This is what I have planned, in no order of preference, but I'll probably start with designer dogs.
shelters misidentifying dogs and pushing off pit mixes as something else
designer dogs
sled dog industry
BSL/breed bias
poorly bred purebreds
Feel free to put specific breeders in the comments that you'd like me to showcase, ala FHOTD. I have one "breeder" I'm working on, as soon as I can stop heaving over it.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Ellen fiasco
A quick post on the Ellen DeGeneres fiasco.
Ellen was wrong to give the dog to someone else because of the contract that she stated she didn't read.
The rescue was wrong for many things. They didn't make her sign paperwork, apparently, didn't do a home check, didn't alter the dog prior to adoption (which is illegal in California, I believe). They also didn't handle the relinquishment of the dog well. There was some sort of weird standoff in the yard of the hairstylist, which can be seen here.
I can't comment on what the video says because it's not captioned. The rescue owner, Marina Baktis, owns Paw Boutique in Pasadena. I have no idea what kind of pet store that is, they have blocked their website. The Internet Archive let me down as well.
Ellen paid 600 bucks to adopt this mix (which I suspect came from a miller or pet store directly, you don't find that many Brussels Griffon mixes running around, and this one was just 4 months old. Perfect age to be dumped for lack of sales from a pet store). She spent a total of 3 grand on the adoption and training. Holy hell is that some expensive obedience training! I honestly don't see how a few weeks of obedience training can run almost 2500 dollars. I bet she also didn't give the dog enough time to learn to be with the cats, from what I understand she only had the puppy couple weeks or three weeks, max.
In this situation, given how lax the rescue was with the rules when they adopted the dog to Ellen, they could have waited and did a home visit on the home the dog was placed in by Ellen, instead of creating the PR fiasco they did. I wonder how soon their store is going to fail as a result of all this.
Some new info: Apparently, Iggy was the second dog from Mutts and Moms that they returned because it didn't get along with their cats, both dogs were puppies. And Ellen has supposedly adopted four dogs since 03, returning them all except Iggy. She really can't claim ignorance of the issue. I have some more info to add later.
Ellen was wrong to give the dog to someone else because of the contract that she stated she didn't read.
The rescue was wrong for many things. They didn't make her sign paperwork, apparently, didn't do a home check, didn't alter the dog prior to adoption (which is illegal in California, I believe). They also didn't handle the relinquishment of the dog well. There was some sort of weird standoff in the yard of the hairstylist, which can be seen here.
I can't comment on what the video says because it's not captioned. The rescue owner, Marina Baktis, owns Paw Boutique in Pasadena. I have no idea what kind of pet store that is, they have blocked their website. The Internet Archive let me down as well.
Ellen paid 600 bucks to adopt this mix (which I suspect came from a miller or pet store directly, you don't find that many Brussels Griffon mixes running around, and this one was just 4 months old. Perfect age to be dumped for lack of sales from a pet store). She spent a total of 3 grand on the adoption and training. Holy hell is that some expensive obedience training! I honestly don't see how a few weeks of obedience training can run almost 2500 dollars. I bet she also didn't give the dog enough time to learn to be with the cats, from what I understand she only had the puppy couple weeks or three weeks, max.
In this situation, given how lax the rescue was with the rules when they adopted the dog to Ellen, they could have waited and did a home visit on the home the dog was placed in by Ellen, instead of creating the PR fiasco they did. I wonder how soon their store is going to fail as a result of all this.
Some new info: Apparently, Iggy was the second dog from Mutts and Moms that they returned because it didn't get along with their cats, both dogs were puppies. And Ellen has supposedly adopted four dogs since 03, returning them all except Iggy. She really can't claim ignorance of the issue. I have some more info to add later.
Monday, October 15, 2007
ah, life
Car accidents, punctured lungs, 6 blood tranfusions, defibrillations took up my time the last couple of weeks. Not me, a close relative.
