It was nice to meet everyone at the swap today and we really appreciated Matt's lecture. I agree, I was disappointed in the condition of some of the animals.
I just have to say that if you were disturbed by what you saw in Milton, you should think hard about going to Lucasville. We went to the swap there in June 2007. It is several times larger than this one in Milton. The amount of poorly kept animals was much greater. Most of the puppies I saw today weren't too bad, but out in Lucasville there were some truly sad looking animals. And you name it, it was out there: dogs, cats, rodents, bunnies, cage birds of all sizes, goats, pigs, ponys, raccoons, foxes, squirrels, deer (yes, deer) as well as tons of poultry.
There were some good people and good buys out there, but just be aware before you go so that you aren't as shocked as we were. Also, it is WAAAAYYY too far to make trips back to the car, so if you have a wagon, take it. We wound up buying one because we couldn't carry the cages we bought because it was too far to take the birds back to the crates we brought with us. At Milton we looked around before we went back and bought anything. At Lucasville, you would never find it again, even if they hadn't sold it already. Just my $.02
