I feel the back to back breeding ts abuse but unfortunately the government dont. I have a simular neighbor who has a male and female he breeds. tied to each other through a ring and then that is hooked to a dog run. the female is 1/3 the size of the male. The male drags her all over pregnant. She lays on her back and crys while he drags her. he has never wormed them ever or had any shots for them. he has been breeding her back to back for 3 years. he sells the puppies unregistered for 250$$. and claims he has no money to bring them to the vet. One morning I called there as I knew that mother was about to burst with her pups and it was -20 below and high winds. I knew he never brought her in.He sleeps till 1pm and is sooo lazy. I woke him and he said the mother was outside and he said I dont give a ---- . so I went there to find 7 frozen puppies stuck to the ground!!!!! This guy has plenty of money to buy his daughter every dvd and video and toy but not a dollar to make a pen? he has lots of acres to work with. He has got over 4 more puppies given to him this year, as his 5 year old daughter wants them. like duh who is the boss here. She is!! then he hooks them to that male on that line and he hangs them to death. I am not kidding he has killed over 4 puppies this past year. someone has called on him but all they could do is require the rabies n licenses. This person hates dogs and kicks them and abuses them. Those dogs are long haired breed covered in burdocks with sores from the burdocks and I looked in there ears and found burdocks way down there and infections in their ears. And the best part is he claims to be a man of God and everyone who dont go to church is a great sinner. Blah Blah Blah..I cant even tolerate the situation and had to turn my head. it makes me sick!! This couldnt go on if people would actually come see the parents of puppies they buy. instead he brings them places like the park or bars and people see just the puppies and buy them. I see this with horse breeding folks too. One horse bred for 15 years with no breaks. I just wonder where are these peoples minds at?

I take my dog with me most of the time - he comes to work with me. So many times he is in the car. This morning, I took him to the beach for a walk, then I had to go to a postal service before work. He stayed in the car in front of the store with the windows down in the shade for 10 minutes while I sent some packages. I won't leave him in the heat and I won't leave him in a large parking lot. Many times DH and I take him in the car while we have dinner out. It's usually dark and cool at night and he sleeps. He prefers to come with us and stay in the car than stay home so we humor him. If it's summer and still light and warm out we don't take him. I do worry also about over-zealous "vigilantes" but luckily, my dog is small, doesn't bark, and usually lies down and sleeps so noone sees him. He is a pretty lucky darn dog. He has to stay home while I'm at ping pong though. We play for 3-5 hours and he doesn't like to come inside the club because of all the people and the noise. So he stays home on Sundays.

Here you go... Here is a link that might be useful: HSUS Link

Lukkirish, I choose not to abuse my dogs with shock collars and other painful devices and methods. Not sure what your vet's opinion has to do with this as vets are not behaviorists. Educate yourself on the subject. I have. Gee Cynthia, I was trying to be nice with my replies but since you prefer to get nasty, I'm happy to be equally as blunt. If you can't understand why a Vet would have an opinion about how a puppy or dog is cared for, you are more clueless than I originally thought. :c) I know several Vets and they aren't in the business they're in for the money. While making a decent living is always part of the equation, most Vets become Vets because of their love of animals. Most are involved with them some how outside of work too. It's also really obvious that you have very little knowledge about this topic as well. More specifically, you have no idea what the credentials of my Vet are nor the relationship I have with her so who are you to comment on it? FWIW, she owns several dogs and IS very involved with training and local rescue chapters; more than most. I appreciate that she is engaged with her patients and their families. Her advise on general care and behavior training for our puppy has been invaluable. We followed her advise and now have a super happy, well adjusted, fully trained and non destructive dog. Hmmm...it would seem that maybe you don't have a Vet who is involved in the WHOLE care and life quality of your dog. Is that why your expectations of a Vets knowledge outside of the clinic is so low? We are not abusers and go to great lengths (and expense) to ensure our girl is properly cared for. I take issue that you would imply otherwise. NEWS ALERT! Shock collars are not used with invisible fences. A collar that CAN shock is. There is a difference! Of course you're entitled to your opinion, it's just not an educated one. LOL