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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have said it for a long time, modern day rescues are like puppy mills. You’re buying a dog from the rescue.

I see rescues shipping in dogs from other states or other countries when we have dogs in our local areas that need help. That’s when I know they’re in it for the money and tax breaks. After all, how else can they write off their homes, farms and homesteads as tax deductible? [/quote]
Stop with that nonsense.
Rescues are run by dedicated people, and heavily rely on volunteers. There are much easier and stink-free ways of making money. [/quote]

No, it’s a business.  [/quote]
I already posted about the rescue I adopted from. They charged me $350 to adopt a young purebred dog after they poured much more money than that into his neutering, dental cleaning, and deworming. They also provided me with a collar, muzzle, leash, toothbrush and dog toothpaste, and a week’s worth of food. Terrible business model.[/quote]

A young pure bread should not need dewormed and a cleaning.  Andy your dog needs a muzzle….[/quote]
He’s a retired racing greyhound. They all need to be dewormed because they all share the same turnout pen with all the other dogs at the track. He needed a dental cleaning because racers are fed a diet that’s optimized for lean muscle and speed, but it’s not great for teeth. Muzzles are commonly used for greyhounds for a variety of reasons. We’ve used ours in place of cones when our dog had an injury that needed to heal. Greyhounds have large necks and smaller heads, so it’s difficult to keep a cone on. The muzzle prevents them from licking wounds.[/quote]

I'm always amazed at how people think dogs should be allowed to race and that's ok.  Sounds terrible.[/quote]
It is a sad life. So many injuries and deaths, they’re drugged, they spend a ton of time in their kennels, they sleep on shredded newspaper. In Australia, the industry is breeding 4 times as many dogs as they can rehome.[/quote]

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