34 Chow Chow dogs left on the side of the road

[Liberal_in_LA]

they are all of one breed, an unusual breed. Someone will know who did it. Damn breeders

Shelter: Dozens of dogs left on side of Meriwether Co. highwIt's a horrifying thought: dozens of dogs that need new homes after being found on the side of the road.


http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=929818471001#/News/Shelter%3A+Dozens+of+dogs+left+on+side+of+Meriwether+Co.+highw/49906865001/50317397001/929818471001


It's a horrifying thought: dozens of dogs that need new homes after being found on the side of the road. Now, it's reality in Meriwether County.

"That hurts my heart," says Meriwether County Animal Shelter director Sandy Wood, "because the animals just don't deserve it."

Last month Animal Control found 34 Chow Chows in three separate spots across the area. Nine of them had been run over and killed.

Wood suspects a local breeder of having too many dogs and just, simply, getting rid of them on the highway. The case is under investigation by the county district attorney; no charges have been filed.


http://www.11alive.com/news/article/189711/40/Shelter-Dozens-of-dogs-left-on-side-of-Meriwether-Co-highway

[ejpoeta]

1. 34 dogs!! 34 dogs?? wtf! god! i hope they find whoever did that and

charge them. that is just insane!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. dog breeder.

[ejpoeta]

4. i assume so. that should narrow it down i would think. i hope they find them.

[midnight]

3. K&R

[aquart]

5. Oh, you have no idea the disgusting things that breeders do.

They're in it for the money.

[RebelOne]

7. Not all of them. My son is a breeder of Chihuahuas,.

French and English bulldogs. And there is no way he would abandon any of his dogs. He always find homes for dogs that he will not breed any longer. I know because I end up with some of them.

[joshcryer]

12. I've run across a lot of people who see certain dog breeds as purely money machines.

I mean I can be walking my shitzu down the street and someone will stop and be all "that a boy?" or "that a girl?" and indicate that they want to breed. I naturally say that the families shitzu is neutered, which indicates that they aren't bright enough in most cases to tell, but yeah.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. "That hurts my heart"

That pretty much sums up my feelings.

[michaz]

9. People do not need to be breeding dogs. Spay and neuter is the best way to go.

There are way to many dogs in shelters all across the country that need good homes. Too many dogs end up in these shelters.

[Liberal Veteran]

15. I couldn't agree more. nt

[DBoon]

19. People do not need to be breeding dogs

Dogs are capable of handling that without our intervention

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. Mine too.

[catgirl]

8. Can you share more info. on the location?

Is this in CA? Any leads on the breeder?

[Contrary1]

13. The shelter is in Greenville, GA

http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/GA481.html

[LiberalFighter]

24. How far from Michael Vick's place?

[Kceres]

11. May the law find these dog torturers and throw away the key.

A special place in hell . . .

[KittyWampus]

14. Poor babies, hope they find loving homes. So cruel. Coward couldn't put them down?

Had to release them to get run over?

Chows are not easy dogs to place to start with despite the fact they look like teddy bears. They aren't.

[Auntie Bush]

16. 9 furry souls run over...how horrible!

I just can't understand why they let them loose on the highway where they'd most likely be killed. Why the hell couldn't they have let them go in a housing development or back road? I can just imagine what kind of treatment these dogs had with people like that. Maybe they are better off on the loose and now most of them will find loving homes. God bless their souls. "Yes", I believe they have souls.

[Drahthaardogs]

17. This crap happens because of the AKC.

Dogs under the FCI have very strict breeding regulations and you just do not see a lot of this nonsense. We have breedwardens, limitations on numbers of breedings, and open records, as well as testing and health requirements prior to breeding. The AKC is a pretty fucking horrid organization when it comes to actual health and well being of dogs as well as keeping the overall working function of the breeds in place for the next generation.

[newfie11]

22. YOU BET!!!!!!

My last two dogs are imported from Germany. How I wish this country could do that but it will never happen.

Read the posts below.

[Drahthaardogs]

32. Ah yes!

But some people do not realize that there are still those of us who while we like (love) our dogs, they are working animals and are used as such. In all honesty, if all I wanted was a pet, to the shelter I would go. However, I have serious working dogs that do serious field work on land and water, blood track, etc. You do not get that stuff in the pound. My breed NEVER has extra puppies never has rescues, and our incidence of hip dysplasia is around 3%, serous cases where the dog actually shows symptoms are 0.4%. Funny thing is just the border collie. We used to have two at all times, my grandfather ran almost 1000 head of herefords and angus. You NEVER used to see them in the pound, in the paper, etc. Once AKC got a small faction of the breed club to join (against the BC majority opinion), things changed. Folks in the know call the ACK verison "Barbie Collies" and will not touch them with a ten foot pole.

Glad to hear you are going with FCI stock. My suggestion, do NOT let the AKC dogs breed to yours. Get a few like minded folks to import a few of the FCI dogs on their own, and form a little sub-circle. You would be surprised how fast word of mouth gets out, and how much you will be helping a breed in the US. OH, and screw the whole WEstminster thing. Have you seen what they think a Labrador retriever should look like? Fat little piggy dogs with 12 inch legs. Those boys are not hunting anything except their kibble bowl. The general consesus is that an AKC pointer is not worth feeding if you hunt, same with an english setter. If you feel you need show titles, spend the coin and compete only in FCI sanctioned events. YOu might have to travel a bit to do it, but it is for the best of the breeds.

