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How much room does a puppy mill dog need?

By zoeystory | Published: April 26, 2010

According to the USDA, not that much!  Click on the link below to use the calculator that they use to determine how large a dog’s cage must be.  Measure your dog in inches (not including the tail!), add 6 inches for extra room (how generous of them), then multiply that number by itself.  That’s how […]

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Zoey Raised $150!

By zoeystory | Published: April 5, 2010

Pretty good for a puppy, huh?  Zoey was entered into the the Spay Day contest and received 150 votes – that’s $150 that goes to participating organizations to spay and neuter animals!  There were over 32,000 pets entered, and a total of $527,000 was raised!

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Joanna Krupa in new ad against puppy mills!

By zoeystory | Published: December 1, 2009

Dancing With The Stars alum Joanna Krupa appears in the new Peta ad against puppy mills.  In an interview with Peta, Krupa said, “Somebody needs to put their foot down and stop this this breeding and these puppy mills.  They live in these little tiny cages, and all they’re doing is breeding their whole life.  […]

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Parents

By zoeystory | Published: September 1, 2009

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

By zoeystory | Published: August 28, 2009

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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What We’re Going to Have to Deal With

By zoeystory | Published: August 27, 2009

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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