Comments on: Puppy Mills Harm People Who Hate Dogs – Blog the Change 4 Animals

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 01:49:06 +0000

Your posts are always incredibly smart and insightful, but you’ve really outdone yourself this time.
You’ve brought up so many great points and cornered the issue from so many different angles that it would be hard for anyone to read this post and be able to walk away still in defense of puppy mills.
As dog lovers, we all hate puppy mills because they are dungeons of cruelty for our most beloved creatures. For people who don’t really care about dogs, they need other reasons to be against puppy mills; and you’ve outlined valid and oft-overlooked points for them to ponder.
From one Pam to another, huge kudos on this post. Will definitely be sharing! (Although honestly, I try to share all your stuff.)

By: Pup Fan

Pup Fan — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:33:12 +0000

Fantastic post, Pamela. I love the perspective you bring to this issue – it’s so easy for us to preach to the choir, but illustrating why puppy mills are bad for everyone (even those who don’t like animals) is an innovative and thoughtful approach. I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us in October!

A.J.
Team BtC4A

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:09:59 +0000

This is a really well thought out post Pamela (although, that could be said for your posts in general). You know, I can’t remember the last time I even thought of even discussing the issue of puppy mills to non-dog lovers. But now I’ll have this post in mind the next time the opportunity arises. 🙂

By: Sue at Talking Dogs

Sue at Talking Dogs — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 09:48:49 +0000

Excellent post! Great talking points. Personally, I especially like the one about the USDA (whose budget grows smaller each year) spends time inspecting puppy mills instead of making sure our food is safe. Though, I have to say, here in MO even that argument probably would not fly.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 02:37:37 +0000

Such great points, Pamela. History has proven that when people, animal lovers or not, understand that their money and resources are being wasted and their environment contaminated by an issue that they throught was only about animals, change does happen. So I guess the moral is, don’t give up.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:12:07 +0000

Just another thought, from having busted several of these places…most of these dogs have parasites. That transfer to humans. That are in the soil around the place and the runoff…contaminating our water supply. It should be safe and treated, but it’s still not a risk I would want to take.

Thanks for the great article!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:10:54 +0000

Well done, Pamela. The bullet points at the end should be printed and kept in every one of our wallets so we can remind ourselves when talking to folks who aren’t in the choir.

By: Jan K

Jan K — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:09:42 +0000

This is a side to the issue that I never thought of….great, great job Pamela. So interesting and informative. I am sharing everywhere I can.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:01:29 +0000

Five stars! I’ve never seen the puppy mill issue from this angle before, but it makes perfect sense.

By: SlimDoggy

SlimDoggy — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:01:46 +0000

Great post Pamela (BTW your link on the BtC4A linky) doesn’t work…
These are great points to keep handy for those types of conversations with folks who aren’t crazy dog lovers like myself.