that once before too. Today, I lreacl saying... Please, don't put the Polly Pockets in your Milk. Ugh! Also, have to say I am excited about your Tuesday Link Up! Can't wait to link!

My mom told my kids once, "Don't spoil your dessert!" and she meant it. My uahbsnd and I now say that to our kids all the time, sarcastically, of course. Love your blog. Found you on FFF. I'd love it if you'd visit me. I'm a follower!

billboards definitely have an imapct on people.our shelter had one up for about 6 months (created, sponsored & paid for by the ASPCA) it showed about 15 dogs in cages, all looking very sad, with the tagline, "fix them or kill them, it's your choice." some people called to complain about how bad the boards were but there was no getting around the fact that our adoption rates went up almost 25% during that time. giant signs attract attention.so, if i had to choose between a billboard with a car on it or a billboard with puppies tumbling about in the grass, i'd go for the pups every time.References : shelter mgr

I live out of Berea, Ky and a puppy mill exists over the next county line, they sell these tiny puppies in sub zero weather out in front of the entrance of Walmart in Berea. Can't get anyone interested in shutting this down. These dogs are bred to brother and sister and mother and father. It is awful.

Please boycott all pet shops as they support puppy mills. Our dog was a rescue and puppy mill breeder. At age 6 she was sent to a high kill shelter. please adopt - we're glad we did. All of our dogs and cats have been throw aways - rescued and they have all been wonderful companions. If you are older or not patient, think of an older dog. And yes old dogs can be trained. They never stop learning.

WARNING: There is a woman names LINDA GALL who is "adopting" dogs from craigslist and then turning around and selling them for profit. She is a scam artist and will tell you whatever you need to hear to get you to give her your dog. Here is what her initial email sounds like... "Hi, I work from home and I am home all the time and have a house and a yard to play in. I can give a loving and forever home 9545342656 and u can visit from time to time if u like to." She uses other names such as these (but there could be more) Jill R Schafer Diana Peters Her address is: 4341 SW 24th Street Fort Lauderdale 33317

A rolling stone is worth two in the bush, thanks to this aitrcle.

Anyone that does things like this to defenseless animals should suffer the same punishment as if they did it to humans.

Thanks for getting those poor furbabies out of that mill!! I live in Ohio and we have mills here as well.I wish we could put a end to all of the soon!!

We had a small rabbit breeding operation in east Texas for many years. Our adults lived as happily bonded pairs. Thry were allowed out of their 6x3 pens dailey to run and frollick in a protected yard. The babies were handled daily when they were old enough and lived with both parents until they were sold after at least 8 weeks. We never gave in to the big buyers that wanted 3 week old babies for their pet stores because they were "cutest" then. We turned away more than a few potential buyers because they were not prepared to provide proper homes for their new babies or--worst of all-we suspected their real goal was to provide Dinner! Unfortunately, we saw so much abuse in the rabbit bredding world that it was discouraging and disheartening. we always reported the abuse to the proper athorities, but in poor counties in Texas, little is done. To us, breeding was a privelege with an obligation to the animals. And the saddest part is that we were able to make a profit raising them the proper way so there is no reason for poor facilities and abuse other than unreasonable greed , laziness, and a lack of respect for animals in general. We just have to try harder to stop the abuse and NOT buy from those places.

Thank you to the President of the ASPCA and anyone else that contributed to the rescuing of these innocent animals, and thank you for your commitment to such a great cause. It's people like this that make me ashamed to be a human. How anyone could inflict so much pain and cruelty on an animal is just disgusting, nevermind a whole puppy mill. My wife and I are huge dog lovers. We rescued our two shih tzus and love them more than life. One day, if I hit the lottery (even though I don't play) I would love to donate $1 million to the ASPCA and a bunch more to shelters around the country to help these poor, innocent animals. If dreams could come true..

Please update us on the fines, jail time, etc the owners of the mill receive....the same tragic story over and over again.... we need tougher laws... thanks for the rescue!

How is this the equivalent of only 3 counts of animal cruelty? The person responsible for these poor souls should get 1 count per animal, juat like mistreating a person. Maybe then, when someone gets a long enough sentence because it's compounded by all these beings, change will finally come. The small price these cruel cowards pay never seems to deter when our system barely punishes.

THANK YOU for saving those poor dogs.

Animals have no rights and are dependent on humans to fight for them. As long as animals are sold as "property", it will continue to be difficult to prosecute the people who treat them as such.

I was a breeder in Arizona for 7 years. It makes me sick to hear these stories about puppy mills. I had people throw puppies over our fence and we took puppies out of dumpsters and those found on the side of the road as well as some from local shelters. Our breeding business helped us to care for those dogs that nobody wanted. People knew we would care for them. Our puppies were loved and treated like family and lived in the house with us and when we lost our home, Papillon Rescue took all of our dogs and placed them in homes. There are still some breeders out there with a heart.

They need to picket the places that sell these animals to destroy these breeders' businesses.

My heart breaks a little more every time I hear of another Puppy Mill or irresponsible breeder. The general public is blind and the penalties are certainly not sufficient enough to stop it from happening. I'm a Christian and I believe in the power of prayer. I'm praying and I hope other will join me.

Until they make the penalties for this type of heinous crime severe, it will keep happening. Thats the sad truth. PRISON time needs to be a part of the equation, and fines in excess of 10k might finally make this sort of abomination too risky and expensive to pursue.

As long as there is no ban on commercial pet breeding, people will think they can make a quick dime on selling puppies. We need a smart ban on commercial dog breeding, now. Not more than two breeds, not more than five bitches, and then, you'll see.

So sad. I have heard of similar places where guinea pigs have been "raised" in abominable conditions for breeding, selling to medical labs and/or food. Barns with no heat or AC, live ones mixed with dead, no care. It doesn't get the same attention but it's just as heinous. These places are all the more reason to adopt pets of ANY kind rather than buy them at a pet store.

I can't fathom how a human being can do these things to an animal. Thank you for rescuing these dogs and assisting law enforcement with the raid. It's hard to imagine what would happen to defenseless animals like the ones in Ark., without organizations like the ASPCA.

I wish so badly that they would pass a law that anyone caught running puppy mills in this condition would AUTOMATICALLY get a minimum of 2 years in prison. No trial, no lawyers; the proof's in the pudding, pal. You're going to prison! Maybe it would deter others from doing the same evil.

we had a puppy mill in Lamar, ark, it was awful! was even on news, I heard the 2 women got nothing more than a slap on the wrist, I forgot how many dogs, but was ALOT, and close to my grandmothers house.........just wondering if you heard anything about this? believe was last year, but the pics were unbelievable, and so sad :(

sadly there is so much information out there about puppy mills and pet stores that people just don't care as long as they get what they want.

This is sad and not all Arkansans are like this. Most I know are against animal abuse. Where I live, we don't have anything like this. We know the people who watch over our dogs well. I am upset that this happened so close to home.