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This is Sidewinder a purebred daschund that we rescued from a shelter. His owner NOT the breeder was the reason he was in the shelter scheduled to die
I am in a funny spot with my views on animals. Some may say I am hypocritical and can not have the views I have but my answer to that is they are my views and I have just as much right to my views as anti people have theirs.

This is what I am talking about. I use to run a rescue and honestly believe that there is a need for good, responsible rescues in this country but I also believe that there  is a need for good, responsible BREEDERS in this country. I believe that many rescues are  using the name of rescue to scam money from animal lovers nationwide (H$U$, A$PCA and PETA to name a few) and it is not only big rescues doing this but smaller ones all over also. I also believe that rescues are perpetrating the myth of pet overpopulation  to keep the $$ flowing. I will get to how rescues are perpetrating the myth of pet over population in a later blog. This blog will focus on how anti breeders state that BREEDERS are the reason so many shelter animals die (you know the adopt dont shop while shelter pets die thing?)

 Here is what I mean.  There are MANY pages and groups on FB that promote hating breeders.
I Hate dog breeders is just one. I posted this on the I hate dog breeders site and summarily got banned and the thread got deleted. Now understand this site is run by a highschooler and that shows.

Anne Marie DuhonI Hate Dog Breeders
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U have it wrong. Breeders attempt to put dogs in good forever homes just like rescues it is the IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS that dump the dogs in shelters. I have only met ONE breeder that personally dumped dogs on a rescue (MINE ) because they could no longer care for the dogs and comply with changing laws in our area. I have been involved in the animal world for over 30 years and have seen alot and been to alot of rescues and breeders places. BOTH have the same goal in mind GOOD FOREVER homes for their animals. BOTH sell dogs. NO matter what the wording if money exchanges hands it is selling. I have listened to all of this for a long time and EVERYONE leaves out the IRRESPONSIBLE OWNER! Easier to vilify the breeder but that is not where the blame lies. It lies firmly at the feet of the person that takes the dog to the shelter for the excuse Im moving, my kid is allergic, my ? doesn't like the dog, I had a kid and on and on. IF instead of vilifying breeders take the time to EDUCATE owners maybe more would work thru the problems and KEEP their pet!
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Salena Christopher If you LOVE animals like you say you would NOT BE OK WITH BREEDERS CONTINUING TO MAKE MORE PUPS TO DIE IN SHELTERS. How is this a hard concept for you people ?! Oh, and the I LOVE BREEDERS page is elsewhere so MOVE ON with your ignorant comments!!
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Anne Marie Duhon Breeders DO NOT put pups in shelters IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS do. If breeders and rescues would quit bashing eachother and educate the owners fewer dogs would die in shelters. As to my comments being ignorant I am a cert vet tech and have more years working, caring and owning animals than you do on Earth. I have been in school studying animal related subjects for longer than you have been alive. This stuck in the mud attitude is the reason kill rates at shelters are not changing drastically not breeders. The same person that got a dog from a breeder and dumped it at the shelter the first time something went wrong would also do that to a shelter dog. It is not where the dog came from but the mindset of the OWNER> Fix that and most of the problem will disappear!
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Nancy Louise Grier The four counties surrounding saint augustine all get puppies from breeders that they couldn't sell. Vet tech that.
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Rafael Laura I support 100% what you are saying Anne Marie. Sadly there are a lot of people in this page that are ignorant and full of hate like Salena. Breeders do not put dogs in shelters; it is the irresponsible buyers the ones to blame. The same buyers that can go to a shelter to adopt a puppy just to abandon it a few days later. Get your facts right people!
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Anne Marie Duhon Nancy Louise Grier that is the exact attitude I am talking about. Childish, petty, and non productive. Who would want to support someone that sounds like that? Thank you Rafael Laura if more would understand where the root of the problem lies we would get more animals saved.
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Now this post clearly states EXACTLY what my negative view is on this issue of breeders being the reason so many dogs are in shelters. This view is supported by many statistics. Since I like facts and using them lets start with one of the biggest bashers of breeders, H$U$. From their own website they say that ONLY 25% or one in four dogs in shelters are purebred. With their numbers that breaks down to about 570 purebred dogs per shelter across the country. Not a whole lot really.

 Here is another study done that I am going to be referring to later. This study also agrees that 25% of dogs in rescue/shelters are purebred. Okay so were does the other 75% come from??? 

