I just found this really cool site combating puppy mills through education, rather than through graphic photos. Bailing Out Benji shows you, state-by-state, where there are puppy mills and puppy brokers, and gives an estimate of how many adult dogs are being held. It also gives you the option of printing out flyers to post, asking people to adopt rather than buying dogs in pet stores, so as not to support these mills.
I’m getting ready to move to a new house, so I’ve been spending most of my days sorting through all the junk we’ve accumulated over the past 20 years. Somehow it makes it worthwhile when I uncover pictures like this one. This is my baby, Cooper, probably at about 8 weeks.
Please, please please, no puppies under trees! (OK, so I’ve been reading a lot of Dr. Suess with my kids lately.) Puppies make really awful Christmas / Hanukkah / Kwanzaa gifts for a wide variety of reasons. Please find something else to give your loved ones, then go adopt a pet AFTER the holidays. Continue reading Annual Rant: Why Puppies Make Lousy Holiday Gifts→
I flew home from a business trip to Florida today, and these were my traveling companions from Atlanta to Ohio. These 9-week old Teacup Chihuahuas were born in Naples, Florida and were brought to their new home in Northeastern Ohio. Welcome to the Buckeye State, Iceberg and Luna!
I just found this really cool site combating puppy mills through education, rather than through graphic photos. Bailing Out Benji shows you, state-by-state, where there are puppy mills and puppy brokers, and gives an estimate of how many adult dogs are being held. It also gives you the option of printing out flyers to post, asking people to adopt rather than buying dogs in pet stores, so as not to support these mills.
