pet connection

Last year I posted a new reason every day between Thanksgiving and Christmas on why getting a Christmas puppy was a horrible idea. You can read them all by selecting the "No Christmas Puppies" category on the right. Really, I could have posted another reason every day for a year, but it’s just too depressing. The crowing of the puppy-millers on Craig’s List alone make you despair for the state of humanity. (I’m sure this horrible, homephobic, hate-filled  excuse for a "Christian" is already selling her puppies on the Internet, but I cannot stomach looking for her and the rest of her ilk.)

Bottom line: If you buy from one of these people, either through a retail pet store or direct from a puppy-miller, you perpetuate a system of immense cruelty. Laws will not fix this problem. Only falling sales will. If you care about animals, do not patronize these sellers.

Wait until after Christmas. Go to a shelter or rescue group, or a reputable breeder. It’s not just about you, your "wants" and your own little family. Be responsible from the start, and don’t do business with a dirtbag.

I ran across this Puppywatch blog today. Looks as if they’re just getting ready to roll  in their efforts to fight puppy-mills in the U.K. Go dog go. And then, this from the satirical publication The Onion:

HAMILTON, OH—Household sources reported Monday that Joshua Hunt, 10,
has lost interest in Raggles, the 4-month-old Cocker Spaniel he
received on Christmas Day. "For the first month, he played with it
every day," said Joshua’s mother Kathie Hunt. "Now he plays Nintendo as
soon as he gets home from school and tells Raggles to shut up when he
barks." Joshua has asked his mother if he can exchange the puppy for Mario Kart 64.

That, folks, is what my grandfather used to call, "kidding on the square," i.e., fictitious humor with more than a little bit of truth to it.