That People magazine would be so heartless, not to mention so Politically INcorrect as to publish a story like this is a sad commentary on the state of humanitarianism in your organization. I see daily the results of "breeders" like this. Take a look at my website to see a few ... www.SCDaneRescue@homestea d.com ... PLEASE run something denouncing this business and showing the results. An article about rescue would help animals and possibly repair some of the damage you have done.
I have viewed the article about the boy who has started selling puppies over the internet, and do not believe this should be applauded. Please take the time to write a story about the horrors of "Puppy Mill" dogs.
Attention: People Mag. April fools day is a long ways off. This article on teenage dogs sales has to be some demented persons idea of a sick joke. wake up...its not funny! I demand you run a follow up article explaining your reasoning for why you would print this one. Where is your common sense of decency
There are enough unwanted dogs in this nation, don't allow this misinformed teenager and his mom to continue. Please publish an article to educate them rather than encourage them!
Appalling. Why would you promote a business that has very few ethics, and no moral respsonsiblity. Puupy mills turn out poor quality dogs in the name of money(greed). With over 5 million dogs a year dieing in shelters, is this REALLY what we want to promote? NO!
Please please put up an article about puppy mills and rescue dogs... I have seen pics of dogs recently that have been "rescued" from puppy mills and they are so sick and weak...these would be the parents of the puppies this young entrepeneur would be selling on the internet.
Please make it right by putting an article up about rescue and puppymills.
I too was disgusted with teenagers money making scheme, and also with his mother for permitting and for People Magazine not showin some common sense as to where this kind of "business" will go.
While I applaud teenagers getting the "entrepreneurial spirit", going into the puppy mill business is not my idea of good business at all! The dogs certainly don't benefit...only people! Choose another business focus, PLEASE!
An artical such as this undermines the hard work that the rescue people do to save dogs from euthanasia.SPAY AND NEUTER . And adopt from your local shelter.
I BREED AND SHOW MINIATURE SCHNAUZERS, THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF MY DOGS ARE MOST IMPORTANT, ONLY THE BEST TEMPERMENTS AND QUALITY ARE SHOWN AND BRED PERIOD. I AM SURPRISED AT THE MAGAZINE FOR ENCORAGEING THE EXSISTING OF YET ANOTHER PUPPY MILL
BY TOUTING THIS YOUTH AS A BUDDING ENTREPRENEUR WHILE RELEGATING THSES DOGS TO A LIFE OF MISERY... THE BATTLE RAGES ON....
MORE EDUCATION IS NEEDED ESPECIALLY BY THE PROMOTERS OF THESE ARTICLES.
My stomach was in a knot when I read about your Teen Titan and what you have promoted here, there are organizations that are rescueing puppies and dogs all over as a result of this very kind of operation, shame on you!
People should find a teen who is trying to help rescue unwanted animals and reduce the number of animals in shelters and do a story on that person. They are trying to help find a solution, not add to the growing problem.
This is very irresponsible of you.Now you need to run some horror stories on puppymills as seen from rescuers and talk about adoption of homeless pets.Senseless article,think before you write!
Careless journalism -- promoting puppymills when there are millions of wonderful dogs dying each year for lack of good homes. Far better to laud a teenager working for the good of rescue animals than a kid making money with carelessly bred dogs.
The puppies pictured in this person's website are of extremely poor quality and the size he claims in easily half the size the breed standard demands for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. The puppies appear spindly and frightened. This man is a broker of many breeds with only profit in mind, he is deceiving the public and it is horrifying to see this kind of person receive the free advertising in a widely read publication. When he is sued by the people he has misrepresented these puppies to, you will be liable as well for your unpaid recommendation. I assure you that I will include your behavior in the next issue of The Royal Spaniels, the publication on the King Charles. Michael Allen, editor, The Royal Spaniels
Promoting this young man's business is telling readers that brokering puppies is an ethical and praiseworthy career, which it is not. I am hoping he is just too young to know where the puppies come from, how they are raised, and how genetics and environment affect the life of a dog. However, his mother should very well know better and should be encouraging her son to help the pet industry, not give it a bad name. Their contract is totally worthless- they only honor the guarantee if the dog dies, but not if it has genetic diseases, such as dysplasia, PRA, or heart defects. It also requires the owner to give the dog specific vitamins for the life of the dog, or the contract is void. This contract is indicative of a common pet store, not a reputable breeder.
