This is the part that makes the breeders concerned. *highlighted*
Also the legislation that is going on in each state is unreal.
Have you kept up with the legislation.
Right now Texas has some going on too.
we have to be on top of all of this.
We have to be sure that responsible breeders do not just get twisted in this show.
I will be watching it and I pray that it will show the right way a long with the wrong. However with her comment it tends to make you feel, it may not be a good thing.
Have you kept up with the legislation
No I haven't but U can bet I will now & yes I agree we do have to keep up on it.
U know right here in our City that I live in there is NO required Kennel Licenses that we must have, I called to see how many puppies we could have before we was required by our City to have a Kennel License and I was told there is none! (I don't consider myself a Kennel as I only have 5 Yorkies, now I don't know what others think is the limit to be considered a Kennel, I would like to know)
I think that's why I myself see all the signs on Telephone/Electric poles
"For Sale AKC Yorkies" This makes me sick, and we wonder why in our City there are so many BY Breeders and our animals end up in shelters. They can't be stopped.
We have to be sure that responsible breeders do not just get twisted in this show.
Your 100% right on this!!! And by what Oprah says below this maybe what is happening. And they have to wonder why we small, loving, caring, responsiable, showing/non showing, who work our butts off to keep our Yorkies & their surroundings clean breeders can't find good loving homes for our Puppies. After ??? number of people see something like this on TV from her then what will they think of us?
Think we're out to make money, back yard breeders, pet store quailty puppies, I mean the list goes on. Well I like Oprah and all but when it comes to downing us responsible small good breeders then yes I will stick up for my Yorkies and my home they are raised in.
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Oprah Winfrey dedicates show on puppy mills to her departed dog
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CHICAGO (AP) - Oprah Winfrey plans to dedicate a show investigating abuses at puppy mills to her cocker spaniel, Sophie, who died last month from kidney failure at the age of 13.
«Sophie gave me 13 years of unconditional love. She was a true love in my life,» Winfrey says on the broadcast, according to
advance remarks from the show released Tuesday by Harpo Productions.
The show _ scheduled to be aired Friday _ features special correspondent Lisa Ling investigating puppy mills, which Ling calls «horrific» and «haunting.
Winfrey says the show is «for anybody anywhere who loves a dog, has ever loved a dog, or just cares about their basic right to humane treatment.
While Sophie was not a product of a puppy mill, and Winfrey's three current dogs were adopted from breeders, Winfrey says in the future she would look to adopt from an animal shelter.
I would never, ever adopt another pet now without going to a shelter to do it. I am a changed woman after seeing this show, she says.
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