to all those that are thinking about buying a puppy, read this first…….

[Diesel73]

WAKE UP FOLKS AND KNOW WHAT YOU BUY!

I don’t remember anything about the place where i was born.
It was dark and damp, and we never made any contact with humans.
I remember my mother a little, her furry hair, but she was sick so often and
she was realy very skinny.
She almost did not have any milk for me and all my brothers and sisters.
I remember that many of them died, and i missed them so.

The day that i was taken from my mother i do remember like
as if it was yesterday.
I was so sad and frightned, my babyteeth only just broke though.
I should have stayed with my mammie for much longer, but she
was so sick.
Besides, the humans kept saying that they wanted the money and
that they were tired of the filth i and my sister made.
So we were caged and taken to a strange place.
Just us both.
We crawled very close to eachother and we were very scared.
There was nobody to hug, cuddle or pet us.

So much to see, and so many sounds, so many scents!
We were taken to a store with many different animals!
Some kwacked!
Some said miauw!
Some said peep!
Me and my sister were thown in a little cage.
I could hear other little puppies.
I saw people looking at us.
I liked the little humans, those seem to be kind and nice.
They even wanted to play!
All day and every day we stayed in that little cage.
Sometimes there came nasty people who would bang their hand
on the cage and frightned us.
Now and then we were taken from the cage to be held by humans
or just to take a look at us.
Some were nice, other hurted us deliberate.
Often they said; ‘ooooh… they are sooooo cute! I want one!’.
But we never went home with anyone.

My sister died last night, when it was dark in the store.
I layed my little head on her soft furry coat and felt life slip
away from her tiny little body.
I heared them say that she was ill and that i now had to be
sold for a barganprice, so that i would leave their store fast.
When the lifeless little body of my sister was taken out of
the cage to be thown away with the trash, the sound of my own soft
crying was the only sign of sadness.

Today there came a family who bought me!
What a blessful day!
They were a sweet kind family, they wanted me so bad, really!
They bought me food and the little boy held me so tight in his arm.
I loved him so much!
The woman told me that i was a good, little puppy!
They named me ‘Angel’.
I loved giving my new humans lickykisses.

That family took good care of me, they were so sweet and
kind and gentle.
They tought me the difference between good and bad.
They gave me good food and a lot of love!
The only thing i wanted was to please these people.
I loved that little boy and enjoyed playing with him and
running around.

Today i went to the doctor.
It was a strange place and i was frightned.
I got a few shots, but my best friend, the little boy,
held me closely and said it was allright.
I was so calm.
The vet must have said some sad word, cause my beloved
family looked very sad.
I heard difficult words like ‘hipdysplasia’ and something about my heart.
Also i heard parts like ‘puppyfarms’ and ‘untested parents’.
I do not know what this all means, but it hurt me to see my
family so sad.
But they still loved me and i loved them too so much!

I am 6 months old now.
While most puppies are strong and robust and play wild games,
every movement gives me much pain.
The pain never goes away.
It hurts to walk and play with my sweet little boy.
It is also difficult to breath.
I keep doing my best to be a strong puppy, as infact
i should be, but it is so hard.
It breaks my heart to see my little friend so sad. Sometimes
I heard the woman say ‘perhaps it is time….’

I go to the vet regularly now, but never there is good news.
They often speak of ‘herrited deceases’.
I only want to feel the warmth of the sun, to play, walk and
cuddle with my family.

Last night the pain was at it’s worst.
Pain is now a constant companion in my life, it even hurts too much now
to get up and go for a drink.
I try to get up, but can only cry softly due to the pain.
For the last time i am taken to the car.
Everybody is so sad and i do not know why.
Have i been bad?
I try to be nice and good always, what could i have done
so wrong?
Oh, i wish that terrible pain would go away.
If only i could dry the tears for my little friend.
I try to stretch myself and lick his hand,
but i get no further than a cry of pain.

The table of the vet is cold.
I am so scared.
The humans pet me and cuddle me, they cry in my soft coat.
I can feel their love and their sorrow.

I manage to softly lick their hands.
Even the vet does not look so scary anymore.
He is kind, and i feel my pain eas away.
The little boy holds me tight and i thank him for all the love
that he has given me.
I feel a little sting in my front leg.
The pain is starting to fade away, and i get a peaceful feeling.
I can even give him soft licks now.

I arrive in a dreamworld, i can see my mam! I can see my
brothers and sisters in a far green world.
They tell me there is no pain there, only joy and happiness.
I say goodbye to my humans, by the only way i know, by
wiggling softly with my tail and buy sniffing with my nose.
I had hoped to spend so very many days with them, but
it was not meant to be.
I heard the vet say;
Puppies sold in shops are often from ‘puppyfarm and puppymills’ and not
breed by responsable adaquat breeders.

The pain has now gone, but i know it will take many years to come
befor i see my beloved humans again….
If only things could have been different……….

This story was written to make you open your eyes, and NOT to buy a puppy just anywhere. If this story helps to stop just 1 future dogowner from buying a puppy in a petstore, puppyfarm or backyardbreeder, than this story has reached it’s goal already.

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:'(  :'(  :'(
:-* Diesel

[SuzAndTheDiva]

Thats so sad, and true  :'(  :'(

[Diesel73]

Many things about how dogs are treated piss me off enormesly . But this the only that floods my eyes with tears i can not stop.

If only more people could stop for a minute and be able to experience it from the dog’s side.
So many people think they can rescue a puppy for a store or backyard breeder. But it only reinforces the what we call ‘breadf@ckers’. As that is all they are, they breed for the money. But even the polite word ‘broodfokker’ (breadbreeder) is too nice.

I once had a petstore owner said to me ‘ i want to sell puppies, but the regulations are too stricked, you have to clean up after they shit everytime or your in trouble if the come to inspect. But i not want to walk around with pooscoop all day, got other things to do than spend hours on dogs’….. Don’t have to tell you how i responded like. You probably can predict  ::) .
I was there for sponsoring charitycause, but i did not even want to touch his money no more.

Those people that are so friendly, those people that give you such ‘good’ advice, those people that tell you thàt puppy is so sweet and good…. exactly THOSE people could not care less about the puppy, they only want you to pay way to much for what is to them the same as the crapunhealthy smoked bone they sell right next to the puppycage.

I said;
If only more people could stop for a minute and be able to experience it from the dog’s side….
As in COULD. Not SHOULD because not everybody knows what he has done until…. For those that have made this mistake too already because they not known, this is what your puppy might very possible have been through too. For the sake of all future puppies to be born, and in their name too; PLEASE, do not make this mistake again……

[.dodger.]

that’s so sad and yet so true diesel :'( :'(

[*Lassie*]

That was very well written, sad but true

[kerrie and stan]

So many people think they can rescue a puppy for a store or backyard breeder

unfortunatly i am one of those people, i was crying throughout reading that because it brought back the memories of what i went through with my little man and i wouldnt wish that pain on anyone :'( :'( :'(

[Diesel73]

[quote author=kerrie and stan link=topic=14148.msg266360#msg266360 date=1240820931]
So many people think they can rescue a puppy for a store or backyard breeder

unfortunatly i am one of those people, i was crying throughout reading that because it brought back the memories of what i went through with my little man and i would wish that pain on anyone :'( :'( :'(
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You learned Kerrie. Sadly this way, but we all got to start ‘some where’. No need to dwell on ‘what could or should have been’  😉 .

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