Pet Store Supports Puppy Mills

If the dog is healthy, happy and ready to be adopted then what is the problem..He needs a home
too.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by hayles

If the dog is healthy, happy and ready to be adopted then what is the problem..He needs a home
too.

Right, and Emily is continually offering to foster it until a home is found. The "rescue" guy isn't really responding.....
Would be nice if it had a more comfortable temp home, rather than a wire cage.

[Aquattro]

Oh, and here's some gas for the fire.... My GF and I were talking about rescues, and she was telling me about a certain border collie rescue that will take any dog that the see left in the back of a truck, or tied to a bike rack outside a mall, calling it "abandoned". You come back from buying milk and your dog is gone....nice.

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Right, and Emily is continually offering to foster it until a home is found. The "rescue" guy isn't really responding.....
Would be nice if it had a more comfortable temp home, rather than a wire cage.

The pup has been in foster, and now she's at the "adoption center" for a couple of weeks. Are you questioning the quality of care she's had with out any real knowledge of the situation? Have you been to my house? Have you been on a rescue? Crawled under a well used outhouse to rescue pups? Dug thru garbage dumps to find kittens before the hungry dogs do? Perhaps we should have left Popcorn in the ditch for the crows, then you'd have nothing to complain about, out of sight, out of mind, right! I haven't responded because I have better things to do (unlike some people), and I don't run the rescue, I just volunteer here. I'll update you on Popcorn's situation when I know more. Thanks for your concern.

The "rescue" chick

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I think we can all get a little bent out of shape when we feel like someone is insinuating that we don't want what's best for any particular animal....be that through outright neglect, ignorance, etc. When someone does that from a high horse, it seems even worse.

But I think we can all agree that everyone here believes in the humane and fair treatment of all animals....otherwise we wouldn't put so much time and energy into what we do.

Let's chill. Stare at a lava lamp or listen to some Yanni or something. Or go cuddle some animals at the Humane Society....whatever you gotta do

I'd still like to know what the difference is between the cages that most SPCA/Humane Society's use to house their animals, and the ones used at the pet store?
If Emily B is as concerned as she claims to be, why doesn't she contact the media, that's what I would do. Make some noise!
I'm off to do some yoga now...

The rescue chick
(I've also been called the 'angel of mercy' lol)

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by tencats

I'd still like to know what the difference is between the cages that most SPCA/Humane Society's use to house their animals, and the ones used at the pet store?

Sorry, not here. Check out the facilities section on this webpage....

http://www.calgaryhumane.ca/

I never once saw a dog in a wire bottom crate even at the old facility.

Animals shouldn't stand on wire bottoms to make it easier for people to clean up.

Originally Posted by reef_raf

Oh, and here's some gas for the fire.... My GF and I were talking about rescues, and she was telling me about a certain border collie rescue that will take any dog that the see left in the back of a truck, or tied to a bike rack outside a mall, calling it "abandoned". You come back from buying milk and your dog is gone....nice.

Ive heard of people and organizations that do this, and I came across someone that was "trying" to untie Zeus from a outside water tap on the restroom at the beach behind the grand hotel in Kelowna. They pulled the same crap saying I abandoned my dog(I was taking a leak in the public restroom) I was gone all of 3-4mins! Holy Crap!!!!! If you ever want to see me angry............I could have went to jail far assult with a smile that day........ He is very lucky the lady he was trying to be a hero in front of was telling him he should leave, and that the dog looked fine. I could rant for hours about animal activists(some of them). Im as protective of my my dog as I am of my son, so if you touch my dog, I will break your legs

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics

...so if you touch my dog, I will break your legs

Note to self: don't touch his dog.

[muck]

Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics

Im as protective of my my dog as I am of my son, so if you touch my dog, I will break your legs

Im sure I would open a can of whoopa$$ too if someone tried to do that to my pup.