Sunday, September 14, 2008

Why I will never buy anything Amish again

Last week the rescue our family volunteers for was filled to the brim with puppies. Nine Cavaliers came in for Lucky Star Rescuehttp://www.luckystarcavalierrescue.org/, they were beauties but all part of the 973 dog puppy mill bust during the first part of the month. These dogs have had little or no human interaction. Then Nancy made a run down to a local shelter to pick up a pregnant Lab, she gave birth two days later to happily pure bred lab puppies 15 of them, all ready for Halloween! Then while at a Flea market a volunteer came across some lab puppies in a box by an Amish man, he was honest I understand, if the dogs were not purchased that day they would be bagged and thrown into a lake to be drowned. This was not a sales tactic but a very common practice for the Amish. We get these dogs all of the time. The Amish run huge puppy mills, they have huge auctions(picture below) and when the puppies/dog become to old to sell 3 to 5 months they "get rid of them" So for a hundred dollars the puppies now live at our rescue awaiting adoption.
So no more will I buy cheese, meats, breads, furniture or any other "quaint" products these people make. Because I know somewhere in Amish country between reading their holy book and making cheese and butter to sell to tourists they are drowning their dogs.

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Politics and Fido

...a Latin name meaning "I am faithful." As such it is a terrific name for the average protective and loyal family dog. However, it gets its popularity from a celebrity tie-in. Apparently, Abraham Lincoln, a largely self-educated but very erudite man, named his dog Fido. Americans followed suit in droves, putting the dog name Fido firmly in the top 20 names. Lincoln’s choice of Fido for his dog’s name was perfectly logical. Fido is the Latin for faithful, which when dealing with any pet dog is entirely appropriate