Neuter your mongrel dog!

deezagood said :

I met a lady the other day with a three legged pooch and we had a lovely chat about the virtues of Petbarn … so I put two and two together (based on ‘threepaws’) and obviously came up with zero!

Ahh! A sensible deduction, but I am afraid that I have no three legged pets, so it wasn’t me that you spoke to. My ‘threepaws’ is derived from something else altogether 🙂

As discussed in a previous post, I agree that Tuggeranong dog park is the happiest place on earth and I love to visit, so see you there one day!

I picked up my fur kid (red healer x bull terrier) (note: a bull terrier is NOT a pit bull so don’t start) after driving past a sign saying “free pups” whilst on holidays on the Gold Coast almost 10 years ago now. The condition of the pups was appauling with all pups severely worm infested & flea ridden. Despite this, my dog (Scrappy) picked me as his new owner and I have been truly blessed over the last 10 years to own such an amazing friend.

My point is, in my experience, regardless of the breed being pure or not you will not find a dog like this in any store & if you do you will not have a story half as interesting as this one..

When you buy a dog from the RSPCA, you are not sacrificing anything over the experience from buying a breeded dog from a store, in fact, you are buying an animal with a history which in my opinion makes for a more unique pet.

Mrs MelonHead has a terrier from the same No Achievements class!
He is an RSPCA dog and a good dog too.
Many thanks to the staff at the RSPCA, and Michael Linke

BerraBoy68 said :

WTF? Did anybody say anyhting, other than’NO’ to the offer of a weekend BBQ?

may family chose a very nice dog from ARF. He’s been in our family now for about 4 years and he’s a very good dog. I highly recommend ARF.

Smeg no! We were newcomers to Australia in your average working class neighbourhood. People noticed but said nothing, like when a young boy was dragged screaming down the road to the seminary by his parents to confront a priest who this year finally got his legal comuppance. Besides, it’s not much different from raising backyard chooks or rabbits for food.

I got my Kelpie Cross of No Achievements from the RSPCA, same with my cats. I’d have got my sheep from them too if they’d had any.

but I am also always happy to hear from you Jake 🙂

I met a lady the other day with a three legged pooch and we had a lovely chat about the virtues of Petbarn … so I put two and two together (based on ‘threepaws’) and obviously came up with zero!

Oops – sorry – was skimming and you didn’t want to hear from me obviously! 🙂

deezagood said :

Threepaws – you aren’t, by chance, a regular frequenter of the Tuggers dog park at all?? I think we may have met the other day!

I LOVE the dog park, but my little one is a bit too old to cope with the cold so I haven’t been there in ages.

Sorry, wasn’t me, but perhaps we’ll meet there one day in spring!

Actually, here is a linkie that says it all for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpBMwT5L6PI

deezagood said :

This almost makes me as mad as seeing those ‘Toy puppies R Us’ ads on the telly; poor little breeding dogs treated like crap and pumping out litter after litter of ‘designer’ puppies, when there are thousands (and thousands) of gorgeous pound/RSPCA puppies in desperate need of good homes. Please don’t buy your future puppies from these types of breeders or pet shops that sell live animals, as this demand only fuels the breeding industry cycle.

My oath. Those “Come and See The Puppies! We Love Puppies” ads make me furious. They’re a puppy mill, as you say the dogs pump out litters adn then I hate to think what happens to them.

That mob who advertise they are at Hall markets are a disgrace, they are playing on the kids pressurising the parents into buying an expensive “designer dog”. They sell them too young, too, I guess because they’re “cuter” then, and the sooner the litter stops suckling, the sooner they can get the poor mother dog pregnant again.

UGH. Horrible.

SheepGroper said :

BerraBoy68 said :

Well sure they may be cute, but the real question is ‘are they tasty’?

They must be, the family across the street from me in my youth let their bitch breed twice a year, the puppies were eaten before they reached weaning age.

WTF? Did anybody say anyhting, other than’NO’ to the offer of a weekend BBQ?

may family chose a very nice dog from ARF. He’s been in our family now for about 4 years and he’s a very good dog. I highly recommend ARF.

BerraBoy68 said :

Well sure they may be cute, but the real question is ‘are they tasty’?

They must be, the family across the street from me in my youth let their bitch breed twice a year, the puppies were eaten before they reached weaning age.

and there are plenty of ‘designer puppies’ (current trend seems to be anything ending in ‘oodle’) popping up at the pound/RSPCA, just waiting for a loving home.

Obviously having puppies and kittens in display cases is a concern, but more worrying for RSPCA is where and how they are bred and bred and bred.

Think of puppies being bred in something akin to battery chicken cages.

The biggest problem we face isn’t the big designer puppy breeder (although personally I am sickened by this activity) the real problem is the backyard style establishments. They are not visible and governments are reluctant to act.

An RSPCA recently discovered more than 150 poodles, 600 rats and hundreds of mice in an area no bigger than your typical double car garage.

So the traditional view of puppy mills is changing as more people in suburban backyards develop means of generating extra revenue, often at the expense of the animals in question.

The best way to combat this is to not buy from pet shops that supply live cats and dogs, do not buy from market stalls or even from the newspaper. Often sales in the paper are designed to make you think the litter is a one off.

Adopt from RSPCA, the pound, a reputable rescue group, or if you are after a pure bred, go to a registered reputable breeder.

Threepaws – you aren’t, by chance, a regular frequenter of the Tuggers dog park at all?? I think we may have met the other day!

I heart petbarn.

deezagood said :

Jim Jones said :

Someone I was talking to remarked that there’s recently been a ban on pet stores displaying cats and dogs (in order to reduce the impact of puppy mills, etc.). Anyone know anything?

