Comments on: June 2009 Round-up: Join Me for the Fight Against Puppy Farming!! http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/06/june-2009-round-up-join-me-for-the-fight-against-puppy-farming/ Shaggy dog stories Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:33:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: tracey waters http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/06/june-2009-round-up-join-me-for-the-fight-against-puppy-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-891 tracey waters Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:37:46 +0000 http://www.marcthevet.com/?p=635#comment-891 hi marc, just thought id email to let you know how gratefull we at prodogsdirect are that you are involved in pup farm awarness day and have chosen us as one of the charitys to recieve a donation. we are so glad that this hideous buisness is being exposed more and more for what it is. i personally foster pf dogs in fact i have 2 cocker bitches staying with me at the moment one of which freda is so bad she will probably stay with me and become a sponsor dog, she is typical of the girls we get in that she has such a sweet loving temprement and is so forgiving but has so much wrong, she is partially sighted, she has deformed back feet through inbreeding im sure, 1 foot has no toes the other has 3 webbed toes only. she does struggle with walking and we are getting her a special boot.she also has a heart murmer is incontinent and we are awaiting the results of a mammary tumour. what a life she must have had and the other dogs still there are still having, i despair especially when people tell me how they got there pups and i say dont you realise your pup has come from one of these places.maybe one day we will succede in closing these hell holes but in the mean time i and all of us at pdd will do what we can to save those we can.we dont always win. i fostered one girl last year who was so ill when she came she didnt make it of the operating table, so her new life was at rainbow bridge. i will be at the day, possibly pushing freda around in her new dog buggy, so i may see you there but i shall certainly do all i can to spread the word as i always do. thanks again so much . tracey waters (trustee and volunteer for prodogsdirect) hi marc, just thought id email to let you know how gratefull we at prodogsdirect are that you are involved in pup farm awarness day and have chosen us as one of the charitys to recieve a donation. we are so glad that this hideous buisness is being exposed more and more for what it is. i personally foster pf dogs in fact i have 2 cocker bitches staying with me at the moment one of which freda is so bad she will probably stay with me and become a sponsor dog, she is typical of the girls we get in that she has such a sweet loving temprement and is so forgiving but has so much wrong, she is partially sighted, she has deformed back feet through inbreeding im sure, 1 foot has no toes the other has 3 webbed toes only. she does struggle with walking and we are getting her a special boot.she also has a heart murmer is incontinent and we are awaiting the results of a mammary tumour. what a life she must have had and the other dogs still there are still having, i despair especially when people tell me how they got there pups and i say dont you realise your pup has come from one of these places.maybe one day we will succede in closing these hell holes but in the mean time i and all of us at pdd will do what we can to save those we can.we dont always win. i fostered one girl last year who was so ill when she came she didnt make it of the operating table, so her new life was at rainbow bridge. i will be at the day, possibly pushing freda around in her new dog buggy, so i may see you there but i shall certainly do all i can to spread the word as i always do. thanks again so much . tracey waters (trustee and volunteer for prodogsdirect)

]]> By: Karen Berry http://www.marcthevet.com/2009/06/june-2009-round-up-join-me-for-the-fight-against-puppy-farming/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Karen Berry Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:05:15 +0000 http://www.marcthevet.com/?p=635#comment-879 I came to this website through a link on Laurels website. I recently wrote this poem about puppy farmers as my late Staffie Bruno almost certainly came from one. The Puppy Farm. Where did I come from do you know, do you know where I was born. did I come from a nice warm home, or a puppy breeding farm. Did I come from nice people, who loved and cherished me, or from the ones that breed and breed, and care only for the fee. Did you buy me from a pet shop, where the tills ring out all day, where people on the slightest whim can take a pup away. Then the place I might have come from is called a puppy farm, its not a place with people its not snug and its not warm. Its an overcrowded outbuilding, a broken down old shed, where the female dogs are squashed in tight and bred and bred and bred. And when she's too old for breeding, and isn't worth the time, She'll be tossed away and left to die, in filthy dirt and grime. Without another thought for her, they'll start it all again. another day another bitch another thousand pounds. The pups if they survive that long, are sold on to a man, he comes to take the pups away and locks them in a van. He drives for miles it's freezing cold the puppies start to shake. but the man just keeps on driving those poor pups don't get a break. When the van is opened some of the pups have died, all the rest are huddled up they're scared they want to hide. They're put into a nice warm pen with sawdust on the floor and people come and look at them through a glass door. Two people came today and carried me away and the lady tucked me up so I was warm they gave me food and care and my love I learned to share and was loyal to them till the very end. The happy ending relates to Bruno as we had 11 wonderful years with him. Sadly that isn't always the case. These puppy farms need to be stopped for good. I have just read Laurels story and it was lovely. I came to this website through a link on Laurels website. I recently wrote this poem about puppy farmers as my late Staffie Bruno almost certainly came from one.

The Puppy Farm.

Where did I come from do you know,
do you know where I was born.
did I come from a nice warm home,
or a puppy breeding farm.

Did I come from nice people,
who loved and cherished me,
or from the ones that breed and breed,
and care only for the fee.

Did you buy me from a pet shop,
where the tills ring out all day,
where people on the slightest whim
can take a pup away.

Then the place I might have come from
is called a puppy farm,
its not a place with people
its not snug and its not warm.

Its an overcrowded outbuilding,
a broken down old shed,
where the female dogs are squashed in tight
and bred and bred and bred.

And when she’s too old for breeding,
and isn’t worth the time,
She’ll be tossed away and left to die,
in filthy dirt and grime.

Without another thought for her,
they’ll start it all again.
another day another bitch another thousand pounds.

The pups if they survive that long,
are sold on to a man,
he comes to take the pups away
and locks them in a van.

He drives for miles it’s freezing cold
the puppies start to shake.
but the man just keeps on driving
those poor pups don’t get a break.

When the van is opened
some of the pups have died,
all the rest are huddled up
they’re scared they want to hide.

They’re put into a nice warm pen
with sawdust on the floor
and people come and look at them
through a glass door.

Two people came today
and carried me away
and the lady tucked me up so I was warm
they gave me food and care
and my love I learned to share
and was loyal to them till the very end.

The happy ending relates to Bruno as we had 11 wonderful years with him. Sadly that isn’t always the case. These puppy farms need to be stopped for good.

I have just read Laurels story and it was lovely.

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