Puppy mill links?

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Kelly: sorry if I overstepped. I agree we have to be very careful. The mill that our rescue came from successfully sued a client that had been badmouthing their business prior to the seizure.
 
Tagg said:
Kelly: sorry if I overstepped. I agree we have to be very careful. The mill that our rescue came from successfully sued a client that had been badmouthing their business prior to the seizure.
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That just makes my stomach turn. Now the governments are awarding puppy mills that abuse these poor dogs because someone badmouthed them? UGH.
 
danisgoat said:
That just makes my stomach turn. Now the governments are awarding puppy mills that abuse these poor dogs because someone badmouthed them? UGH.
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Huh? What government? One person filed a civil suit against another and won. Without knowing the details of the case, you have no idea what the suit was about, whether it was a settlement, or whether it was a jury trial.

The "government" is in now way "awarding" anyone anything.
 
tofu pup said:
I've moved this into a new thread in the Help forum to bring attention to the question and to keep the original thread on-topic.



What do we achieve by publishing "alerts" to possible puppymills? Would Forum users email-bomb them, or hack their websites, or harass the owners over the phone? Of course not.

Here's the alternative that I would propose: educate Forum readers about what an unethical breeder's website looks like. They're pretty easy to spot, and we have a good starting-place for education on Sheltie Nation.

Barb, perhaps you would like to open a post discussing the "red flags" of an unethical breeder/puppymill website?
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Kelly, I totally understand your position here and the balance between giving publicity vs. cutting these mills off at the knees.

That's a good compromise and I'll give some thought to what to post. Although I think we had a thread similar to this at one time a few years ago....but it just needs to be dusted off and brushed up.

Thanks for listening!
 
ClantyreSheltie said:
Huh? What government? One person filed a civil suit against another and won. Without knowing the details of the case, you have no idea what the suit was about, whether it was a settlement, or whether it was a jury trial.

The "government" is in now way "awarding" anyone anything.
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Down girl, down. So I obviously didn't over analyze my response.

In my speediness of a response, the "government" I was referring to was the court system.
 
Just for clarification, the person in question had purchased a dog from this place. Because of health issues she got another one. It also had health issues. Person went online and made a lot of noise calling the place a mill. Mill owners took her to court. Because even with several inspections they didn't meet the lax criteria of a puppy mill the courts awarded to the mill. It is now in higher court. Hopefully since they have now been pleaded guilty to running a mill the person that was sued will not have to pay the $14K plus legal fees awarded to the mill. It is a matter of public record at this point.
 
Excellent, hopefully it will set some precedent, because right now there is no legal definition of a puppy mills. It's used solely to provoke emotional response.
 
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