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Some day my hope is that there will be no more puppy mills and only responsible breeders.  Until that day arrives there is a need to rescue the poor, abused souls that have been used to make a few bucks. Once these dogs can no longer produce enough puppies they are thrown out like trash.  Such is the case with the two girls you see below. We think they are from puppy mills. Both girls were found in rural areas of either Kansas or Oklahoma. The little red & white Miss Prissy was found with a prolapsed uterus and a dead puppy festering inside of her.  The beautiful tri-colored Mabel had her mammary tumors removed.  She had to have over 100 stitches! To see more pictures and read updates on their progress please click on the pictures below. 

“The Power of the Dog”
Rudyard Kipling

THERE is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
And when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.
Buy a pup and your money will buy
Love unflinching that cannot lie—
Perfect passion and worship fed
By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Nevertheless it is hardly fair
To risk your heart for a dog to tear.
When the fourteen years which Nature permits
Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits,
And the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
To lethal chambers or loaded guns,
Then you will find—it’s your own affair—
But . . . you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.
When the body that lived at your single will,
With its whimper of welcome, is stilled (how still!).
When the spirit that answered your every mood
Is gone—wherever it goes—for good,
You will discover how much you care,
And will give your heart to a dog to tear.
We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way,
When it comes to burying Christian clay.
Our loves are not given, but only lent,
At compound interest of cent per cent.
Though it is not always the case, I believe,
That the longer we’ve kept ’em, the more do we grieve.
For, when debts are payable, right or wrong,
A short-time loan is as bad as a long—
So why in—Heaven (before we are there)
Should we give our hearts to a dog to tear?

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