Trish Allearz
Moderator
I'd love to get the general opinion on these types of things...
I love Frenchies- I think they are great dogs... Today, I saw a post on Facebook about an auction where a rescue wants to purchase adult dogs from a miller- to rescue the dogs from their horrid conditions. You know how it goes- they are mostly outdoors (which isn't so great for a brachiocephalic- snub nosed- breed) and they are bred over and over and over... So the rescue is asking for donations to save these dogs.
The issue I see is all in semantics. Are they really 'rescuing' these dogs or are they BUYING these dogs from the puppymillers? If they are saving the life of these dogs, aren't they simply permitting the miller to then put other dogs in their spots? But then again- we can't just ignore these dogs in need- can we? Some of them are in pretty horrid conditions. I was reading up on one little girl who was lacking kneecaps, but was bred continuously- it makes one's heart heavy.
And for the sake of tying it into this site- just for those who don't know- these puppymills are 99% USDA compliant. Yep.
What do you think of these types of situations? Do we jump in to help the immediate situation or look at the bigger picture and sit back and not help out? Definitely a damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation IMHO.
I love Frenchies- I think they are great dogs... Today, I saw a post on Facebook about an auction where a rescue wants to purchase adult dogs from a miller- to rescue the dogs from their horrid conditions. You know how it goes- they are mostly outdoors (which isn't so great for a brachiocephalic- snub nosed- breed) and they are bred over and over and over... So the rescue is asking for donations to save these dogs.
The issue I see is all in semantics. Are they really 'rescuing' these dogs or are they BUYING these dogs from the puppymillers? If they are saving the life of these dogs, aren't they simply permitting the miller to then put other dogs in their spots? But then again- we can't just ignore these dogs in need- can we? Some of them are in pretty horrid conditions. I was reading up on one little girl who was lacking kneecaps, but was bred continuously- it makes one's heart heavy.
And for the sake of tying it into this site- just for those who don't know- these puppymills are 99% USDA compliant. Yep.
What do you think of these types of situations? Do we jump in to help the immediate situation or look at the bigger picture and sit back and not help out? Definitely a damned if you do, damned if you don't type of situation IMHO.