Comments on: Oprah, Pregnant Man and the Puppy Mills http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/ Pet Health, Dog Health Care, Pet Care, Dog Training Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:48:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: teri http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-434 teri Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:02:27 +0000 http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/05/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-434 Thank you Dr. Harvey for your comments and I agree that celebrities can use their fame to improve the lives of their pets. I believe Oprah may have turned a new leaf. By the way you have a wonderful blog and I truly appreciate the quality of information on your blog. Thank you Dr. Harvey for your comments and I agree that celebrities can use their fame to improve the lives of their pets. I believe Oprah may have turned a new leaf. By the way you have a wonderful blog and I truly appreciate the quality of information on your blog.

]]> By: Teri http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-403 Teri Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:47:42 +0000 http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/05/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-403 Yes Megan I agree she didn't get it at first but I do hope she has learned what suffering these dogs are subjected to and I do hope she can dedicate her show to exposing this brutal industry. These dogs are virtually abused in this process. But good news, the activists are stopping larger corporations from selling pets in pet stores, now if we can only convince people. Female dogs of any breed are subjected to multiple pregnancies and they die a terrible death to be a puppy machine for sick people. Its all about the money in selling them to pet stores and anyone who will buy a dog from these places should think twice. They are usually demoralized and have birth defects because of the lack of care. Not all dog breeders are puppy mills and you can't tell when you buy a dog on the internet. The best alternative is to buy locally at a Shelter, there are plenty of loving dogs at animal shelters, the Human Society and other organizations that treat pets with dignity and care. Thanks for your comment I appreciate your views - I just detests people that run puppy mills. Yes Megan I agree she didn’t get it at first but I do hope she has learned what suffering these dogs are subjected to and I do hope she can dedicate her show to exposing this brutal industry. These dogs are virtually abused in this process. But good news, the activists are stopping larger corporations from selling pets in pet stores, now if we can only convince people.
Female dogs of any breed are subjected to multiple pregnancies and they die a terrible death to be a puppy machine for sick people. Its all about the money in selling them to pet stores and anyone who will buy a dog from these places should think twice. They are usually demoralized and have birth defects because of the lack of care. Not all dog breeders are puppy mills and you can’t tell when you buy a dog on the internet. The best alternative is to buy locally at a Shelter, there are plenty of loving dogs at animal shelters, the Human Society and other organizations that treat pets with dignity and care. Thanks for your comment I appreciate your views - I just detests people that run puppy mills.

]]> By: Megan http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-400 Megan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:03:54 +0000 http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/05/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-400 To someone who is ignorant of the puppy mill industry, her earlier video looks harmless. Maybe she didn't get it at first, thus the need for attention to the many comments left over the years. Maybe she was embarrassed to admit that she was a partner in the abuse. Finally, after enough flack from viewers, she decided to show it in a manner that was palatable to her reputation and ego. Who knows?!?!? To someone who is ignorant of the puppy mill industry, her earlier video looks harmless. Maybe she didn’t get it at first, thus the need for attention to the many comments left over the years. Maybe she was embarrassed to admit that she was a partner in the abuse. Finally, after enough flack from viewers, she decided to show it in a manner that was palatable to her reputation and ego. Who knows?!?!?

]]> By: Teri http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-361 Teri Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:39:34 +0000 http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/05/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-361 Hi Kathy: Thank you for your comments on puppy mills, however when puppy mills are discovered the dogs are rescued, brought back to health in animal rescue stations. If you saw the video from april 4 - Lucy Ling and Bill Smith founder of Main Line Animal Rescue rescue hundreds of abused animals, rehabilitate them and find them loving homes. They locate puppy mills and save the dogs from inhumane treatment. One dog had a chain imbedded into its neck - meaning the dog was chained up all the time. Bill took out a Billboard in Chicago to get Oprah's attention and it worked. That is why she did the show. The whole idea is to stop buying these dogs so these breeders do not have a reason to breed - anymore. In 2004, animal rights activists staked out at Petco' Animal Supplies annual meeting in San Diego to protest Petco's selling pets in their 670 stores. They are succeeding in stopping the sale of pets in pet stores, who buy them from the puppy mills. If you read the article I did titled " Should I Buy a Puppy Online", ( see Archives at the top of page) A transport truck was intercepted driving across country with hundreds of dogs, cages piled on top of each other, in the hot summer sun with no air conditioning. Read more by searching this article out.... I understand your point Kathleen and I agree, but if there are no buyers, there will not be any breeders of this type in business. The dogs in the transport truck, were indeed rescued from their fate as will all dogs found in Puppy Mills. It is the rescue centers who find good homes, after the dogs are rehabiliated. There are plenty of good families that would love a dog that has been abused -just for the shear fact that the dog -survived it. Teri Hi Kathy:
Thank you for your comments on puppy mills, however when puppy mills are discovered the dogs are rescued, brought back to health in animal rescue stations. If you saw the video from april 4 - Lucy Ling and Bill Smith founder of Main Line Animal Rescue rescue hundreds of abused animals, rehabilitate them and find them loving homes. They locate puppy mills and save the dogs from inhumane treatment. One dog had a chain imbedded into its neck - meaning the dog was chained up all the time. Bill took out a Billboard in Chicago to get Oprah’s attention and it worked. That is why she did the show. The whole idea is to stop buying these dogs so these breeders do not have a reason to breed - anymore.

In 2004, animal rights activists staked out at Petco’ Animal Supplies annual meeting in San Diego to protest Petco’s selling pets in their 670 stores.
They are succeeding in stopping the sale of pets in pet stores, who buy them from the puppy mills. If you read the article I did titled ” Should I Buy a Puppy Online”, ( see Archives at the top of page) A transport truck was intercepted driving across country with hundreds of dogs, cages piled on top of each other, in the hot summer sun with no air conditioning. Read more by searching this article out….
I understand your point Kathleen and I agree, but if there are no buyers, there will not be any breeders of this type in business.
The dogs in the transport truck, were indeed rescued from their fate as will all dogs found in Puppy Mills. It is the rescue centers who find good homes, after the dogs are rehabiliated. There are plenty of good families that would love a dog that has been abused -just for the shear fact that the dog -survived it.

Teri

]]> By: Kathy Himmer http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-360 Kathy Himmer Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:32:48 +0000 http://doghealth1.com/2008/04/05/oprah-pregnant-man-and-the-puppy-mills/#comment-360 If we tell people not to buy from the mills, what is going to happen to all those unfortunate dogs? If all puppy mill selling stopped tomorrow, what would happen to those prisoner dogs? I think that is a problem no one has ever addressed. We can't, as caring people, perpetuate the mills by buying the dogs, but who has offered a solution for the dogs that are in the mills? If we tell people not to buy from the mills, what is going to happen to all those unfortunate dogs? If all puppy mill selling stopped tomorrow, what would happen to those prisoner dogs? I think that is a problem no one has ever addressed.
We can’t, as caring people, perpetuate the mills by buying the dogs, but who has offered a solution for the dogs that are in the mills?

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