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...The Letter to the Editor, by Carlie Towns, published in ‘The Hobart Mercury’, on July 18, 2015, argues very strongly against ‘Puppy Farming’, whilst also questioning the source of pets in many pet shops. This is an issue that has been much discussed in the media recently and Towns is tapping into the general concern about the treatment of breeding dogs, simply to provide puppies for sale to an unsuspecting public. In a bitterly-attacking and assertive tone, Towns directs her piece to parents, pet lovers, pet shop owners and the general public, challenging them to question the mistreated and exploited. She also argues that the general public is often unaware of the source of the animals they later purchase and that making money from the sale...
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...Effects of Puppy Mills Throughout history dogs have played many roles in the life of humans. From companion to helper, dogs serve important roles in our society. Not only are dogs adopted for friendship but also to be guide dogs, herders, search and rescue, and K9 units in police and fire stations. These dogs are extremely important to our society and need to be well behaved, healthy, and mentally stable. In order to be all of these the dog has to be raised properly. As someone who loves animals and aspires to be a veterinary technologist I find it heart breaking to see dogs caged up for what is considered their childhood. It concerns me to see puppies raised in such horrible conditions and gets me wondering. I started thinking about the ways puppy mills can affect a dog, not only its health but its behavior as well. This led me to this question: How do puppy mills’ conditions affect a dogs behaviors and health, not only while in the puppy mill but in its new life outside of the mill as well? The first thing I decided to do was to contact my local veterinarian to see if he could help me better understand how puppy mills can affect a dog’s life when they finally get out. I figured that there was a good chance he might have come across dogs from puppy mills throughout his career and who better to ask than someone who deals with the health of animals. He, however, said he had no knowledge that he had actually treated dogs that came from puppy mills. Since the veterinarian......
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...The unaware person may never know how many puppies are dying in puppy mills. Millions of dogs are bred and crammed together, and millions more are shot or drowned every year. These puppy mills are buildings where dogs are kept in inhumane conditions, packed together by the hundreds, with no good food or water. They pass as ordinary breeders who sell puppies to pet stores, and the unlucky person who purchases the sick dog may have it die on them, or it will live in fear and anxiety (ASPCA). With the many problems they bring upon society, people can stop puppy mills by taking a stand in their community, donating to foundations, and making adoption the first option. Background information In this case, puppy mills are keeping dogs in inhuman conditions. Puppy mills are crowded, have almost no food or water, and give little-to-no veterinary care. These dogs are susceptible to blood and respiratory disorders, and multiple behavior problems (ASPCA). To emphasize, people do not know these dogs are being treated terribly, and they continue to let breeders bring living and breathing creatures into these areas. To add to that, dogs in puppy mills are...
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...The word puppy brings a lot of excitement to many people. Any one animal lover cannot resist a cute, innocent puppy. A dog makes a house a home, in lives of many people. When it comes to buying a puppy research not only about the breed of the puppy but the breeders reputation (or rescue of course). Thinking of the word puppy I think of nothing but wonderful things, sweet grunts, kisses and much more. As I sit here now I have to think puppy mill and that is truly terrifying. When it comes to Puppy Mills, many people do not know the extent of absolute horror any one puppy or dog lives through. A puppy mill is a large-scale dog breeding site, that is overcrowded and never sanitary. The operator of a mill has (depending on the size) hundreds of...
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...pet shops in the mall, adoring how cute those tiny puppies are? I know I have, many times. But unfortunately I've learned the exotic truth about how these adorable puppies were raised. The greed of what they went through. According to aspca.org, the number of dogs in a puppy mill can vary significantly, ranging from 10 to 1,000 breeding dogs. Buying puppies from shops that carry puppies from puppy mills isn't the best idea. Puppies sold in pet shops are mainly 99% from puppy mills, female dogs or female puppies are the sole purpose of mass-producing puppies. In which, they're inhabited into wired cages with unsanitary conditions. Female dogs that are raised in puppy mills produce almost about...
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...Imagine, you’re in a cage, there is a wire floor beneath your feet and the cages are not clean. No one ever lets you out and to make things worse, the cage is very crowded, there are way too many of you in that cage. This is what dogs in an average puppy mill go through every day. But before I continue, what is a puppy mill? According to source 1, puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities that care more about profit than they do the well-being of the dogs. The idea to persuade you against puppy mills today came from a story I heard a friend of my mom’s, who is a dog trainer, tell my mom. A quick summery of this story is, the owners got this dog from a puppy mill by accident and they ended up paying more money to get him...
