The Dog Megathread

[Razgovory]

Missouri is like a mecca for puppy mills.  There was a state referendum to outlaw them, which passed (Raz voted for it), but the general assembly voted it back in cause the law might "hurt farmers".

[CountDeMoney]

Figures.  Completely unregulated bullshit industry.  Amish are the worst offenders, treat those animals worse than their women.

[Josquius]

mutts are best anyway.
though one slight negative of rescue dogs is you're less likely to be able to be  one everywhere young.which is desirable for most.

pet shops make me sad. can't help but feel horrible at the obvious truth that there will be unsold merchandise...

[mongers]

Still baffles my mind that they people would pay half a grand for a dog when you can get a perfectly good dog for free.

And considering all the inbreeding that's done at puppy mills for specific breeds, you get nothing but genetically broken dogs with tons of health and behavioral issues, when plenty of healthy, mixed mutts are lying around the pound.

Which the veterinarian industry just love, can't have healthy robust hybrids enjoying life out and about, when you can have a pile of inbreed mutants clogging up the waiting rooms of their lucrative businesses. 

[sbr]

mutts are best anyway.
though one slight negative of rescue dogs is you're less likely to be able to be  one everywhere young.which is desirable for most.

pet shops make me sad. can't help but feel horrible at the obvious truth that there will be unsold merchandise...

No worse than the "unsold merchandise" at the pounds or shelters.  At least the puppy mill critters never knew anything other than a cramped crate.

[CountDeMoney]

And considering all the inbreeding that's done at puppy mills for specific breeds, you get nothing but genetically broken dogs with tons of health and behavioral issues, when plenty of healthy, mixed mutts are lying around the pound.

Which the veterinarian industry just love, can't have healthy robust hybrids enjoying life out and about, when you can have a pile of inbreed mutants clogging up the waiting rooms of their lucrative businesses.

I sincerely doubt your friends in the veterinary lobby would hurt for business if puppy mills were gone.

[Eddie Teach]

No worse than the "unsold merchandise" at the pounds or shelters.  At least the puppy mill critters never knew anything other than a cramped crate.

Except in the one case, humans are involved in increasing supply.

[CountDeMoney]

No worse than the "unsold merchandise" at the pounds or shelters.  At least the puppy mill critters never knew anything other than a cramped crate.

Shelter animals are up to their asses in enrichment activities and socialization, it is a priority issue for these animals to be proven adoptable.

[jimmy olsen]

Instead of feeding the immoral and abusive designer dog puppy mill machine, why not go down to the local shelter and adopt a homeless dog that was surrendered because someone lost their home, or passed away, or was too elderly to take care of their animal anymore?

Oh wait, we're talking about selfish assed faggots here.  Nevermind.

Yeah, Every animal I ever gotten was an adoption.  Except for some fish when I was a kid.  You don't find fish at the pound.  Still baffles my mind that they people would pay half a grand for a dog when you can get a perfectly good dog for free.

When I'm rich, I shall need a pack of wolfhounds to patrol the grounds of the manor. 

[Scipio]

And considering all the inbreeding that's done at puppy mills for specific breeds, you get nothing but genetically broken dogs with tons of health and behavioral issues, when plenty of healthy, mixed mutts are lying around the pound.

Which the veterinarian industry just love, can't have healthy robust hybrids enjoying life out and about, when you can have a pile of inbreed mutants clogging up the waiting rooms of their lucrative businesses.

I sincerely doubt your friends in the veterinary lobby would hurt for business if puppy mills were gone.

I know too many vets whose families run dog breeding operations to buy that response, Seedy.

[HVC]

Not all dog breeders are puppy mills.

[Grey Fox]

Not all dog breeders are puppy mills.

All drug dealers arent mass producers either but it's only a stone throw away.

Mall pet shops should be illegal.

[CountDeMoney]

Which the veterinarian industry just love, can't have healthy robust hybrids enjoying life out and about, when you can have a pile of inbreed mutants clogging up the waiting rooms of their lucrative businesses.

I sincerely doubt your friends in the veterinary lobby would hurt for business if puppy mills were gone.

I know too many vets whose families run dog breeding operations to buy that response, Seedy.[/quote]

Are they running puppy mill dog breeding operations like fuckwit country ass Amish wholesale money-making operations, too?

[merithyn]

Only animals that I've ever bought are guinea pigs, hamsters, and fish. We didn't know about the guinea pig shelter until after we already got the guineas or we'd have gone that route. We'd checked the county animal shelter, but they didn't have any at the time we were looking. (Apparently, most people bring them to the guinea pig shelter instead of the animal shelter. Who knew?)

Shelter animals are the best.

[mongers]

Only animals that I've ever bought are guinea pigs, hamsters, and fish. We didn't know about the guinea pig shelter until after we already got the guineas or we'd have gone that route. We'd checked the county animal shelter, but they didn't have any at the time we were looking. (Apparently, most people bring them to the guinea pig shelter instead of the animal shelter. Who knew?)

Shelter animals are the best.

Or dogs the old man brings back from the boozer on a piece of string.