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Texas kills an estimated 232,000 shelter pets per year and this Texas «rescue group» is buying pregnant dogs from breeders at auctions in Missouri?

The newspaper's investigation found that rescue operations, traditionally the nemesis of puppy mills, have been buying dogs from breeders at auction, using donations from their supporters to buy dogs in what it described as a «nationwide shadow market.»

Not exact matches

For their analyses, the researchers obtained the help of the American Kennel Club (AKC) and dog breeders across the country to acquire cheek - swab DNA samples from purebred dogs at dog shows and directly from owners.

They selected a puppy from a facility in Yukon and were taking care of the paperwork when the breeder asked Bain to look at a 6 - month - old dog.

Essentially, SB 637 would stall the start up of the new agency for at least one more year, allowing breeders to continue to reap their unreported cash and SB 773 would tie the regulatory process to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture while also exempting many breeds of dog from protection under the law.

Buy from a breeder and try to get a look at the dog's parents.

The documentary looks at how many breeds have had their physical appearance so exaggerated they're unrecognizable from a century ago, and it examines some of the breed - specific health problems that have resulted from breeders emphasizing looks over health when breeding dogs for shows.

When it came time for me to get a dog (still in my early 20's) I thought there's no way anyone is going to adopt one to me, I have 2 cats in the home (the second cat came from a backyard breeder, something I didn't understand about at the time).

Every animal purchased from a breeder or a pet shop fills a home that could have taken in a dog or a cat dying for a home at a local shelter.

Learn from this fascinating look at three dog breeders, the Initiate, Intermediate, and the Survivor.

At Von Whitehall German Shepherds, we differ from a lot of breeders as we often combine the genetics of different German Shepherd Dog bloodlines to achieve our goals - instead of focusing on just one particular bloodline.

According to a press release, the Puppy Mill Awareness Group said it conducted its own investigation, revealing that The Family Puppy has worked with breeders from Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio in 2009 and 2010, and that an inspector from the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) found unacceptable conditions for breeding dogs at one of the store's breeders.

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Camden County in New Jersey adopted a resolution on Thursday September 17 to ban sales of dogs and cats at pet stores, unless those animals are from hobby breeders or...

6/11/2010 «please buy your dog at a breeder not from the shaggy dog I've purchased a very sick puppy been at the vets 4 times in a month they don't care no refunds.

Whatever the reason, these dogs still have a lot of love to give, and can make wonderful companions at more affordable prices then buying a dog from a breeder.

The series showed that many purebred dogs are prone to diseases and health problems that have resulted from «the tyranny of the show ring» — breeders selecting their dogs to accentuate specific, often freakish traits that win at dog shows but leave them unfit for living the life of a normal dog.

They call it «freedom flights» from the Bahamas when it's really nothing more than exploitation for profit while at the same time, local politicians outlawed pet stores from selling puppies bred by American dog breeders.

Staff at many of the stores engaged in elaborate deception to convince our undercover investigators - as they do with unsuspecting buyers - that they were getting the dogs from responsible breeders.

If everyone shares, and if breeders quit throwing stones at each other, and if the scientific community revises its often accusatory stance on breeding from carriers or even from affected dogs, H.E.A.R.T proves it can be done.

So before you even look at the available dogs for sale, talk to the breeder and ask him some questions to make sure you are purchasing a puppy from the right person.

However, if you plan to purchase a dog at high risk of elbow dysplasia from a breeder, I strongly suggest you insure your prospective pup's parents have been cleared for elbow dysplasia by OFA, which is the Orthopedic Foundation of America.

Whether you are adopting a dog at a shelter or buying one from a breeder, find out as much as you can about the dog's temperament.

The Japanese breed generally weighs between 80 and 135 pounds (36 and 61 kg), while the non-Japanese breeders have focused on dogs that weigh from 130 to 200 pounds (60 to 100 kg) and stand up to 32 inches (82 cm) at the withers.

«Not all dogs develop at the same rate, and clients need to make allowances for this variability even if they have had the same breed or obtained the dog from the same breeder and lines.»

the store owners lie when they say their dogs come from the best breeders in the country, all the dogs at petland come form hunt and the owners have not clue where hunt gets them and they don't care as long as they can sell them for three time what you would pay if you went to a reputable akc registered breeder.

Commercial breeders (1)  maintain at any one location no more than 30 dogs more than 1 year of age that have not been spayed / neutered, (2) must obtain an annual certificate from a veterinarian stating the dog is in «suitable health for breeding», (3) breed dogs only if they are between 18 months and 8 years of age, and (4) allow female dogs to produce only 1 litter each year.

my point is that the means by which petland get and care for their dogs are shady to say the least, and even if the puppies really did come from the countries best breeders they still shouldn't be aloud to sell puppies at all.

