Puppies

I spent morning at Petsmart checking out all the puppies and almost came home with what can only be described as a "winston/leroy puppy" it was a small black puppy with curly fur (literally a mutt mix of the two) she was a SherPay named Betty and was super sweet. If Blake wouldn't kill me I would have brought her home. We watched Ashley's dog Lexie aka "Devil Dog" Thursday-Saturday so he was on a serious NO DOGS kick. Lexie shit on the floor twice, in her crate twice and threw up. She spent all day Saturday outside!! She wasn't even in her crate that long and was given the chance to go outside every 4 hours, just like the boys... MISERABLE!!

Saturday night we took a friends little girl to Petland to look at the puppies, I would never buy a puppy from them, they are puppy mill puppies and I've heard sooo many people say "I would only buy a puppy from them because I feel bad for the puppies" SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?? They make LOTS of money when you buy their puppies, they make the same amount if you feel bad for the puppies or if you just want one. They had a "mixed breed puppy" at Petland, it didn't have a price but I'm sure it was at least $400. $400 for a MUTT you could get at the Humane Society for $65?? They had kittens for $170, Kittens at the Humane Society are $40. Yes the Petland kittens included a vet visit and all its shots and was fixed. SO is a Human Society kitten AND a tax deduction!! You can also rescue lots of puppies, even purebreds! Almost every breed has a "Rescue" group that will allow you to adopt and they frequently get puppies even brand newborns up for adoption. Purebreds at half price and you are rescuing a helpless life.

Which brings me on to the Springfield Animal Control. I understand that they can't keep all the animals they get, its a fact of life that people who don't spay/neuter their animals have unwanted babies. So they end up with strays or dumped animals that no one wants. Leroy isn't fixed, Blake won't fix him but we don't let him near any female dogs and especially not around unfixed females. However having unwanted puppies and disregarding them as trash is another situation. The Springfield Animal Control accepts dumped animals, which absolutely breaks my heart, there are currently 2 tan labs on their website that will be terminated today, and picks up strays found, some with collars on. They keep the animals for 5 days before they kill them, or CARE animal rescue can come get them but their also a full rescue place. Recently their was a Westie on the Animal Controls website, she was going to be killed today. My mom works with Westie Rescue, thats where she got Sparky, and all our Westies are rescues of some kind. So my mom called me freaking out Monday night because she wanted me to save this westie girl, she was well groomed and so precious. Animal Control won't let Westie Rescue just adopt a dog from them, they also won't let anyone come get the dogs, it has to be CARE or the owner. So I went to CARE Tuesday to get the little girl, I was going to name her Ella (don't know why...) THANKFULLY she was picked up by her owner, less than 24 hours before she would have died... and NOW I can't stop thinking about all those puppies that die at Animal Control or in Puppy Mills!! I even had a nightmare that I was going around killing dogs at puppy mills.