New El Paso Ordinance of puppy & kitten sales

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Do you know how many 'purebred' dogs are in rescue programs at this very minute, who originated in 'best of the best' breeding programs? My purebred Doberman Pincher whom I adopted from the shelter came from a 'best of the best' breeding program. My purebred Cocker Spaniel, whom I adopted from the rescue who pulled him from the shelter after he was found as a stray on the streets of Houston as a ball of matted fleas, was from a 'best of the best' breeding program. My purebred Weim, whom my partner pulled from the kennels at a 'best of the best' breeding center with his own two hands during a seizure, came from a 'best of the best' breeding program.

Saying that the pet over-population can be improved by the 'best breeding' is likened to saying that China can reduce their overpopulation by the 'best breeding.'



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[babyblue]

and when is it considered intelligent to only cite half a persons post when making your point. my post said only the best breeding and everything else being fixed. if that happened yes, there WOULD be pet quality animals and such that need homes, however they could find homes if there was not every backyard and back ally mutt over populating the shelters. a stop gag and ban on All breeding will only result in criminals finding ways to make money. instead of 5 dollar oaklys in the trench coat pockets it will be 50 dollar kittens and 100 dollar puppies.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

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Do you know how many 'purebred' dogs are in rescue programs at this very minute, who originated in 'best of the best' breeding programs? My purebred Doberman Pincher whom I adopted from the shelter came from a 'best of the best' breeding program. My purebred Cocker Spaniel, whom I adopted from the rescue who pulled him from the shelter after he was found as a stray on the streets of Houston as a ball of matted fleas, was from a 'best of the best' breeding program. My purebred Weim, whom my partner pulled from the kennels at a 'best of the best' breeding center with his own two hands during a seizure, came from a 'best of the best' breeding program.

Saying that the pet over-population can be improved by the 'best breeding' is likened to saying that China can reduce their overpopulation by the 'best breeding.'


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Landry-12 by ChristopherCoy, on Flickr

Agreed, and nicely said.

The key to reducing deaths of animals in shelters is simple--spay and neuter as much as possible. The more animals are spayed and neutered, the less will be coming in and being killed in shelters. Last figures I heard, 60% of dogs turned into shelters and 70% of cats end up being killed. That is a disgrace. I really hope that, with education, cheap/free spay/neuter programs, outlawing puppy mills, and so on, gradually our country can reduce this down to almost nothing. I really think that requiring special licenses that cost money and require inspection to own intact animals, especially females, would help things.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Its called 'netiquette'. The act of trimming one's post is a common practice of 'netiquette'.

 

[sourland]

Babyblue, reasoning with the irrational is a waste of time. Around here a shelter dog costs $250+ along with all of the health and psychological problems that you can hope to deal. Any good breeder with a good breeding program has a clause in their sales contract that requires that a dog from their breeding must go back to the breeder if the purchaser can not keep it for any reason. Our house dog is a golden retriever that we paid $2,000 for from a breeder that we researched thoroughly. Are we going to make a profit from her? Heck no, now that she is mature she will be spayed. I don't raise goldens. She is our pet. Such legislations will do nothing to stop animal overpopulation and dumping. those who do not care will never care. Those shelters that are profit making machines will continue to make profits. (Just for the heck of it check out what the executives of the major animal "protection" groups make). And those with an agenda will continue spouting their mindless rhetoric.

 

[Skyesrocket]

... the village just called.

It's coments like this that turn emotionally charged discussions into flame fests.

I'm suprised that the people that put together this law couldn't figure out a better solution to animal over population. Why not use the funds to support this legislation and open free neuter and spay clinics? Then use the laws already in place to shut down the puppy mills.
Instead they let animal rights activistists convince them that NO ONE should be able to breed their animals. And they are going to hire two people to do nothing but enforce this crazy law? And then further down the road they are going to be the only local place that residents can buy puppies and kittens from? I wonder what kind of hoops these people will have to jump through to get a pet?
I'm sorry but this legislation is wrong on so many different levels that I can't understand how people can even think this is an answer to animal over population. Please wake up people and stop letting special interest groups convince our government to take away more of our rights. So many died so that we had our freedom. Quit giving it away.
I guess this makes me another village idiot.

 

[TrystInn]

We've got a local Basset Hound breeder here who has very bad breeding stock that continually pop out dogs with genetic problems, including physical deformities. And there's not a single law against it or way to stop her, she just dumps whatever cannot be shown or bred on the local shelters and counts on her customers to either be too dumb to check out her reputation or too desperate for that cute little Basset puppy. I suppose that's better than suffocating them, which is legal here. Seems like a few laws could fix this breeder (and her breeding stock, naturally) because God knows this community cannot keep absorbing her deformed Bassets.

I've got two, if you were wondering.

Something's gotta be done. If you don't like this law, what would YOU recommend?

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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Aren't they doing that already? I can name you the time and locations of many free/severely discounted spay & neuter clinics in our area.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

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You're right... and I've edited that post to reflect it.

 

[lasergrl]

The spay neuter clinics around here require proof of poverty status. True I suppose you shouldnt be allowed to get discounts if you can afford to have the dog spayed. Problem is, even when people have the money they may not think it is worth giving up another luxury. Im sure plenty of middle class dogs have oops litters because of it. I dont think they should be excluded from the low cost if really the idea is to cut the population.