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...Due to the frequently poor breeding conditions in puppy mills, puppies bred there often suffer from health and/or social problems. Puppies raised in a cramped environment shared by many other dogs become poorly socialized to other dogs and to humans. Dogs are then transported over long distances in poor conditions, sometimes resulting in animal stress and death. As the surviving mill dogs grow older, they are more prone to developing respiratory ailments and pneumonia, as well as hereditary defects such as hip dysplasia.[2] In addition, mill dogs are more prone to have problems with their temperament due to lack of socialization, enrichment, and positive human contact. Puppies from mills are usually sold as purebred dogs in an attempt to attract...
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...People buying pets from pet shops abetted inhuman puppy mills In the recent years, more people are buying pets than ever and this has become a trend. The main reason for this are because of the increasing awareness of the advantages of pet ownership and the disposable income per capital (Pet Care Industry Analysis, 2015). The demand for pets, especially cats and dogs, is expected to continue to rise through 2018 and probably beyond (10). However, when more people are buying pets from pet shops, it would directly abetted and supported the puppy mills industry. Puppy mills and pet shops are mostly for profited, and their way of producing animals are cruel and inhuman. In order to protect animal rights and break this merciless cycle, the best solutions are to adopt from shelters or rescue organizations (19) rather buying from pet shops and never abandon pets. Puppy mill, also known as puppy farm, is a commercial animal breeding organization or kennel that breed puppies in large amounts (18). They aim to make profit through reproducing and selling the animals to pet shops. “Puppy mill dogs are viewed as a crop to their breeders, are bred as a means of profit, and are seen as a commodity, no different than soybeans or metal widgets.”(3) Most of them are illegal and inhuman. In order to minimize the cost and maximize the profit, most of the puppy mills have extremely poor environment and facilities for reproducing dogs. Dogs may suffer from different affliction such as lack......
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...Mentor Profile Some people think dog breeding is irresponsible and the reason homeless pets suffer in shelters. Let me tell you about my canine mentor, Roxanne LaPaglia, owner of internationally known, Blazin's Bullmastiffs kennel. Roxanne practices responsible breeding programs, educates new owners about the breed and shows Bullmastiffs competitively in American Kennel Club events. Her program catches attention in Dog Fancy magazine during the 1980’s, as she participates nationally, with Bullmastiff organizations throughout the United States. She is known as a tough lady to buy a puppy from. Unfortunately, Roxanne left our world March 11, 2015, however, her legacy continues (Zellman). Roxanne, always shows a competitive spirit throughout her life. In her youth, she won beauty pageants, and attracting further attention as a fire baton twirler, then expressing her natural beauty and competitive nature as a print work model (Zellman). Her breeding program begins in the 1980’s originating with Great Danes. The exclusivity and enormous physique of the Bullmastiff becomes an attraction for Roxanne. As a result, she began showing her first Bullmastiff, titling the dog with a championship through the American Kennel Club. Competing and showing a dog easily outweighing her by...
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...Kennel Club and the American Bully Kennel Club. Income is also generated through the sale of kennel merchandise and dog stud fees. The kennel does not currently have any online presence. Dog sales are currently limited to the north Texas area through local advertising and display booths at local dog shows. The sale of puppies has remained steady throughout the past three years but the possibility of local competing kennels is likely. The number of puppies available has been kept lower because of competing kennels and the smaller customer base. In order to increase the customer base, dogs could be shipped. Due to the central location in the United States (U.S.) of the kennel, the logistics of shipping the dogs is much easier and available in more locations. Not all locations can have animals shipped year-round due to temperature. Other times, the dogs will need to be shipped via ground transportation, which is only available in the southern U.S. Big Paw Kennel would have a viable online storefront for several reasons, beginning with expansion to another avenue for selling their products. The products would include not only the dogs and puppies themselves but would also include merchandise related to the kennel. The site will also market food products designed specifically for the American Bully breed, as well as selling recipe books for owners choosing to use “raw” diets or home prepared food. The store will sell toys designed for the American Bully who is......
