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Originally Posted by Obie  Contact was made with the person in Oklaholma who is putting her Biewers and Tri colored Yorkies in the Missouri auction on consignment. It was found out that the Biewers are 6 weeks old. Now, I was under the wrong impression. I was thinking that adult breeding Biewers were in this auction which I supported in getting out. Now I am suddenly upset that any rescue would go in there and buy up puppies from a breeder who cannot sell them. The auctions that I am familiar with are the ones where bitches are used over and over and over until they cannot be bred again and are at deaths door. Those are the ones that need to be rescued. This woman that we contacted was a real shocker and those are the ones that need to go into the hall of shame! |
This doesn't surprise me in the least. OKYR has never been about buying the older used up breeders at auction, they've always bought as many puppies as they could.
This past 6 months the bottom has fallen out of puppy sales and things are not looking up any time soon with the economy not doing well. Breeders are still going to make money, even if it means selling dogs at auction - it's just another avenue for them to sell. May be for less money but hey - if they are getting less for them - they'll just produce more - after all they've never been about quality - it's always about making money.
So any rescue that attends this auction and buys dogs is only perpetuating the misery for more dogs down the line.....it's a crying shame!!!!!