Not exact matches
Lil
Olive, a fragile, tiny, Italian greyhound,
was rescued in 2011 from a Missouri
puppy mill after spending twelve years in a small wire cage,
being bred successively and forced to churn out her
puppies for sale in the
puppy trade.
It
's the story of Lil
Olive, a
puppy mill survivor, and how, after more than 12 years as a breeding momma in most horrible of conditions, she changed the lives of so many.
Having come from a
puppy mill,
Olive is not fond of other dogs her size.
Shelter Island Films
is proud to announce the development phase of a new documentary film about
puppy mill survivor Lil
Olive.
This year
is especially meaningful for many who followed Lola's story, with the passing of two high profile
puppy mill dogs Lil
Olive and Leo.
The
puppy mill industry
is the subject of SitStaySpeakOut's inaugural project, A Voice for Lil
Olive.
A Voice for Lil
Olive will
be viewed for years to come as the definitive documentary on
puppy mills and those who
are fighting to put an end to them.
Also,
Olive has to have soft treats because of her lack of teeth (regualr readers will remember that
Olive comes from a
puppy mill and after we adopted her, we had her teeth cleaned but... she came home with 17 less teeth than she went in with - they
were so rotten they had to
be pulled!)
Olive has birthed dozens of
puppies - her life at the
puppy mill was obviously not a good one (as evidenced by the loss of an eye and... more explanation to come), but this little gal
is spunky, happy - go - lucky and very protective of her «big dogs», Emily and Chester, the hound dogs.