My friend and I have both been rejected from adopting a dog at the elmsford animal shelter / pets alive and have turned to breeders (how sad) to get a dog.

If you plan to adopt from an animal rescue group, you should be aware that some unethical breeders and pet sellers are even beginning to pose as rescue groups, posting ads of «rescued» dogs available for adoption at high prices.

Our report when we contacted these dog breeders they would hang up on us, they would curse us out, they were not receptive at all to working out the complaints of the consumers who purchased sick dogs from them.

In the Texas case, some of the breeders the dogs came from had multiple Animal Welfare Act violations, and some didn't even have licenses at the time they sold their puppies.

Dust swirls at our feet as we walk row after row at the sweltering Canton, Texas, flea market, visiting shacks and stalls and little trailers where scores of people — ranging from families to professional breeders who've traveled hundreds of miles — are selling dogs.

Over the years the needs of «at risk» dogs and cats have been changing due to the incredible efforts of innovative rescue groups (like us), an increase in the communities desire for No Kill shelters and an increased awareness of the need to adopt a pet rather than buy from a breeder.

Additionally, they reported, «pet store - obtained dogs had a range of miscellaneous behavioral problems at significantly higher frequencies than did those acquired from breeders (e.g., escaping from the home, sexual mounting of people and objects, and most forms of house - soiling).»

Familiarity with the breed standard helps in choosing a breeder and a puppy; if buyers understand the qualities and characteristics that differentiate a Samoyed from an American Eskimo or a Collie from a Shetland Sheepdog, they can not only make a more informed breed choice, they can judge whether the adult dogs at a kennel are likely to produce puppies that look and act like the breed they want.

In any event, after protests from owners of the blacklisted breeds, the AKC recalled the book at a cost that may exceed $ 800,000 and declared that it «sincerely regrets the distress caused to dog owners and breeders.»

Best Friends — led study reveals puppy mill dogs exhibit behavioral issues at higher rate than dogs from noncommercial breeders.

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If you want to show your English Setter at dog shows, you will need help from an instructor or your breeder to learn how to groom your dog for the show ring and to present your dog skillfully, or you can hire a professional handler to do these things for you.

While millions continue to own purebred dogs, entries at dog shows continue to decline and the trickledown effect from these factors impact not only the supply of show dogs, but the number of new breeders, exhibitors and the sport itself.

Showing at these shows gives the breeder the opportunity to see if the dogs they are producing compare favorably with what others are breeding and keeps them from becoming «kennel blind.»

This recent study looked at 413 dogs obtained from pet stores and contrasted them to 5657 dogs obtained from breeders.

Focusing on rescuing dogs from kill shelters, puppy mill / breeder survivors and on rare occasions taking an owner surrender, but only if they have NO dogs awaiting rescue at a local shelter.

This means that dogs from breeders most likely had a better chance at being psychologically sound than a «pet mill» dog had anyway.

No be clear no responsible breeder would EVER allow dogs or cats to be sold at pet stores or flea markets — they're greatly from puppy mills.

Dogs were acquired from a variety of sources; the most common were friends or relatives (30 %), breeders (25 %), public or private animal shelter (15 %), with the remainder (less than 10 % each) coming from a breed rescue group, a newspaper advertisement, found as stray, being born at home, acquired from a pet store, and rare other sources (Fig. 1).

Moreover these dogs showed a range of miscellaneous behavior problems at significantly higher levels than the dogs obtained from breeders.

What those laws really do is shift a tiny fraction of total market share for pet dogs at the retail level — away from breeders and over to rescue groups that are usually regulated far less than the breeders (if at all).

A TYPICAL YEAR OLD LION DOG c. 1923 C.R. Edmonds, Farmer's Weekly, February 7, 1923) Height — 24 inches at the shoulder Weight — 60 lb Colour — Tawny, fawn or brindle Coat — short and hard Tail — Longish and thick, free from feather and carried low (Note: two breeders have advised the writer that considerable difficulty is experienced in the tail as at times varying lengths of tail occur in the same litter, some being only six to seven inches long like a docked dog, others with a kink like a Bulldog and others with long tails as describDOG c. 1923 C.R. Edmonds, Farmer's Weekly, February 7, 1923) Height — 24 inches at the shoulder Weight — 60 lb Colour — Tawny, fawn or brindle Coat — short and hard Tail — Longish and thick, free from feather and carried low (Note: two breeders have advised the writer that considerable difficulty is experienced in the tail as at times varying lengths of tail occur in the same litter, some being only six to seven inches long like a docked dog, others with a kink like a Bulldog and others with long tails as describdog, others with a kink like a Bulldog and others with long tails as described.