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I’m shocked… a puppy mill… in my hometown?!!

So I am cruising around looking at different websites and surveying USDA inspection reports for dog breeders. A website here has a list of breeders in a few southern states along with their inspection reports. I guess Tulsa World ranked the worst dealers and breeders in Oklahoma and provides you with the “winners.” I look […]

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Kennel Spotlight – Horrendous Moral Equivalency

In a prior post, I provided a bit of insight into the “fine people” who run the Kennel Spotlight website. A look through its archives unearthed some more instances of good logic and out there thought processes. The article I’m referencing below was written fairly recently. “Act Now.” I’m not quite sure where or which […]

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Parents

Leslie was able to rescue Z’s mom and dad among the dogs she purchased at the auction over the weekend. Leslie arranged for Z to spend some time with her parents. She reported that while there was basically no connection between Z and her dad (save the same spots on their tummies and black/white coat), […]

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The Journey Begins

I cannot believe by 4 pm today I will be looking at Zoey’s mom and dad.  It seems like for so long I have been waiting for this but its finally happening.  I broke down last night as I realized that I couldn’t save them all. But, I guess if everyone said they couldn’t save […]

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Abby on her own

08-28-09 Leslie and I had a long conversation last night about why it might actually be OK for Abby to stay here without her while she and Zoey are on their mission. Although this morning wasn’t easy for Abby (we had to put her back in the house while the three of us left for […]

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What We’re Going to Have to Deal With

So the dogs that are being auctioned off on Saturday are now online.  Wow, what a frightening list!  If you can believe this, there are 15 pages (!) worth of dogs being auctioned, almost all of which have sired or whelped dozens of puppies since the mill started operating about 7 years ago.  Many, many […]

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