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Originally Posted by proudyorkiemom  Hi peppers mom, thanks for the story. it is so hard to believe that this stuff is happening to our beloved yorkie breed and all breeds. awareness is the only way it will stop but you can also call the humane society on people you think might be puppy mills.
Did you ever end up reporting this woman who was pepers breeder? If you did not you still can. Please do so if you have not yet, it is never too late to be proactive. |
yes I did report her...to the HSUS, the BBB, and I got a report from the Millbusters site. She had only been cited because the "area around the Big Dogs wasn't clean enough". She is in Arkansas and I am in California. She sold to the Biggest puppy broker in the business...who gets money from the government and whose arms should fall off they pat themselves on the back so much...on their site they say their truck drivers (Simi-trucks) stop every couple of hours to water and play with the puppies...yeah and I believe in Santa Claus AND the tooth-fairy too! AFTER I got Pepper I did the research I should have done before I got him! I found out there were a LOT of complaints with the BBB about the petstore because people got sick puppies and then had to fight to get their money back. A bit of good news here: That Petstore was SHUT DOWN and are now out of business!!!! I can not sue Pepper's breeder because after I took him back I went back and bought him again KNOWING HE WAS SICK. I do NOT regret getting him back, he is my light!!! He is so brave and so sweet. But I am very angry that our government not only does NOT STOP these people, they subsidize (sp?) them in the form of grants and tax breaks. Our government is just as responsible for the misery these animals suffer as the breeders themselves. A few months ago one of the news services did a special News report about Petstores in Southern California. In the special they showed, amoung other things, that the petstore owners were self-medicating the puppies...filling them full of antibiotics they don't need WITHOUT VET APPROVAL OR AWARENESS...starving them because smaller puppies bring a higher price, leaving them in small cages and so on...one guy even HIT a tiny Chihuahua puppy in the face because it wouldn't take the medicine. They got all of this on film...you know what our government did about it? NOTHING!!!!!!! My dog can't walk across the room without falling over. He can't pee half of the time without me to hold him up. He vomits everyday and you know what's been done about it?? NOTHING! It is a big money business...and after all THEY'RE ONLY ANIMALS!!!! So I fight it the only way I can....I sit here and write out Pepper's story. I cry every time I do it because it hurts so bad! Everytime I have to hold him and he has that blank, scared look in his eyes because after 3 years he DOESN'T KNOW WHO I AM! He can't understand what is happening to him. Why he is so dizzy he can't eat. I get so angry. I get so depressed and frustrated. But most of all...I am just sad. I am nothing special...just like everyone of you I fell in love with my sweet little yorkie boy. Just like you, I will see him through any and all illnesses and through the ups and downs. I am just LIKE YOU! I have just had the chance to prove it. I am blessed that I have Pepper. He has helped ME through a lot of ups and downs too. My 2 year old grandson has Cerebral Palsey and Epileptsy (sorry spelling in not my thing) and through Pepper we have been able to deal with it and to realize that while it is going to be tough Tyler CAN get through it..maybe not the way a "normal" person does, but he'll get there...just like my Pep! And in a few weeks when it is time to let my baby go to sleep I will be there holding him, telling him how wonderful he is. His vet has said it is time to let him go but my husband and I are having a very hard time doing this. We will, but right now I am just saying "please God, just a little more time." Our 3rd anniversary is on June 28th, I want to keep him until then and then I will let go.
Sorry I didn't really mean to get up there on that damn soapbox again. But when you asked if I've done anything you hit a nerve....no I did NOT take it as a slam or you saying anything against me! No, the nerve is because I feel helpless sometimes trying to get the word out about puppymills,byb's and brokers. I worry that I will offend people with my stand on them...if I offend then they won't hear what I need to say. We CAN make a difference by just not buying anything where live animals are sold! And by spreading the word about what puppymills are and where MOST if not ALL petstores get their animals. As I said...this is a very big money business, if they stop making money they will stop the business!!!!