Thank you DBlain for posting the links, especially the adoption form :thumbup:

So disgusting that this has been going on for YEARS and those poor dogs have been SUFFERING for YEARS. More YEARS than these people even possibly face in jail...there's something wrong with that!

I just saw on the news that they already have received 600 adoption applications for the 350 puppies at the Allegan County Humane Society. Their site crashed a couple of times and the out pour of donations and support has be overwhelming. :thumbup:

My DS was looking for a pup. He put in an application at the Allegan County Humane Society as well :thumbup:

That's wonderful. I've seen some of them on TV and they look so sweet and adorable. Some they said have dental problems. We thought about adopting one but I may have to have back surgery and it wouldn't be fair to a new puppy. I'm glad they have so many applications to chose from

How much bail
 

Would you have set?

Good! Keep shutting then down. Part of the punishment should be that if found guilty the perps can never own another animal of any kind.

I just went to a local rescue with a friend this afternoon to pick up her foster puppy. Get this...the puppies were from ANOTHER rescue place in a bordering city and there were dead dogs & dead cats in the house these pups were taken from. And unknowing people surrendered there animals there because the home was listed as a rescue....sick. The pups bellies were swollen with worms, but their ribs and hips are sticking out :(.

The local rescue is also expecting some small dogs from the 350+ Allegan dogs saved. Everything I've seen lists them a Shih Tzu but the local rescue says there are a few small breeds including yorkies.

From what I have seen of the puppy mill industry some back yard breeders find out that they can make more and more "easy" money if they increase their breeding. They do make connections with pet stores and make some sales but they continue to sell to the general public as well. They are not picky. Whoever gives them the money they sell to. Of course things get out of hand due to their greed and they end up with a filthy mess.

It seems like the case for this recent puppy mill bust. It was a small house filled with tons of mostly Shih Tzu's. Some were covered in filth. Just awful.:mad: The thing that really got to me about this one was the fact that the owners told the press that the dogs were not sick. I guess filthy meant nothing to them.

This is sort of along the lines of my earlier post, I believe there are people with good intentions that have a mental problems that leads to a type of animal hoarding. My husband works with someone that has a lot heart issues and a very weak immune system, he was recently hospitalized because of an infection that most likely came from being in contact with cat feces. The guys wife is crazy for cats, they have about 12 indoor cats and she feeds tons of strays that come to her backyard and into her garage daily. They think he became infected when cleaning out the garage. This is serious because it weakend his heart even further and he has been out of work a month so far. She still gets up every morning at 4:30 to put food out in her garage and backyard, and then drives around industrial buildings feeding more strays. If I was her husband I would boot her azz out the door because she refuses to change even though her addiction to cats could be killing him, she says she likes cats better than she does people. If this woman was not married she would probably wind up with about 100 cats or more in her home. I have been involved with a mid size no kill shelter for a long time, I always though the gal that was second in command was a bit odd, she wound up breaking away and forming her own rescue group, I just found out her home was condemned because it became overrun with the strays she kept taking in. It's not an excuse just another side to a sad situation. I can't speak for all over the country but MI is starting to crack down and have harsher punishment for the mistreatment of animals, there is a still a way's to go but it is getting better.

Update
 

The couple that ran this puppy mill was just sentenced to two months in jail. No fine was mentioned in the news report.

Disappointing. A slap on the wrist.

Good! But its just so sad, because now all thouse dogs need to find homes *smh* its sad what we humans do to poor defensless animals

2 months?
So a paid vacation at the taxpayers expense?
That's laughable.

What about their ability to own pets again? I don't feel like they should be allowed to own any animal for the rest of their lives.

They had 1300 adoption applications for the 350 puppies. So at least they should have been able to find good homes.