Sentences with phrase «scale dog auction»

Early in 2007, responding to an email plea for «50 Italian greyhounds in need», Strader attended a large - scale dog auction in the Midwest — the heart of puppy mill country.

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I'm thrilled to share the news that the February 15 issue of Library Journal will include the following review of The Dog Merchants: The common theme among breeders of registered American Kennel Club champion dogs, large - scale commercial «puppy farms,» backyard hobby breeders, dog rescue groups, shelters, dog auctions, and pet storDog Merchants: The common theme among breeders of registered American Kennel Club champion dogs, large - scale commercial «puppy farms,» backyard hobby breeders, dog rescue groups, shelters, dog auctions, and pet stordog rescue groups, shelters, dog auctions, and pet stordog auctions, and pet stores?

Strader established National Mill Dog Rescue in 2007 after learning about a large - scale breeding operation, or «puppy mill,» in Missouri that was closing down and auctioning off its purebred population.

And when I contacted the auction's owner to ask for an interview, he was welcoming and spent an entire day with me, talking openly about his personal history, his current business practices and even taking me to meet the types of breeders he respects — breeders whose dogs, when I got to their commercial - scale farms, were running and playing in spaces as big as many suburban backyards and even ballfields, dogs who came up to me to say hello and, in most cases, seemed just as happy and normal and healthy as my own two spoiled mutts at home.

A large - scale breeding operation, or «puppy mill» was going out of business and all 561 dogs were going to auction.

Animal - welfare groups, including the ASPCA, HSUS, say rescuers are misguided in buying dogs at auction because the money they pay only encourages more breeding on a commercial scale.