Shelter
Open letter to the animal welfare industry
In 1997 I began the journey each of you are on today, which is to help as many animals in need as possible. Depending on your organization, you may accomplish this task in many different ways, but at the end of the day, each of us has the goal of
Are you Ready for the Upkeep of a Newfoundland?
Help keep dogs out of shelters Part VI: Understand why mixed breeds are not pure breeds and why this matters!
Welcome to the final issue of this series! Up to now, you have learned what puppy mills and backyard breeders are, why they should be avoided, and how to find high quality pure bred dog breeders.
In this final article, you will understand the differences of between mixed breeds and
Help keep dogs out of shelters Part V: 10 Signs of a high-quality dog breeder
Up to now, in the Parts I through Part IV, you have learned what puppy mills and backyard breeders are as well as how to identify and avoid them. You also understand by now that only high quality pure bred dog breeders produce high quality well bred pure bred puppies.
Help keep dogs out of shelters IV: Finding a high-quality dog breeder
By reading parts I through III of this series, you have learned what puppymills and backyard breeders are and how to recognize when a dog seller is one of these type of enterprises and NOT a high quality dog breeder.
Now, you will learn how to find a high quality
Help keep dogs out of shelters Part III: What are the signs of puppy mills?
By reading part I and II of this series, you have learned what puppymills and backyard breeders are. In this issue of the series, you will learn how to recognize a dog seller that is actually a puppymill enterprise or a backyard breeder and NOT a high quality pure bred