Fox 2 news did a VERY short thing on this story this morning -- I watched for a Berner -- but didn't see any -- I saw a 1 or 2 week old tri-colored puppy -- but it had a black nose; don't Berner puppies have pink noses??
I also sent this email to the morning crew for their "whats on your mind" segment (the email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ================================================ Fox 2 Morning Crew: Rescuing the dogs & puppies was great -- HOWEVER, one has to think ... why so many puppy mills in Missouri?? Did you know Missouri is the "home" of the most puppy mills in the COUNTRY?? Where do these puppies GO?? Everyone needs to be educated... NO REPUTABLE BREEDER WOULD EVER *EVER* sell it's puppies to a pet store!!! Nor would they sell through newspaper ads!!! Rest assured that 99 out of a 100 times the puppy you see in a window came from a puppy mill!!! Besides bad conditions -- these puppies are likely to come from BAD STOCK!! That cute puppy in the window is likely to have problems with Hip Dysplasia, Elbow Dysplasia, Cancer, Cataracts, heart problems, the list goes on and on!!! And what do the new puppy owners have?? Can they *really* go to the pet store for help?? Most agreements say you can get your money back if the dog has been EUTHANIZED!!!! Where is the breeder for these dogs to help new puppy owners??? PLEASE PLEASE DON'T BUY PUPPIES FROM PET STORES!! DON'T BUY PUPPIES THROUGH NEWS PAPER ADS!!! CONTACT BREED CLUBS OR DOG SHELTERS FOR DOGS!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Owners would be so much happier if they had a relationship with an ethical breeder!!!! Please read this on air!!! ... please do a story on puppy mills!!! -- I think that the general public has NO IDEA where these puppies go or where the puppies they get are from!!!! EDUCATION IS THE KEY!! Tracey Conner Belleville
