It is amazing that no big magazines, newspapers, or TV news shows have done a story on how puppy mill owners are raking in the BIG bucks by breeding sickly ultra-tiny dogs to fuel the latest designer-dog trend.
There are hundreds of internet puppmills and puppymill like breeders hiding behind cute websites. Yorkshire terriers are mostly targeted because they go from so much money. It is so important that people know that they shouldn’t buy online without going to the premises and agree with the living conditions for the dogs. People should support only good breeders. I have seen these poor things caged all their lives with filth all over them, bred every heat until they gladly greet their death.
I purchased my first yorkie from YORKIEBABIEDOLLS.COM from Don Montgomery. The picture on the site was of a healthy, very cute, tiny male. I asked him for references which he did provided from other owners from the same litter. I thought everything was ok. What I received at the air port was a 3 pound starved pup, ridden with coccidia, a second row of teeth, and in very poor health. But it gets worse; 2 months later he starts limping on his back leg. He was diagnosed with leg-calf Perthes disease and required a major surgery. This disease is inherited from this parents or someone in his parents line, I told Don about this yet he still breeds both the parents EVERY SINGLE HEAT!!!
He also has many many other female whom he breeds every heat they go into, and he thinks these kind of breeding practices are ok. He sells these poor puppies for around $3,000 each.
The AKC and other canine registries are partially to blame because they allow a dog to be registered to more then one litter a year. Once a year should only be allowed. In Australia this is done.
It keeps me up at night knowing that this kind of stuff is happening all over the net and thousands of dogs are living in hell, for what? For money? I don’t see how they can torture animals and get away with it. Please Please spread the word on this subject, and maybe we can put a stop to it.
2006-12-14
06:59:44
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