According to Oxford Lafayette Humane Society:
Percentage of animals entering animal shelters by animal control authorities: 42.5%

• Percentage of animals entering animal shelters that were surrendered by their owners: 30% 

Percentage of people who acquire animals that end up giving them away, abandoning them, or taking them to shelters: 70%

• Percentage of animals surrendered to an animal shelter that were originally adopted from an animal shelter: 20% 

70% owner surrender! That is where the animals come from. 

It is obvious to see that if rescues and breeders would quit attacking each other and spend that time on educating potential pet owners on responsible pet ownership the number could be reduced drastically. Very few if any responsible breeders dump valuable animals at a pound, shelter or rescue. Responsible breeders and rescues want the same thing a good, loving, forever home for their dogs. Many breeders also rescue their breed of choice from pounds and shelters.  For the betterment of all dogs, lovers of pure breds and lovers of mutts and rescue dogs need to come together and stop owner surrenders.

Just saying!

 
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This came up on my wall on Facebook and I figured this was as good a place to start. And since the rules say FACTS only I figured I would use Wilburton Animal Control (local pound) as case in point. The info about them is copied directly off of their Facebook page and linked back if you would like to verify it. I picked this group because they are one of the ones that were involved in our raid and calling us inhumane and abusing our animals. 


NO KILL REVOLUTION
7 hours ago
PUPPY MILLS AND POUND KILLING: WHAT IS THE CONNECTION? With Respect to Animals by Tina Clark... 

Puppy mills are horrible places, and must be closed down... Killing of animals in pounds is unconscionable, and must stop... However, these are two completely separate issues, because overpopulation is a myth, and buying a pet store puppy is not what is causing the killing in the pounds. What is causing the killing is a failure on the part of the leadership of the pounds to do what it takes to end the killing. We already know how to do this, with a proven set of protocols, the No Kill Equation.

Read More...http://withrespecttoanimals.blogspot.com/2012/11/puppy-mills-and-pound-killing-what-is.html


Well this brought up the question if it were true that there are 17 million possible homes for shelter dogs why don't people just go to the pound/shelter and adopt?

Here are a few reasons:
Screwy hours that are not compatible with a working family (See the post below by Patrica Gregory the director(?) of the pound here in Wilburton.

Wilburton Animal Control
July 2
Okie dokie...Lets clear up some confusion here...ACs hours of operation are usually, but not always, 7 am to 3 pm...Most of the time I'm on duty by that time...Except when I'm not...If you want to see the inmates in the pound facility you should make arrangemments before 2pm...If you want to bail one out...do it by 2 pm Monday thru Friday. If you are one of the lucky people who somehow got my phone number and you feel the need to call late in the evening after I already have my boots off and my fat girl clothes on...well...""After Hours" are for emergencys ONLY..Ummm...Noooo...A bat in the post office is NOT one!

Well with those kind of hours how do you expect to adopt out any animals? No weekend hours for families to come by, no after school/work hours for the working stiff. This woman calls the dogs "inmates"? And to adopt you have to pay at a different location than the pound. So I guess that means you pay either sight unseen or have to make TWO trips to the pound to get your pet.  See below. So WHO do you call when you have a bat in the post office? Or some other thing that does not involve blood and guts but to you is an emergency?


Wilburton Animal Control The dog has to have its rabies shot and registered with the city if its being adopted to someone living with the city Limits, before it can be released from the pound
October 28 at 8:52pm · Like

Wilburton Animal Control FYI..ALL pound fees are paid at the City Hall...NO money for fees or fines, is accepted at the pound office!
November 1 at 5:46am






Reason #2 Pounds are nasty, depressing places


Wilburton Animal Control
July 2
Things are looking up at the pound! We're getting uptown now! For those of you who haen't visited in awhile...Golly last year we actually got a real office out there...Yep...before that my AC truck was my filing cabinet, and when I turned a corner too fast A,B,C became WTF!! Last month the powder room was plumbed,(I say powder room cause I AM a girl) got running water and I finally was able to throw the bucket away..Last week Boss Mayor approved the purchase of a computer and printer for the new office...Our Administrative Assistant will get some relief from me being so needy...Need copies, need for letters, need more business cards...Just a few more finishing touches and I'll have y'all out for doughnuts and coffee..Yep thats right...I even have my very own coffee pot!!

Who would want to visit a pound that does not have "facilities"?  Or an office to keep the records of the care of the animals there (that is if there is any care done ! I do remembering that it is said on the FB page that YOU the adopter have to arrange to have the dog get its rabies shot by a vet BEFORE it can leave the pound)


Wilburton Animal ControlJuly 1
We have had a few people donate much needed fans to the pound. They are much appreciated. Its unbelievably hot under that metal roof and the fans give the animals at least a bit of relief.