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...“If you’ve ever owned a dog, don’t miss this film about loyalty, devotion and undying love “ - It’s about “Hachiko: A dog’s tale”, an American movie based on the true story about a dog in Japan, who had been waiting for his owner to return from work at the station every day until the owner passed away at the beginning of the 20th century. Scripted by Stephen P. Lindsey and directed by Lasse Hallstrom, this drama film released in August 2009 with a mainstream budget. Parker Wilson found a lost puppy at the station and took the dog to his home because the station controller refused to take care of the puppy. He named the dog “Hachi” after he learnt about Japanese symbol’s meaning on the dog’s collar. There seemed to be a bond between the professor and Hachi. Every morning, when Parker left for work, Hachi followed him to the train station and every later afternoon, the dog walked to the station, waited patiently for the owner to return from work and then they went home together. One day, Parker suddenly had a heart attack and died at work meanwhile Hachi was still waiting patiently for him at train station. He was lying in the snow and waited for many hours until Parker’s son in-law came and brought him to home. The dog didn’t realize that his owner wouldn’t come back ever again so next morning, Hachi returned to the trained station and waited from dawn till dusk , and the next day, he tried to escape from his new owner’s house to come to the train station again as usual. So...
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...Lovelypuppy---- (Yunni Li, Shengying Liao, Weiguo Wu, Zhuoyuan Zhong, Amy Carls) A. We choose the “lovely puppy” as our domain name. Certainly, it is a really direct name to make our customer to figure out the objects of our company. But the point we need to mention is that the aim of our company is to encourage customer to adopt a puppy instead of buying one. Our business focuses on the gathering information of different organizations. We compare and find the best puppy to fit customer’s requirements. In other words, we act as the intermediary between customers and various organizations. Besides offering information to customers, we can also evaluate the qualification of the customers for adoption. The statement of the specific objectives of our website offers the information of puppies to customers and gathers information of customers to organizations. The website is the most important part to our business. We act as the intermediary between customers and various organizations. So the website is the critical part to gather and offer information. As well, our website is a platform to communicate between customers and us. Our website should include introduction of each dog, the information of being a qualified adopters, the application form for customers, the sales of accessories, tips of raising a dog, and question-answer sections. We will illustrate the information of each dog including age, breed, color, temperatament, gender, weight and even the history of the dog. In......
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...As people continue to buy animals from breeders and puppy mills they fail to remember all of the animals suffering on the streets and in animal shelters. As people continue to not place an I.D. tag or a microchip on their pet, they are contributing to the homeless animal population. When people don’t spay or neuter their pet, the animal homelessness population rises. As people fail to consider the needs of an animal when they’re purchasing one, the risk of abandoning them increases. Animal homelessness is a continuous problem in the United States and needs to be solved. Though animals are suffering on the streets and in animal shelters, people continue to buy their pets from breeders and puppy mills. “Nationally, only 20% of the dogs and cats in homes are adopted from animal shelters” (One At A Time). As more U.S. citizens choose breeder-bred animals, the demand for breeders and puppy mills increase. Animals in puppy mills suffer from cruelty and health problems such as blindness, deafness, heart disease, and kidney diseases. As more animals are bred, the greater the animal homelessness rate grows. As breeders and puppy mills continue to breed more animals, they make it harder for a homeless animal to find a home. When a person fails to place an I.D. tag on their pet, or a microchip, it makes it easier for runaway pets to get lost and end...
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..._______________ Owned by: (Insert owner’s name, address, phone number) Has entered into a contract with Exclusive Bloodline Kennel of Pearland Texas on ____________ 20 ____ to be bred to, Name: Heartless, Breed: American Pitt Bull Terrier, Registration: UKC # A388,061 Color: Blue Fawn for a Fee of $__________________/ or the following in lieu of a stud fee: (Insert wording for any other type of agreement, such as 1st pick pup, 2nd pick pup, etc.) Stud owner shall have the right to inspection of the female for the purpose of confirming pregnancy no later than 45 days of the first mating with female. Unless otherwise stated herein, owner of stud dog shall have the right in person of 1st pick puppy of the litter when the puppies reach the age of 8 weeks. One or more puppies living up to 4 weeks of age will be considered a litter. Int.______ Int. ______ The following terms and conditions are understood and agreed to by both parties: 1. Prior to breeding, the owner of the female must provide a completed JRTCA veterinarian form or JRTCA Registration Certificate, a copy of the female’s pedigree, a record of current vaccinations, proof of worming within six months of the breeding date, and a negative Brucellosis test. 2. Payment of a stud fee is due at the time of the first service unless otherwise specified in the initial arrangement for breeding. 3. If there is a tie, or the breeding is otherwise consummated, there will be no refund......
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