Rescuers need to get a signal like red ribbon loops,  so others know when   a rescue is bidding and do not drive the prices up.   Prices have doubled   this last year at southwest. Sometimes rescues bid  against each other   with out knowing it and pay much more for a dog than  needed.   The breeders know this. They think it is funny.        

However there are dog Auctions springing up all over  OK AR and Mo, and   IA With Indiana and Ohio trying to get it going  there. Many of the   smaller auctions still have decent prices.  Mis information  out there is that breeders will  hang on to non   productive breeding stock,  if no one will take them  off their hands and   it will take up space so there are less puppies  being produced.  Just   had a Peke breeder take 12 pekes in and had them   killed at the vets   because they did not need them. I heard about them  to late. Any dog that   costs to much to maintain will not be kept.  Dogs  that need c-sections,   produce tiny litters do not get PG  ect ect ect.   The dogs that stay   have to earn their keep.  If they do not they are  worthless and disposed   of either in auctions, private sales or dead. The  money these people   make is in the puppies,  The adults can always be  replaced by a puppy   who will come into season in 6 months or for males  who are not   aggressive in breeding or proven to produce good  size litters they are    gotten rid of  there is always another who will be  ready in 6 months. 

 AUCTIONS:

 Dress in casual clothes not shabby not fancy.  I often wear sweats  if it is not too hot because the mill dogs are  filthy and you get  dirty and you and your car will stink.  It  takes 4 to 5 washing of  the dogs over several weeks to get the  Kennel  smell out of many  of them.   The people at the auctions consider  themselves business  people just trying to make a living. They  distrust rescues because   of the reactions so many have been subjected  too. Stay friendly   and calm. They are people who happen to make  their living off of  companion animals.  Agree or disagree I go to  save dogs not try to  convert people to stop breeding. They will not  bother you if you  just do the Job you are going for. They often  know each other just  like the regular rescue people know each  other.  If you cannot get  stoic and keep the emotions out of the Job do  not go.  Take crates  I always take extras because you never know  when the prices will  be lower and you can get more than you planned  on.    You have to   register to bid.  They have lines to register   and lines to pay   and lines to get the paper work in order to  claim the dogs. Know   your limit for spending  The bidding goes fast  and if you have not   set limits and considered ahead of time what  you can really afford   you can get in over your head.

Go early if  you think you can  handle it to get registered and you can  preview the dogs. They  give you a sale catalog and you can identify  the older dogs who  probably will sell fairly reasonable. Once  the bidding starts  you cannot go back to where the dogs are held  so get there early  if you want to get a Idea of what you are  bidding on. Bidding goes   fast so it helps if you have seen the dogs you  are going to try  for.  Puppies and older dogs are usually the  most affordable.  If  You want to make donations send the money at  least 3 days ahead of  time as it takes that long for the money to  clear by paypal.      

There is a Peke this weekend at Hartville  auction who has a  scratched eye if she goes to a miller they  will not treat the  eye. I wish I had the funds to get every peke  out of the mills  then we would not be seeing so many at the shelters. Hoe this   helps sorry so long in finishing it.

Joy     janet mills      plant city fl        

The life of a Puppy Mill Breed Dog is one of torture and isolation 

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