All I have to say to this is that on that day it was in the 100's can you imagine? And why would you want to go out in the heat to possibly adopt a dog? This is a city run shelter and they did not have the money to go out and buy a couple of big fans to the tune of a few hundred bucks????


Reason #3 No one knows who is available, how to adopt, or where the shelter is.


  Wilburton Animal control has been around for years and just now started posting on Facebook in June of this year. Before that there were no ads or publication of available shelter animals, hours or where the shelter was located or how much it costs to adopt or what the requirements are to adopt. There is not even a listing in the phone book for you to call for any animal related needs! There is no where on line that you can go to see all the animals available, adoption fees, or adoption requirements as of today. The address given for the shelter is the City hall (no the animals are not housed there  Btw the pound is located next to the water sewage plant !)

These are just the top three reasons people just do not adopt shelter dogs and why NO Kill is not working like it should. And that falls directly on the shoulders of the the staff at local shelters, not the public. Now do not get me wrong shelters would have less animals available if OWNERS were more responsible with their pets and realize that owning an animal is a responsibility in good times and in bad, just cause money is tight or you are  moving( or the other millions of reasons owners give for surrendering a pet ) does not mean you dump FIDO or Fluffy at the local pound.

For more reading and information:
Dogged blog_
The pitfalls of adopting a shelter pet
Do shelters make it too hard to adopt?

 
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This is a set of pens that we just had built at our rescue Cajun Country Ranch right before we got raided.
This blog is not going to be just about the pros and cons of animal rescue but many many aspects of the animal world. In this blog and on this website I will attempt to show the world that just cause you call yourself a rescue you are not ALWAYS a saint, and I will spotlight the rescues that ARE saviors to needy animals. I will also blog about breeding, showing, raising, and eating animals. Including horses and the hot button issue of horse slaughter. I will attempt to bring to attention how animal rights activists and big so called "humane" groups vilify others to their own gain. This blog will be about anything and everything animal, pro and con. I feel that I have an unique view on rescues since we have been victims of a raid ourselves and have seen how innocent people can become terrible monsters with the twist of a word or a fact. How things get left out, changed, added, or exaggerated.

To be totally clear here are my beliefs:
 I am pro horse slaughter
I am pro no kill
I am pro RESPONSIBLE breeder and I believe that there is a such thing as irresponsible breeders that need to be stopped but not "puppy (or any animal for that fact) mills
I do not believe that animals should or deserve the same rights as us.
I do believe that animals are for our use and that use should be humane and as free from suffering as possible.
I and my family eat meat, raise animals for meat and animal products.
I do believe in rescuing animals but I do not believe that all animals can or should be saved.
I do believe that there is animal abuse and neglect in this world but not in calling it abuse/neglect just because you would not do it this way. 
I firmly believe that there is always three sides to every story, pro con and the truth which is most likely a mixture of both. Outsiders NEVER know the whole story and should never judge.
I do firmly believe in God but not in religion. I have a wonderful RELATIONSHIP with God but claim no religion
And most important I believe that we all have the right to privacy and refusing to bare our souls and dirty laundry to the world DOES NOT mean that we have something to hide.

 Feel free to post in the comments ideas for blogs/articles and I will be more than glad to research it and write up a story.

 The rules are as follows: This is MY blog and I have ultimate veto power.
 I welcome discussions as long as it is respectful, and G rated!
 If you have conflicting information please feel free to post your source when you quote it. 
If you are going to call someone on something make for sure your information is fact based and not hearsay  Allegations without substantiation WILL be deleted.

Play nice and maybe just maybe we will make a difference in this world!

    About Me

    Anne Marie Duhon has been involved in the animal world for all of her life. Her family got their first dog, Micky, a beagle when she was just a toddler. Anne Marie grew up with a beautiful Irish Setter bitch, Ginger, who was her partner in 4-H shows and started Anne Marie on the road she is now travelling. Many other animals, both large and small, have filled her life.
     Once grown she joined the Army and became a veterinary technician, then a mother to 6 children and filled their lives with fur friends. She has been involved in many aspects of the animal world, breeding, showing, raising, selling, ranching, and rescuing. She and her family also have become the victims of a raid on the rescue that they ran. So with all of this Anne Marie has an unique view of the animal world and the people involved in it.

    Why cant people adopt from shelters?

    November 2012

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