Small Paws® Rescue

Buckeye Dog
July 31st (10:00 starts the dogs) @ the Kaufmann Auction House at the Holmes
County Amish Flea Market located 1/4 mile west of
Walnut Creek, OH on S.R. 39. Walnut Creek is south
west of Canton, OH, and west of New Philly, OH.

PLEASE CROSS POST TO SPECIFIC BREED RESCUES

Pappillon
Dachshund
Bernese Mountain Dog
Cav. King Charles Spaniel
Lhasa Apso

OE Sheepdog
Cocker Spaniel
Pug
Pomeranian
Bichon Frise

Minature Pin
Lab. Retrv
Yorkshire Terrier
Boston Terr.
Cairn Terruer

Chihuahua
Min. Schnauzer
Golden Ret.
ST. Bernard
Poodle

Stand. Poodle
Mastiff
West High. White Terrier
Schipperke
Weimaraner

Boxer
Pekingese
Newfie
Scott. Terrier
Shih-Tzu

Cock-A-Poo
Dougue-de-Bordeaux
Great Pyr.
Manchester Terrier
Eng. Bulldog

Welsh Corgi
Gordon Setter
Shetland Sheepdog
Beagle
Maltese

Brussels Griffon
Affenpin
Norweigian Elkhound
Airdale
Soft Coated Wheaten

Fr. Bulldog
Bull Terrier
Kerry Blue
Coton de Tulear
Mixed Breeds

Please pass to any rescues that might be
interested. Remember these dogs go for high $$ and
are certainly not in the best condition (as we know).>

The commerical kennel owners say there is no profit in breeding Bichons anymore. They say the orders from the brokers for Bichons are down..meaning the orders from the Pet Shops for Bichons are down.

It appears that all of our education is paying off...but now, these Bichons need to come home instead of being sent back out to yet another commercial kennel and begin this breeding cycle all over again.

We have a choice here. We can get these adult Bichons out...or let them go back into other commercial kennels and back into the system.

I want to share this letter with you.
What do you want us to do? Do we want to reclaim our breed from the commercial kennels of Missouri?

Hi Everybody!
Most of you only know us as "xxxxx rescue." Robin has done an excellent job of keeping our identities secret because of the work we do. We are some of the undercover buyers at puppymill auctions. We are not Bichon parents, but have fostered a few. We are very proud to be able to help you guys out for several reasons; the biggest reason is that you guys have almost got them all out of Missouri mills! It's true, there are fewer and fewer breeders continuing to raise Bichons. They tell us that there's no money in it anymore. (LOL) All of the dogs at these sales really touch our hearts, and we wish we could get them all out of there, but the one that touched us the most thus far was Baby Satchmo. I knew when I first saw him in that cage at the auction, there was a possible PDA. When I finally got to hold him, I could feel it. When Robin announced he did have PDA, we prayed right along with all of you for his recovery. In October, there be auctions. There will be Bichons. We want to get them all out of there and get them into loving homes that will love them and treat them the way God intended.

For those of you who have never been to a puppymill or attended a kennel auction, it's hard to describe the horror. At one auction we witnessed the piles of burned bodies of those dogs that weren't considered "sellable." We've seen puppies actually born on the auction table, and then passed around for everyone to see. Tobye, one of our xxxxx rescues, had his toes pulled off with pliers so he couldn't run from the breeder. The sad truth is, we could go on for pages relating the horrors these animals are subjected to, and still, without seeing it and experiencing it for yourself, you may never understand. In 1997 we participated in a rescue at a forced mill closure. Dogs had actually been buried alive in fecal matter from the cages above theirs. In fact, none of the dogs in the bottom two rows of cages survived.
Many rescue organizations refuse to save these dogs in auctions. The thought being "this is putting money in the miller's pockets". The reality is, the auctions we attend no longer provide "cheap" breeding stock for exploitation. We in fact do occasionally get outbid, but that buyer has paid dearly for his right to exploit that dog. (We like to think they have to get a 2nd mortgage on their trailer house and their pickup truck to beat us on a bid LOL) The fact remains that in any business, if the cost of operation becomes too great, the business will fail. It's that simple. In the state of Missouri, a breeder's access to cheap breeding stock Bichons has ended. The choice is now yours, do you allow these dogs to be divided amongst several smaller breeders so that the cycle begins again, or do we BRING THEM ON HOME?

Overwhelmingly, time and time again, you have told us that auction rescue from the commercial kennels is supported by the majority of Small Pawsers.
If you want us to get these Bichons out...we need your help. Click here to make a tax deductible donation, securely, on your major credit card.

See before and after pictures of auction rescues.

Read About One of Our Past Auction Experiences

About Dog Auctions

Teeth on the auction dogs are almost always in terrible shape.

Read One Woman's Account of a Dog Auction in Missouri

Some well meaning people will tell you that we are only lining the pockets of the puppy millers by buying Bichons at auction. They tell us to ignore them and leave them there. The people who say these things usually have never been to a puppy mill auction or even to a puppy mill. They have no clue as to how the system really works. Susan and I DO know how the system works. I am going to explain it to you guys now.
At each puppy mill auction there are hundreds of millers...millers shopping for every breed. SOMEONE is going to walk out with each dog. SOMEONE is going to get money for that dog. Whether we are there or not, the dog will sell and the miller will get money. (We know because we have watched many breeds sell, when there were no rescue people there to bid...the dogs always sell, the selling millers always get the money. The selling price is not higher because rescue is present.)
If it is rescue who gets the dog, that dog LEAVES the system that day, along with the possible 67,000 puppies it and it's future offspring can produce in the next five years. (These figures come from the HSUS website for possible births in five years )
If a miller gets the dog, the selling miller gets the same amount of money...BUT....the dog leaves and remains in the system, and thus begins the breeding cycle all over again. Many of these dogs have congenital deformities that are passed down through each litter, for years to come.
From the time we began, most of you have supported us going to the auctions. Do you guys want us to go to this one? We need to know what you guys want us to do. If you want us to go, we need to raise some funds to try to get some of these Bichons out of the puppy mill system.
If you want to help us here is how you can do it, and please mark it in the remarks section, for the auction. You may use your major credit card to make a tax deductible donation...
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