I'm working on all the bad registries I can find. There are probably more than I can ever list, however. Generally, none of these have any guarantee that your pet is actually a purebred. They may have shows, offer pedigrees, etc but they do not track anything and go simply based on what the owners say. They are most often used with puppymillers and BYBers, because it gives a false sense of legitimacy. It's also cheaper than AKC, especially now with AKC rules requiring DNA testing on animals that have been bred a certain amount of times. The AKC also randomly visits breeders, especially large scale, and does DNA tests, which have resulted in many of them being dumped from AKC membership. Not a single one of the bad registries do that.
American Canine Association It says it tracks veterinary health, but no where on the page does it allow for searches on health status, unlike OFA. However, it's the only registry endorsed by Petland, which says a lot.
America's Pet Registry, Inc. This is the old site. The new one is a work in progress. It was founded by retailers of pets (commercial breeders and resellers) and is "dedicated to the preservation of the professional pet industry", as the site said in at least one incarnation. You can buy a pup through them, and have no recourse if the seller doesn't want you to have contact information on them.
American Purebred Registry Registers any dog or cat, no proof of purebred status
Animal Registry Unlimited They register all animals, encourages cross breeding. Discounts for bulk registrations.
Continental Kennel Club The biggest crap kennel club out there. In it's early days, they accepted photos of animals that were not dogs as dogs. It accepts fake breeds, like like Mi-Ki, as a purebred. Gives discounts for bulk registration, registers dogs not recognized by other registries
Dog Registry of America, Inc. Just another registration that registers anything, even if you have no registration papers. If you want to create "new blood lines", which they mean to be if you want to create a labrapekadoodleuggle, you can. A selling point is that they don't and won't ever require DNA.
Federation of International Canines NOT to be confused with Fédération Cynologique Internationale. This site also accepts registration based on a person's oath that the dog is what they say it is. It caters to commercial breeders, offering a discount if you register a shitload of dogs at a time.
International Kennel Club is simply a pet shop that sells puppies. Their sister store is here.
National Canine Association Slightly better rules than the others, but accepts dogs as purebreds from scam registries. The "slightly better" seems to come through as requiring rescues to be altered. It allows "breeds" like the Mini Pei, aka Miniature Shar-Pei, which isn't a breed, any more than Miniature Aussies are.
National Kennel Club You just need a vet or an NKC official to look at your dog and voila! It's a purebred and gets full status. The AKC has something similar, you send in a few pictures of your dog when applying for ILP. But your dog does not get full status. It has to be altered. Any dog with an ILP can't be shown for conformation. It may participate in obedience, agility, that sort of thing.
North American Purebred Dog Registry I'm just putting quotes in from their Foundation Stock page, which sums up the crappiness of this registry. First section,
Purebred Canine International Registry Service has become APRI. APRI has swallowed a few other registries to become the monstrosity it is.
United All Breed Registry It has a lot of things supporting "pet professionals", which is another term for commercial breeders. They run this Gold Label Pets program, which is apparently supported by the USDA (not necessarily monetarily). It certifies breeding facilities. The only breeders that have facilities are large scale breeders, which are commercial breeders.
United States Department of Agriculture Only has large scale, commercial breeders that must register in the US to carry out their business. It gave a lot of money to the Hunte Corporation, probably the biggest millers in the US. More on this in another post.
Universal Kennel Club International Caters to commercial breeders, has no code of ethics and is proud of that. It doesn't like to penalize anyone and has only kicked out five members in over 65 years of existence, registers mixed breeds for breeding purposes.
World Kennel Club Registers all dogs that are purebred, which don't have to be registered with any other kennel club coupled with not having to even know the name of the sire or dam.
World Wide Kennel Club Registers any dog recognized by any other registry, as well as any purebred, new breed, or rare breed. New breed is just a euphemism for things like labradoodle, puggle, boggle, etc.
I'm working on all the bad registries I can find. There are probably more than I can ever list, however. Generally, none of these have any guarantee that your pet is actually a purebred. They may have shows, offer pedigrees, etc but they do not track anything and go simply based on what the owners say. They are most often used with puppymillers and BYBers, because it gives a false sense of legitimacy. It's also cheaper than AKC, especially now with AKC rules requiring DNA testing on animals that have been bred a certain amount of times. The AKC also randomly visits breeders, especially large scale, and does DNA tests, which have resulted in many of them being dumped from AKC membership. Not a single one of the bad registries do that.
