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We just heard that my neighbour's dog, and Stella's friend, passed away suddenly yesterday from a massive seizure. She wasn't even three-years-old
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Lucky came from a terrible pet store, and if I wasn't already angry enough about horrendous breeding practises, this episode has made me livid and quite, quite sad.

RIP Lucky. You were an amazing dog.

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sorry to hear this.

I suppose, coming from where he came from, there is no point in trying to go back and trace his parentage and check if their were other litters from the same sire and dam, to warn other owners?
Not that where he was bred is going to want to stop making $$$
 
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:( sorry to hear this.

I suppose, coming from where he came from, there is no point in trying to go back and trace his parentage and check if their were other litters from the same sire and dam, to warn other owners?
Not that where he was bred is going to want to stop making $$$

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I strongly suspect Lucky came from one of those horrendous mass breeding farms in Missouri or Kansas. She only weighed 8lbs (half Stella's size) and had been bred for her unusual colouring and zero concern for health. I'm sure my neighbour will contact the pet store owner, though it's unlikely they'll care, and nor are they obliged to tell her where Lucky came from. A lady at our dog park bought a pup from the same place--a Brussels Griffon whose brain essentially grew too big for his head; that dog died at eight months.

I feel like picketing these stupid stores! It's not as if the dogs from there come cheap, either. My neighbour knew it was a stupid thing to do, but like many people she couldn't resist that puppy face in the window.
 
Sorry, 'she'
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What a nightmare. I am sure there are others going through the same - I wonder if she could get a group together and go to your local AC people or something? Or would that just be peeing in the wind, pardon the expression?


We are debating loads of measures to try and stop this 'throw two animals together every time the bitch comes in season, sod the health checks, let's make money' mentality and we know it is NOT going to be popular with some people....
 
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Sorry, 'she'
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What a nightmare. I am sure there are others going through the same - I wonder if she could get a group together and go to your local AC people or something? Or would that just be peeing in the wind, pardon the expression?


We are debating loads of measures to try and stop this 'throw two animals together every time the bitch comes in season, sod the health checks, let's make money' mentality and we know it is NOT going to be popular with some people....

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Every now and again you do see animal rights people handing out leaflets outside these stores, but it would be better if the voice of moderation was heard, too. I know you have those breeding farms in Wales, but I think the situation in America is a lot more widespread and the conditions worse. Most big puppy mills are USDA-licensed, meaning that they come under the same jurisdiction as factory-farmed cattle, and never mind genetic testing etc. most breeding dogs live like battery hens their entire lives.

Last year Oprah did a very good expose, so I think the tide may slowly be turning.

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Well where we are I don't even think they are technically illegal as long as they have food, water and a roof.

But dead dogs = bad business, as you say, a rational approach might hit them harder.

Pics are appalling...never even bearing in mind their physical health, are they not a bit screwed up in the head?
 
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Well where we are I don't even think they are technically illegal as long as they have food, water and a roof.

But dead dogs = bad business, as you say, a rational approach might hit them harder.

Pics are appalling...never even bearing in mind their physical health, are they not a bit screwed up in the head?

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Very much so. The videos shown on Oprah's show were horrific: dogs chasing their tails; dogs gnawing at their paws; dogs attacking their cage mates, to the extent that the inferior animal goes without food.

A few years back we made a donation to a Boston terrier rescue group. They had just taken in a puppy mill dog whose legs were so deformed from three years standing on wire that he couldn't walk. Sadly the rescue group didn't adopt to homes more than fifty miles from a town in upstate NY, but once the dog was operated on and fixed a vet tech at the practise adopted him. He was originally called Frogger because of his gammy back legs.
 
One that got busted here was basically a cattle shed, full of boxers and westies, most of which had never seen daylight before, they ate - or fought over what was left of - cattle carcasses, and their dead kennel mates
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One that got busted here was basically a cattle shed, full of boxers and westies, most of which had never seen daylight before, they ate - or fought over what was left of - cattle carcasses, and their dead kennel mates
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Sounds horrendous (and par for the course, I suspect).

Against my better judgement I watch a show called Animal Cops Houston/Miami/New York etc. etc. and the Texas installment always seems to feature dogs being recovered from some sort of ghastly puppy mill situation. And don't get me started on the horse neglect cases in Texas!
 
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