Hell yeah I'm back on my soap box!!
I was flipping through channels this morning and came across Family Pet on News 12. Lo's vet hosts the show. Or should I say Lo's ex vet. He put that schmuck who owns Selmer's Pet Land on there to discuss pets. Selmer's Pet Land was one of the banes of my training existence. He is the first to have the Schip-tzu...part Schipperke part Shih-Tzu...but I like to call it the Chupacabra because they took two breeds who can care less if their owners live or die as long as there is kibble or ample access to your corpse for food. Aside from that, a girl who used to work there told me they pass off the sick dogs as having "allergies", which just makes it more obvious they think you are an asshole because dogs with excessive allergies usually indicate over breeding. I expect the pet store owner to be an asshole but Greenfield (or Greendick as my ex had so correctly named him when the Dr. accused me of leaving Lotus in the crate to long giving her a bladder infection)should know better. Maybe he is just greedy and the puppy mill's onslaught of sick dogs are putting his kids through college. Anyhoo. I channeled my rage from the past few weeks and aimed it at these two men. Lotus and I are going to find a new vet. But not before I drop off some puppy mill literature to our ex vet's office.
Oh and on the show Selmer picks up a fluffy white puppy. "Oh an American Eskimo" I think to myself. Dr. Greendick says, "Samoyed?" Selmer had to correct him. How do you not know the difference when some little idiot like myself can tell the difference between the two dogs?
And on a side not...the puppy already had excessive tear staining which looked like someone tried to wipe off before the show. A puppy that young should not have tear staining at that young an age...but then again...it IS a mill dog. Anyway...here is the email.

I was a little disappointed to see Al Selmer on Family Pet. How a show dedicated to the health and well being of pets brings on a man who sells puppies in his store and aids in horrifying movement known as "designer dogs" is mind boggling. For a vet as well known as Greenfield to overlook what pet stores like Selmer's are doing to contribute to the puppy mill/back yard breeder industry its just appalling. Then again maybe it is in his best interest for people to keep buying mill dogs because then his patient base will increase with an endless assembly line of genetically sick dogs.
As for Al Selmer...he should be ashamed of himself for selling puppies. Any breeder who sells puppies to a pet store is NOT a reputable breeder. If neither Dr. Greenfield or Al Selmer know enough about the dangers of puppy mills and backyard breeders I suggest both men sit down and take a look at www.Stoppuppymills.org. It is unacceptable to act as though nothing is wrong with selling puppies in a pet store. Both men should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for contributing to such a horrible and abusive industry filled with over-breeding, behavior problems, and torture.
And rest assured I and many of my friends who USED to take our pets to Greenfield will do so no longer as it would appear that he really does not have the caring and/or knowledge about the breeding industry.