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Originally Posted by Tink's Mom  I just hate this. Seeing those people at auction made me want to spit!  Tink's mom and aunt were rescued the week after I got Tink from the rescue group. The "breeder" who was going to have Tink put down was actually a farmer with a small puppy mill on his property (Yorkshires, Poms, Poodles, and Chihuahuas). And it gets bitter up here in the winter! The rescue group talked him out of the two moms and their remaining pups because it was getting cold, he hadn't sold them and he didn't want to feed them over the winter. He was going to shoot them. 
I didn't know about that when I got her. I just knew she was going to be put down by the breeder because she was returned by the person who bought her as supposedly deaf. So far, we've been fortunate with health problems except for the Legge Perthes disease which probably isn't genetic. When my son-in-law told me he wanted to buy my daughter a puppy I immediately told him to go to a reputable breeder NOT a pet store or a "farm." I've always gotten my pets (except one) from a rescue group or the humane society. She probably will too unless I talk her into a baby from YT.  |
man - they were going to put her down ? A perfectly normal puppy ??
I went thru similar with my cocker Tessa.....Little did I know 13 years ago that we were in a puppy mill when we bought her - she had a very bad underbite and they were talking about putting her down too....She is now 13 - hand fed by me everyday and the BEST dog.
I fell in love with her on site ...when we took her to her Vet Visit, the Vet also discussed how bad her bite was and putting her to sleep - I ran to the car with her and locked ALL the doors ....
my husband felt so bad seeing me cry he told me that was never going to happen.....we took her home & she's had a happy and full life - no problems whatsoever except I hand feed her.
For anyone that doesn't know what a Mill is - when you're in one - you'll know it.
The Smell - the noise - the dogs all begging for you to take them....back when I got Tessa there wasn't as much info online as there is now and to this DAY I wish I sent the LAW to that awful place.