Not knowing anything about puppy mills and the way dogs were bred, we did get Hot Rod from a pet store. I am sitting here crying reading that poem. I know that it is cycle and it needs to be broken. I can't tell you how often I think of what Hot Rod may have gone thru to get to us and it does pain me when I think of it. He is from Missouri and he got all the way here to MD so I think about how scared he must have been being taken from his mother and siblings and how he must have been kept while being transported. I just hold him closer at those times and Thank God that he is here with us to be safe and loved and cared for.
I know now that it is wrong after learning so much here about puppy mills and the conditions of these poor dog but I can not imagine life without him. |