American Canine Association It says it tracks veterinary health, but no where on the page does it allow for searches on health status, unlike OFA. However, it's the only registry endorsed by Petland, which says a lot.
America's Pet Registry, Inc. This is the old site. The new one is a work in progress. It was founded by retailers of pets (commercial breeders and resellers) and is "dedicated to the preservation of the professional pet industry", as the site said in at least one incarnation. You can buy a pup through them, and have no recourse if the seller doesn't want you to have contact information on them.
American Purebred Registry Registers any dog or cat, no proof of purebred status
Animal Registry Unlimited They register all animals, encourages cross breeding. Discounts for bulk registrations.
Continental Kennel Club The biggest crap kennel club out there. In it's early days, they accepted photos of animals that were not dogs as dogs. It accepts fake breeds, like like Mi-Ki, as a purebred. Gives discounts for bulk registration, registers dogs not recognized by other registries
Dog Registry of America, Inc. Just another registration that registers anything, even if you have no registration papers. If you want to create "new blood lines", which they mean to be if you want to create a labrapekadoodleuggle, you can. A selling point is that they don't and won't ever require DNA.
Federation of International Canines NOT to be confused with Fédération Cynologique Internationale. This site also accepts registration based on a person's oath that the dog is what they say it is. It caters to commercial breeders, offering a discount if you register a shitload of dogs at a time.
International Kennel Club is simply a pet shop that sells puppies. Their sister store is here.
National Canine Association Slightly better rules than the others, but accepts dogs as purebreds from scam registries. The "slightly better" seems to come through as requiring rescues to be altered. It allows "breeds" like the Mini Pei, aka Miniature Shar-Pei, which isn't a breed, any more than Miniature Aussies are.
National Kennel Club You just need a vet or an NKC official to look at your dog and voila! It's a purebred and gets full status. The AKC has something similar, you send in a few pictures of your dog when applying for ILP. But your dog does not get full status. It has to be altered. Any dog with an ILP can't be shown for conformation. It may participate in obedience, agility, that sort of thing.
North American Purebred Dog Registry I'm just putting quotes in from their Foundation Stock page, which sums up the crappiness of this registry. First section,
Domestic canines of unknown ancestry that are used in the development of a breed shall be permitted for registration purposes within the Foundation Registry only. Non-domestic canines , pure species or non-domestic x non-domestic hybrids are considered non-domestic and are to be registered in IPDBA's affiliate for non-domestic canines, the International Progressive Exotic Breeders' Alliance (IPEBA), Canine Division.Non-domestic canines? That means they are allowing wolf hybrids and coyote hybrids. Even worse,
Progeny of crosses between domestic and non-domestic canines shall be accepted for General Registration as a domestic dog.Anyone who has owned a wolf hybrid knows that they are anything but a domestic dog and have major issues living with people.
Purebred Canine International Registry Service has become APRI. APRI has swallowed a few other registries to become the monstrosity it is.
United All Breed Registry It has a lot of things supporting "pet professionals", which is another term for commercial breeders. They run this Gold Label Pets program, which is apparently supported by the USDA (not necessarily monetarily). It certifies breeding facilities. The only breeders that have facilities are large scale breeders, which are commercial breeders.
United States Department of Agriculture Only has large scale, commercial breeders that must register in the US to carry out their business. It gave a lot of money to the Hunte Corporation, probably the biggest millers in the US. More on this in another post.
Universal Kennel Club International Caters to commercial breeders, has no code of ethics and is proud of that. It doesn't like to penalize anyone and has only kicked out five members in over 65 years of existence, registers mixed breeds for breeding purposes.
World Kennel Club Registers all dogs that are purebred, which don't have to be registered with any other kennel club coupled with not having to even know the name of the sire or dam.
World Wide Kennel Club Registers any dog recognized by any other registry, as well as any purebred, new breed, or rare breed. New breed is just a euphemism for things like labradoodle, puggle, boggle, etc.
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