National Mill Dog Rescue Why do puppy mills turn dogs over to rescue? First of all, it is important to understand that our rescue contacts have worked with these breeders over time to help them understand that there are “retirement homes” available for these dogs. Our contacts do not present themselves as “rescuers”. It’s a very subtle and non-threatening relationship that is developed. Some think the mills that turn dogs over are perhaps those with a bit of heart left for the dogs. Others think it’s just fewer dogs they have to worry about executing. Whatever the reason, this is the only chance these dogs have at getting to know life outside of the cold, dark confines of their wire cages. Dogs are released for a variety of reasons. The most common reason is that the female dogs at 5-7 years old are “used up” for breeding purposes. Their bodies simply can no longer produce puppies and many of these gals are very, very sick upon rescue. I am quite certain that on a daily basis in the mills, many an older female dog is found dead in the cage - unable to fight off the diseases and ailments that years of producing puppies had caused for them. We also see young dogs and puppies. The young female dogs are usually not good at mothering. Most mill dogs are bred on their first heat and some, still being puppies themselves, are unaware of what to do when they give birth and will eat their puppies. If they do this a second time, they are released. We see many young male dogs as it only takes one good breeding male to impregnate many females, so many of the young males are turned over because they are not needed. Finally, we see puppies that are not accepted by the brokers for several reasons: they may have enough of that certain breed in their trucks, the puppies may have gotten too old (10-12 weeks) to sell to the pet stores or the puppies may have health issues. If the puppies are not released to rescue, they are held back for breeding or killed.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:05:53 +0000
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