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Originally Posted by lil fu fu girl  I could not believe the whole "why I put down dogs" theory! I mean, does her vet do this for her without question, or is this something she just does herself? Oh to be ignorant and uneducated, what a waste of human flesh. |
I didn't really believe her for two reasons:
1.) Since when do puppy millers care about the quality of dog they are breeding?
2.) What kind of vet would put down dogs without question?
I am telling myself that no ethical vet would this. Who knows why she would have said it if it wasn't true though.
I feel like the Petland expose missed half the story. Even if the puppies make it past their first hurdle, the odds are good that they will have some genetic illness pop up throughout their lifetime that will likely be expensive to treat, not to mention the emotional pain the family will experience watching their dog suffer. Those breeder dogs shouldn't have been bred to begin with!
I think my Lane (breeder dog in a puppymill that was busted) is as cute as she can be, but it doesn't change the fact that at 9 lbs, with floppy ears, a cotton coat, a horrible bite and luxating patellas (and these are just what are obvious to my untrained eye in terms of the AKC standard) that she never should have been bred to begin with. I wonder how many of her puppies are running around today with these issues. I can only hope they were all as lucky as her and either found loving homes by someone who didn't know they were supporting a puppymill or were one of the lucky few like Lane and part of a mill that busted and the pups sent to reputable rescues.