Not sure Jim, but I noticed some very sad looking puppies in the pet shop windows at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome the other day. I refuse to buy any pet product from any store that sells live puppies/kittens, and if everyone did the same, then these stores would soon stop their practice of selling live animals.

Petbarn are great, they do not sell cats and dogs

Reminds me of my neighbours some 15 years ago.
never neutered their little black labrador dog.
fast forward 10 years.
every single family in the street owned a little black labrador dog.

She was perpetually preggers it seemed.
I think the owners took the approach of: If it breeds, the owners of the father take the pups.

Says a lot about my street doesn’t it…

Jim Jones said :

Someone I was talking to remarked that there’s recently been a ban on pet stores displaying cats and dogs (in order to reduce the impact of puppy mills, etc.). Anyone know anything?

Not sure Jim, but I noticed some very sad looking puppies in the pet shop windows at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome the other day. I refuse to buy any pet product from any store that sells live puppies/kittens, and if everyone did the same, then these stores would soon stop their practice of selling live animals.

and I agree with Michael Linke – there are certainly worse fates for a puppy than ending up at the RSPCA, where they are looked after until they are found good homes! I think the RSPCA puppies are the very lucky ones (well, my RSPCA rescue puppy sure is).

Someone I was talking to remarked that there’s recently been a ban on pet stores displaying cats and dogs (in order to reduce the impact of puppy mills, etc.). Anyone know anything?

This almost makes me as mad as seeing those ‘Toy puppies R Us’ ads on the telly; poor little breeding dogs treated like crap and pumping out litter after litter of ‘designer’ puppies, when there are thousands (and thousands) of gorgeous pound/RSPCA puppies in desperate need of good homes. Please don’t buy your future puppies from these types of breeders or pet shops that sell live animals, as this demand only fuels the breeding industry cycle.

nexus6 said :

well when we had excess dogs as a child it was a hessian bag, a brick and a river. im sure that offerning them to people before they are put down is a better option.

Who says they will be put down?

well when we had excess dogs as a child it was a hessian bag, a brick and a river. im sure that offerning them to people before they are put down is a better option.

I agree – People need to realise that you have to make some lifestyle changes when owing a dog/puppy…..as you do with children…………

well, peppablack, this raises the serious need for an rspca-type organisation for unwanted children – mr linke, is there any prospect of expanding the industry?

Well sure they may be cute, but the real question is ‘are they tasty’?

CEO of RSPCA ACT here, Michael Linke. Aside from the fact that in the ACT it is illegal to have an undesexed dog without a breeders license, I agree with MsCheeky, the note is offensive and paints RSPCA as bad and sinister.

In the last 12 months RSPCA had outcomes for 342 puppies. 60 of those were lost and retuned to their owners. 252 were adopted into new families. 17 were PTS for serious health related issues. 13 were PTS for uncorrectable behavioural reasons.

PTS = Put to Sleep

We do everything threepaws says, but we would prefer they weren’t bred at all.

Take them to the RSPCA! They will be wormed, vaccinated, microchipped and desexed before finding a good home with people who actually WANT a puppy and are PREPARED for a puppy, there is no need to blackmail people FFS.

7 weeks is bordering on too young to be away from their mum I reckon, what responsible breeders these people are.

jake555 said :

You can bet your a*se they’ll pop them all in the after-hours drop-off too, avoiding the surrender fees & embarrassment, taking the easy way out.

I’m going to put my money on this, i reckon jake has hit the nail on the head. Perhaps the email can be forwarded to the RSPCA, so they will know the owners when they find 6 puppies on their doorstep one morning.

You should have to be licenced to breed ANY dog (mongrel or not).

Further, maybe it would be better if they organised puppy owners before they decided to have a litter, however still irresponsible in the first place not to have their dog desexed.

You can bet your a*se they’ll pop them all in the after-hours drop-off too, avoiding the surrender fees & embarrassment, taking the easy way out.

No doubt the drop-offs are the only option for some people, as they may not be able to afford the fee, or it is too upsetting for them to surrender their animal in person.

ant said :

The dog owner is rude and ignorant. They’ve let their dog have pups, and now seem to think they can just fling the pups at the RSPCA, like taking rubbish to the dump or soemthing.

Seriously, how do these peoples’ minds work? Not my responsibility? I hope the people in the Department where this person works have educated her. She shouldn’t be allowed to own animals.

I agree – People need to realise that you have to make some lifestyle changes when owing a dog/puppy…..as you do with children………….I don’t think she would advertise her grandchildren the same way. And if you can’t do that, don’t get a dog! Educate and prepare yourself first…its just commmon sense, which is lacking with some people.

The dog owner is rude and ignorant. They’ve let their dog have pups, and now seem to think they can just fling the pups at the RSPCA, like taking rubbish to the dump or soemthing.

Seriously, how do these peoples’ minds work? Not my responsibility? I hope the people in the Department where this person works have educated her. She shouldn’t be allowed to own animals.

nexus6 said :

perhaps they love their dog, wanted to breed from it and got a HUGE litter?

There did seem to be about six pups in the accompanying photo, but that’s not the point, even if there were sixteen. You shouldn’t decided to breed pups thinking that you can then dump the excess on the RSPCA. Irresponsible, thoughtless behaviour. There’s also the aspect of giving them away. Obviously, they’ll give them to anyone who’ll take them, with no thought as to the home they’re going to, ie, perhaps some neanderthal who wants a big dog as a fighting dog.

Most people like the idea of cute little puppies, they get “awwwww” comments from all your friends. Unfortunately these people later find that the pups get somewhat bigger and cost a lot to maintain for many number of years and decide they should give them away. If people too responsibility for their actions the world would be a better place.

perhaps they love their dog, wanted to breed from it and got a HUGE litter?