Owner Says To Vet, 'Kill My Dog.' Vet Agrees, But Seconds Later...
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Owner Says To Vet, ‘Kill My Dog.’ Vet Agrees, But Seconds Later…

Puppy mills are large-scale commercial dog breeding facilities where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs.

No thought is given to the fact that dogs are social creatures that require daily care besides food, water and shelter.

These filthy mills usually house dogs in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions without adequate veterinary care, food, water and little to no socialization.

Most veterinarians suggest breeding a female dog no more often than 24 months in most cases.

But, in order to maximize profits, female dogs in puppy mills are bred at every opportunity (usually twice a year) with little-to-no recovery time between litters.

The life of a puppy mill breeding dog is a indeed a very sad one, and one Pennsylvania vet knows this better than anyone.

He sees the end results more often than people in other areas because so many Amish and Mennonite farmers near him own puppy mills.

One dog that stands out in his memory is a boxer named Tracy. When Tracy’s owner brought her into his clinic, she was emaciated, sick and extremely weak.

Tracy just barely clung to life — and whenever she tried to walk, she nearly fell over.

But she wasn’t brought to the clinic because she was so sick and pitiful. No, the owner wanted to find out why she’d stopped getting pregnant!

He didn’t care that she was miserable. He only cared that she didn’t get pregnant after she was bred, and therefore wouldn’t be bringing in any money.

He asked the vet if they could fix her up enough to be bred again, and if they couldn’t, the only thing he’d pay for was to have her euthanized,” Dawn Karam, president of Adopt A Boxer Rescue, told The Dodo.

Greed is an awful thing and this is all it was.

The cold-hearted owner wouldn’t pay for anything besides euthanization and that was the bottom line.

But the vet knew Tracy needed more help so after the owner left (thinking the dog would be put down), the vet called Adopt a Boxer, which offered to cover any treatment costs.

First, the vet treated the poor pup for pancreatitis but this didn’t seem to help; the dog just wouldn’t get any better.
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Benjamin Stephen Dutka is a journalist, writer and editor with over two decades of experience. He has worked with three newspapers and eight online publications, including the Norwich Bulletin, Hartford Courant, Booktrib.com, AskMen.com, and PoiseMedia, Inc. He also won a Connecticut short story contest entitled Art as Muse, Imaginary Realms, and has a penchant for rowing, reading, video games, and Objectivism.

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