While reviewing the Schindler inspection report, I could not get past the discrepancy of opinion between the investigators, who noted time and again that the dogs at the Schindler mill were essentially being housed in incredibly unsanitary conditions and multiple statements from the attending veterinarian, Sue Sculley, who repeatedly indicated that medically, the dogs were [...]
Category Archives: Selling puppies
Runaround Sue
The Schindlers — Part 3 and a Call to Action
So, hopefully you’ve read Parts 1 and 2 about Herman and Bonnie Schindler, owners of the puppy mill that is closing and auctioning off its dogs starting tomorrow -YES TOMORROW! The details about the auction are here. Close to 700 dogs are for sale (this number does not include puppies). If you live nearby MO [...]
Schindler’s List – Part I (yes there is more)
It has come to my attention that there is a rather large dog auction (okay gigantic) occurring in Missouri next weekend. I checked into this auction only to find that they will be auctioning off approximately 690+ dogs (this estimate does not include the puppies as they are not allowed to be auctioned off prior [...]
False Advertising
If you look really closely, you’ll see this is a picture of Zoey. Months after we brought her home from Raising Rover and Baby, “Manhattan’s One of a Kind Puppy and Baby Boutique,” she was still being advertised on this website by the owner of the store, who claims repeatedly that he “is not an Internet [...]
What does 4 MILLION look like?
There are 4,000,000 puppies bred in puppy mills each year! I really tried to get my head around exactly what four million puppies would look like. These 4 million puppies wind up in pet stores, with brokers, online and being bred over and over again. Here’s what I found: -The population for Puerto Rico, Kentucky and [...]
Progress…
A recurring theme in our blog posts is the need for legislative and regulatory oversight to force puppy mills to finally make the necessary changes. But those in positions of power also have to hit the millers where it really counts: the pocketbook. As we’ve seen, mills can be extremely lucrative, between the low cost [...]