I had a long talk with a rescue who gets puppies out of the hands monsters at the dog auctions. She informed me that they go in and buy as many as 400 dogs a week...that these dogs have been whipped, beaten and have no desire to live. She bought a purebred GSD male last week...there was a dog and a bitch on the auction block. She could not afford to buy them both, but got the dog for 200$...the bitch went to an obvious BYB for $400. She did mention that the majority of the dogs are medium to small, as they can make more money with them tho there HAVE been GSDs in the past. There have been many breed clubs who show up at these auctions and buy their own dogs in order to keep them from falling back into the hell on earth of the mills...Because she does not want to anger some of the mills who voluntarily GIVE them their dogs that they no longer want (one recently gave her 190 dogs...these would have gone to auction; the owner of the mill had health issues and the facility was in decent shape; dogs well fed and socialized tho obviously too many)..she tries to keep out of the limelight. Her message is for the purebred dog clubs to pull their own breeds, thereby keeping these unfortunates OUT of the hands of the mills and BYBS. There are 1,100 puppymills in Missouri...they are looking for Goldens (to produce goldendoodles, probably since you dont need licensing for mixed bred dogs) and Standard Poodles...the more I delve into this thing the murkier the waters get. Dawn Restuccia Dorothy, and no this aint Kansas --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================