Happiness is Pets is the name of a pet store chain in the Chicagoland area. The stores sell puppies. As far as I’m concerned, Happiness is Pets can be clumped into the same disrespectful group of pet businesses as Petland. And chances are, you have a store like this one not far from where you […]
Occupy Petland
If you care, you will not turn away from this. If you care, you will learn what you wish you did not have to. If you care, you will share with everyone you know, that which you have learned and wish you did not have to. If you care, you will do whatever is in […]
Suzie: One Puppy Mill Dog’s Story
This guest post is by Deanne Blenkle In January 1999, our dog Lassie died after being hospitalized for 5 days. Our other Scottie dog, Laddie, was lost without his friend. Two weeks later, my father-in-law passed away. My husband went into a deep depression. Suzie This is four years before we began volunteering in animal rescue. At the […]
The PUPS Act Controversy
This week over at Be the Change for Animals, the featured cause revolves around the bill introduced in Congress by my own state’s Senator Dick Durbin and Louisiana’s Senator David Vitter – the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act (PUPS Act). I consider this a pivotal moment, when perhaps we could begin as a nation to […]
Fire the Puppy Mills or Fire Petland
Hi, there – CindyLu here! I’m a pup who considers herself very lucky. You see, I’m one of those designer-dog types. I’m a blend of Shih Tzu and Yorkshire Terrier; they call me a Shorkie. Had fate been less kind to me, I could have been one of the countless girls having babies over and […]