yes PUPPIES) in
shelters are DYING because of the selfishness of these puppy mills. We
adopted two puppies from one of these shelters. While you bought your
puppy, now another one will die in its place, or another dog who is
dying for a home (literally).
Not to mention you are in an infulential position. You wrote a news
article about this. People will read this and think that it is GOOD to
go to these puppy mills because YOU, the lady in the news, did so.
Just so you can become more informed about this, here are some links that I recommend you look at:
http://stoppuppymills.org/inside_a_puppy_mill.html
http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/
I'm
sorry that you didn't have the will power to say NO to your kids when
they asked to go look at pets at a pet store or the will power to say
NO when they wanted to buy a puppy. You should have said "lets go to
the local shelter instead!". What a terrible example you have now set
for your kids.
Not so far from Harrisburg is the York County SPCA, in Emigsville.
I suggest you check them out, as well as other shelters in Harrisburg.
Maybe sponser a dog to try to make amends for your decisions. It is the
least you could do. Maybe you could write an article about that.
Sincerely,
A very disappointed reader
And this is what I heard back:
Thanks for writing.
Anne Reeves
This was my response to her:
I'm sorry but your store was wrong. Any self respecting breeder would
not mix breeds and then "rename" the breed (ie Pek-a-tese). When you
hear names like this it is from a puppy mill. It is further supporting
the "designer" breeds out there and supporting the owners who breed
these dogs. A breeder only is around to better the breed, NOT to make
money, and the "breeder" who bred your dog is around to make money,
pure and simple. I truely feel like you should do your research on
this, rather than trusting a pet shop. What pet shop owner is going to
admit that the pets they are selling comes from a puppy mill? Not one
single one of them! They are in the business for the bottom line, the
dollar. They are not in it to eliminate puppy mills. If they can make
money off of a "designer breed", then they will sell that dog. Just
because the dogs aren't treated horribly does not mean that it isn't a
puppy mill. Did you know that many of the puppy mills in PA are from
the Amish? It is a cash cow for them. It is sad.
And there are puppies at humane societies. A year ago we adopted
two 8 week old puppies from the York County SPCA. They had also just
gotten a littler af other puppies. If you truly wanted a puppy, your
wants could have waited until they got more in, because unfortunately
places like this are a swinging door. You can also find out if you are
adopting a dog that was from a puppy mill. They will tell you the
truth. Our puppies are not puppy mill dogs. Neither were the puppies
that they had just gotten in. Puppies from shelters don't have issues.
They are too young to remember.
Re: s/o to Puppy articles post (LONG)
I'm sorry she doesn't understand.
There are puppies in york - there is a 5-6 month old lab on the on demand pet adoption videos on comcast. At least there was one last night.
Cancer sucks.
I'm glad you sent that to her. I wanted to send her an email but I suck at writing things like that.
There are most definitely puppies at shelters. We got Chase at 10 weeks old from Molly's Place.
That woman's an idiot.
So yeah, now I'm frustrated. She responded to my letter. It was bascially the same response that Abby got, except for the intro which was complimentary.