I am surprised that People Magazine would recognize a puppy miller as an entrepeneur. Please run an article about the horrible life conditions of dogs who come from puppy mills.
If, indeed, you are about "people", then share the light with those who deserve mention, i.e., the people who bust the puppymills and attempt to rehome them. Shame on you for promoting puppy mills, double shame for not portraying what they REALLY are!
As a dog rescuer, I know the plight of over 4.2 million dogs and cats that are annually euthanized nationally because of breeders/ puppymills. Your magazine has an opportunity and a moral obligation to be a champion of the under"dog" and publish an honest article with color photos of the deplorable conditions in puppymills/backyard breeders/ and the so-called "legitimate" breeders. State statistics! Help our companions!
I do not believe this should be taking place as there is no careful breeding in a situation like this and many bad things are bred into these dogs such as this The result sickly dogs sold and end up dieing or owners spending hundreds of dollars on vet bills.This magazine should not be printing this as it promotes this kind of thing.
Just go into any Petland store and see the puppies....it will make you cry. 4 puppies to a cage with hardly any room to move. This adorable creatures...born in cages with no room to move and then stuck in a store in the same condition. I cant believe that People magazine is okay with this issue....maybe we should lock some of the writers there in a small cage and see how they like it!
I find it highly irresponsible of People magazine to have touted this brokering of puppies as an admirable means of generating income. Subtle forms of animal abuse are perhaps more insidious than the more blatant ones. Please do some research befor you encourage the inhumane breeding practices of puppy brokers indescriminantly selling little lives to be shipped to unseen buyers.
It makes me sad that despite all of the news coverage and programs that have addressed issues like this, People magazine would still give credit to a 16 year old who obviously has no idea what kind of pain and suffering these animals will continue to endure because of his negligence.
The public needs to be informed about the problems with puppy mills. These people are in business because we buy puppies from them. If we start studying breeders and select a suitable one, these puppy mills will go out of business. Buying from a puppy mill is like calling a car dealer and saying "Send me the cheapest thing you have". Would you do that without knowing first what you were getting?
Puppymills are cruel and should be stopped. No one would buy an animal from a mill if they knew the real conditions these poor animals are living in. They are kept in wire cages stacked 3 high and the waste from the top dog drops down onto the lower dogs. The dogs are bred starting at 6 months and are bred every time they go into heat from that point on. The females rarely live more then 3 or 4 yrs. They receive little or no health care, meaning that the puppies can be born with all sorts of problems that could have been prevented. Of the puppies born most never make it to a loving home, instead going to labs or ending up dumped in a pound when they are no longer cute enough to sell. And of the few that do make it to a home, many end up suffering from illnesses that are the rusult of horrible conditions they were bred in. People Magazine should do a story on what really happens in a puppymill.
This is NOT an example of responsible dog/animal breeding. This is more similar to an over-rated puppy mill. Is he improving the breed(s) he is selling? Is he improving, or even validating, the health of these puppies? Is he buying them from responsible breeders? There is just too much wrong with this issue to even put it into words in this little comment section. People magazine should stick to what it implies it is about..."PEOPLE", not animals.
Please heed the advice given to you and run an article about the horrors of puppymills. I am amazed at the lack of research various media outlets are performing when it comes to animal issues. Promoting toy sized dogs like Paris Hilton's Tinker Bell as an accessory and now praising a dog broker! These are living, breathing things - not stuffed animals or dolls.
I am very disappointed by the article in PEOPLE about this young 'entrepreneur'. This young man is nothing but a broker for puppy mills. Have any of you seen the condition of the dogs at a puppy mill. Maybe that should be the next story run in your magazine. It is heartbreaking what these animals go through.
Please show the other darker side of this kind of "merchant". The dogs in misery in puppy mills across the U.S. I deal with those broken down moms & dads after they have been breed almost to death.
