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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! |
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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!!!!! |
I've seen this at the other end of the puppy mill cycle, the huge number of dogs being dumped at shelters due to the economy. Maybe ultimately this could be a good thing - if no one goes to auctions, maybe that puts some millers out of business. |
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What a horribly sad situation :( |
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I donated products to the organization as well and never received an acknowledgement, much less a simple thank you until I contacted a Rescue Member almost a month later to find out if the products had been received. I know that I not support this rescue in the future. |
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I am in just shocked about the whole thing, and some of the people that are doing what they are doing in this thread, you really opened my eyes up. People I thought I knew, well I guess I don't. :eek::( |
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As disturbing as purchasing any dog from an auction...the puppy news is even more so. Buying puppies insures the "breeder" will continue on pumping out puppies. :mad: |
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The biewers purchased were paid entirely with donations given from the women on a biewer forum, NOT personal funds. |
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Just to clarify these were donations for the 1st two male biewers. Kelz had posted a thread on board, so yes they knew. |
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Most breeders are going to get on average $50 when they sell a puppy to a broker. With the pet store market being down, they are now making part of their money by providing dogs at auctions for rescues to buy. It makes no difference to the breeder if the broker buys one for $50 or if a rescue buys one for $50 - to them it's the same money! When they (OKYR) go at the end of March and in April to buy these Biewers they are guaranteeing the breeders will produce more. So, all of the Biewer lovers here, you can be rest assured the Biewer will be part of the auctions from this point forward, just like the yorkies. |
I am for one hoping that throughout this thread that this rescue and others will reconsider the way they are conducting their business. It is a shame for any rescue organization to support these auctions. You can claim that it is all about the rescue but any person that buys that needs to rethink what the definition of a rescue is. It has been simply put on here several times... if you stop buying from these auctions, the supply/demand will go down. It is insane to think that this or any rescue would be buying up puppies from these auctions. I can only imagine the look on the adult (used up dogs) faces as they are passed up for the bundle of puppies. To me its disgusting and disappointing! |
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