Please visit and LIKE our Facebook Page and share with family, friends and on your own Facebook page, and ask them to share further – it is only by working together and sharing knowledge and education that we can improve the lives of dogs and assist owners. We do not inundate you with posts – an average of 5 per week, and the odd Did You Know. Thank You!
Schnauzer Puppy Mill
Scotty Valadao - Friends of the Dog
Puppy farms are unfortunately a reality in South Africa. I was very privileged in 2016 to have worked with about 15 of the category 3 Schnauzers (very damaged - mostly petrified of people and life in general) from the Roodewal Kennels.
I was brought on board after working with Pippa, one of the dogs involved where we had a really good improvement in the fear behaviour in a very short period of time last year. That dogs were living in terrible conditions (while making money for so called breeders )and being treated the way they were, is something that makes me sick to my stomach.
It is only by spreading this story and making people aware that even if buying a breed registered dog that the responsibility is ours to inspect the breeders premises and do some in-depth research. Here is the story below and please, share and share - it is only by working together that we can spread the word.
Finally I would like to pay tribute to the wonderful little Schnauzer, Pippa who was so instrumental in involving me in this venture as she left a short while ago to the Rainbow Bridge after emergency surgery which her little body could not cope. She was a brave little girl and I am just so thankful that her last experience of humans was in a loving family where she grew daily in confidence and learnt to love and be loved. RIP Pippa.
The Reality
I was brought on board after working with Pippa, one of the dogs involved where we had a really good improvement in the fear behaviour in a very short period of time last year. That dogs were living in terrible conditions (while making money for so called breeders )and being treated the way they were, is something that makes me sick to my stomach.
It is only by spreading this story and making people aware that even if buying a breed registered dog that the responsibility is ours to inspect the breeders premises and do some in-depth research. Here is the story below and please, share and share - it is only by working together that we can spread the word.
Finally I would like to pay tribute to the wonderful little Schnauzer, Pippa who was so instrumental in involving me in this venture as she left a short while ago to the Rainbow Bridge after emergency surgery which her little body could not cope. She was a brave little girl and I am just so thankful that her last experience of humans was in a loving family where she grew daily in confidence and learnt to love and be loved. RIP Pippa.
The Reality
in June 2015, a warrant was obtained to enter the Roodewal Kennels in Ermelo, Mpumalanga after reports from the Schnauzer Friends South Africa community of abuse and sick and dying puppies. A huge network of puppy farmers was uncovered with a kingpin at the top doing the marketing. Between Schnauzer Friends South Africa, SPCA, SAPS, Ermelo Animal Rescue and Woodrock Animal Rescue, 320 breeding schnauzer were eventually rescued, sterilized, medically treated and rehomed. The advertising was amazing, all dogs had fancy long pedigree names and were KUSA or Canineza registered. The reality a very different story. Together we need to be a voice for the voiceless and continue to speak out against animal abuse and fully investigate the breeder you are considering, or better yet, adopt from a shelter or breed rescue!
|
|
|
|
|