Anti-Puppy Mills Appeal

caged dogs in a puppy mill

I only learned about puppy mills a few months ago, and when I did, I resolved to join the fight against their existence and help save the dogs who are being so mercilessly abused.

My aim is to heighten awareness and raise funds for anti-puppy mill campaigns to rescue these poor dogs from their appalling plight and stamp out these horrendous puppy mills forever.

For those of you who don’t know what puppy mills are, they are filthy dirty warehouses, barns, and shacks where female dogs are housed in small cages (not even room for most dogs to stand up or turn round).  The cages are stacked high, in rows and the rooms are kept in darkness mostly.  The dogs are kept short of food and water, have to urinate and defecate where they lie and get covered in the same, as the dog in the cage above has to do this too.  The dogs have no exercise, no vetinary attention and are shot or gassed if they are of no further use.  Needless to say, their lives are miserable.

Why?  For money.  For breeding puppies to sell to unsuspecting dog lovers, like you and me, millions and millions of puppies every year are born in puppy mills.  The puppy mills sell the sickly puppies to pet shops and advertise the pups for sale online.  The pups often don’t live very long.  The pups are taken away from their mother as soon as possible, stuffed into dirty crates for journeys in lorries which sometimes last days.  Then the puppies are cleaned and fluffed up to go on display in a pet shop or not cleaned up and left until an online advert brings a buyer.

What can you do?  Firstly, you should never get a puppy without seeing where it comes from (i.e. rescue shelter, breeder, private home).  Most puppy mill pups get sold to pet shops, some shops buying them unsuspectingly and others knowingly.  Make sure you know where a puppy has come from, this will help reduce demand for puppy mill pups and discourage their existence.  Every dog lover has a duty to abide by this rule and it is easy to do.

What else can you do?

Read about Annie, The Puppy Mill Princess – she was fortunate enough to be rescued from a puppy mill by a wonderful woman called Agnes and her family.  Agnes has written an amazing ebook about Annie – to raise funds to fight against puppy mills and rescue more dogs.

“Diary of a Puppy-Mill Princess is the heartfelt story of puppy mill survivor Annie’s rocky journey of rehabilitation from rescue dog to companion. The book is full of practical tips for new adopters who give abused dogs a second chance at life and happiness. Infused with love and humor, this book gives hope to those owners who, at times, may be bewildered or lose faith in being able to rehabilitate their rescue dog.”

Download Diary of a Puppy Mill Princess and donate CLICK HERE

What else can you do?  You could volunteer and or/ donate here:

http://www.thepuppymillproject.org/

Anthing else you can do?

Yes, PLEASE  don’t do nothing.

I’m not asking you, I am begging you.