[flvegan]

18. Dog breeder. Of a maligned breed, no less.

Douchebag fuckface is a douchebag fuckface. No surprise here. 5-7 million domestic animals killed in shelters each year and people still breed them. Idiots. Shame that this one is even worse than most of the rest of them.

[Arugula Latte]

20. Breeders make me sick.

There is no reason to intentionally make more dogs or cats. None at all. There are millions of great animals being killed every year. Goddamn these people!!!

[newfie11]

21. This sounds like a high volume commercial USDA breeder

This is a horrible situation but don't condemn all breeders as bad. There are puppy mills, back yard breeders, commercial breeders, and last but most important are reputable breeders.

Not all breeders are in this to make money!!!! Read on....

I have Newfoundland dogs, I show them and they live in my home on my furniture. At any time you may need to duck as a drool flys by. They get the best grain free food I have found, groomed daily, talked to as if they know what we are saying etc.

There are reputable breeders that test all their dogs for all health problems their breed can have and breed only healthy dogs. My dogs are shown, health tested and I am breeding (1) litter in hopes of getting another showdog.

Make money!!! Well now let me tell you!

I have 3 females. one is 9, one is 7, and one is now 2. The 9 year old has dysplastic hips/elbows and we never bred her. She is an AKC Champion. She is spayed. Her sire won Best of Breed at Westminster 2 years in a row and we paid $1000. for her as a 10 week old pup. BTW both parents had clear hips/elbows. 2 years of showing, motel rooms, gas, entry fees we are well over $8000.00. Then add the $5000.00 we spent to save her life after receiving the rattlesnake vaccine (word to wise NEVER USE THIS SHIT)

Girl #2 is now spayed. We tried for 3 years to get her pregnant. Stud fees, progestron testing, OFA tests: hips/elbow xrays, CERF, Heart by cardiologist, her price as a 10 week old puppy $1500. Again show entries, etc, so we are now over $10,000. for her. She has her AKC Championship but no puppies. When we had her spayed we found poly cystic ovaries.

Now Girl # 3 is a beauty we imported from Europe almost 2 years ago (at 9 weeks old). We also imported a male from a different kennel in Europe almost 4 years ago (at 9 weeks old). I have turned down 4 kennels that want to breed to him because their dogs are not healthy or they do not take care of the dogs/pups they way I feel they should be taken care of.

I did allow a kennel to breed to my boy and they had 11 puppies. There have been at least 30 applications for those puppies but 5 are still there because the breeder did not think the families suitable for her puppies. She will hold on to them until she is sure they will have a good, safe, and happy home.

None of them will be found on the side of a road by a family that just didn't want to bother with a BIG dog or any of the many excuses they can think of.

So don't condemn all reputable breeders for the idiots that don't give a damn about their dogs.

Now to see if I can get a seat on the couch with the "girls"

[flvegan]

25. 11 puppies.

On purpose. That's 11 dead dogs in a shelter or even a Newfoundland rescue in my book. Nice work.

Reputable breeder is an oxymoron in these times.

[newfie11]

27. you own a dog??? you recued a dog

You have no idea what your talking about. How have you rescued dogs? Why are you not out stopping puppy mills and the commercial dog breeders. Might want to check out what those are. My pups will not be the cause of other dogs dying stupid.

[flvegan]

29. *laughs*

Really? Is that your final answer? Personal attacks aside, this is quite entertaining (punctuation and whatnot aside).

You're asking:
if I "own" a dog?
if I've "recued" (rescued, I guess) a dog?
why I'm not out stopping puppy mills, et al?
if I even know "what those are"?

Your pups aren't the cause of other dogs dying. Your choice to breed a dog and bring 11 puppies into this world ARE the cause. It's not the dog(s), it's you. Don't blame the dogs for your shitty decision, dog...no, I won't call you a dog killer. I'm above it.

Calling me stupid only makes me enjoy this more.

[newfie11]

28. fool

[flvegan]

30. Name calling.

Ah yes, the sign of the weak and defeated. I didn't call you "dog killer" no matter my opinion.

What else you got?

[ET Awful]

31. Some people just can't register the connection between the huge number of dogs dying in high-kill

so-called shelters and their pure-bred hoopla.

It will never quite register with them that for every dog they breed and sell, there are a dozen more in shelters that will be euthanized for lack of a good home.

[DeadEyeDyck]

23. I saw something wierd like this

I was riding across the Cheroholla skyway on my Harley. I stopped at a roadside rest and while there, a trucked pulled up and sonme people got out and a couple of dogs. I did not pay much attention but then they left and the dogs were still there, wondering in the road!! I asked some other people in the parking lot if they knew who's dogs they were and they were as mystified as me. I tried to call someone but I had zero bars on my cell. I went over and comforted the dogs and noticed that they has radios hangin under their neck. They were much large than the ones you buy. They were almoast as big as a brick. Finally we had to go. We wanted to get across the skyway before the sunset because the temperature drops brutally.

About every 5 miles is another roadside rest. As we approached each one, we noticed dogs with radios!!!! They were not road savvy for they wondered in the main road. Between the rest stops we saw PU trucks on the side with people wandering out carrying those sensor radio tracking devices with the round antennas. When we finally got to Telico Plains, we pulled into a resturant to eat. We asked the waitress if she knew about the dogs and she said, "The DNR folks are looking for bears." She explained that the dogs are bait!! When a bear in the area of the roadside rest is attacked, they catch it (or kill it) and relocate it(maybe). I asked if the dogs are hurt and she said, "hell, they ain't hurt. they get eaten".

We rode away like we saw the 3rd version of "Hills Have Eyes"

[cliffordu]

26. Glad I don't know who that sick fuck is.