Heartaches and Heros. The Tale of a Puppy Mill Mom...... My name is Sampson and I am 6 weeks old. I was born in a warm home and was delivered by kind, gentle hands. I am what they call a double dapple color dachshund so my sight is not that great and I can’t hear. I love to play and run. I am small but that doesn’t matter to me. But this story isn’t about me, it’s about my mom Scarlett……… Number seven was my mom’s number before she was given a real name. She is only three years old but all her life she lived in a cage. Never did she feel grass under her feet like I can. Never did anyone come just to hold her in their arms and show her simple kindness…… Every day I look at what I can see of my world around me. The wire under my feet hurts so I spend most of my time in my box where my babies are born. Sometimes if too many of us are in my cage I have to stay on the wire all day. I sit looking at what I can see of the world. Nothing changes except the weather. It is so hot sometimes. I wish I had some water to drink. My water bowl is dark and smells but it is all I have so I drink it. Sometimes we get food. It’s never enough to last long but it is better than nothing. My ribs are showing and again I will have babies. I think I will just sleep today. What are those noises? Who are these people? Where are they taking the others? I don’t want to go! Leave me alone! People are not kind. People only come to put others in my cage or take my babies away……. For three days now I have seen many people. I have cool water to drink and food. My place is now in this smaller cage but it is clean. They stuck me with something more than once and made me swallow awful tasting things but they haven’t hurt me. They talk to me a lot.The others are here too. Some of them are very afraid. They hide in their cages. Some bark wanting out and to go back where we were. I will watch this new world I see…. Where are they taking us now?? What is this you are putting us in? It is moving! What’s happening?!? All the time this day I hear their voices. They gave us water and a little food while this thing rocks back and forth. I am afraid and I can not see much in here. I will sleep while it moves…. Finally the moving has stopped. All day and much of the dark time it has kept us inside. Now I see more people. I am scared. Where are they taking us now?? This thing around me is warm…….. Number 7 on the paperwork has been named Scarlett. She is a tiny, timid red dapple girl we are guessing is pregnant like many of the others. She has been wrapped in a warm blanket and is going with her sister Ella to her foster home. Watching the sun rise today brings a few tears of joy from many of us knowing today will be the first day the puppy mill dogs will feel grass for the first time after having slept in a warm bed all night. Today will be the first day seeing the world without wire blocking their view. They will never have to drink slimy water or fight for food. Today their courage will be tested and they will fight forward. Everything is new. Everything is better…..but they do not know that yet. The sun feels warm on my fur. I know I like sitting out here while it shines on me. I like the feel of the green stuff on my feet. It doesnt hurt. I love the sweet smells around me. My belly is full and I am sleepy. I can see Ella not far from me. She is also enjoying the sun….. Scarlett delivered 9 puppies last night. One was still born and two are double dapples. One tiny boy is fighting for his life. He is half the size of the others but a fighter. She was bred for color alone. Well, they succeeded. She has many colored babies. Two may be blind and or deaf and one may die but they have color. Tonight I hate breeders. She is exhausted. She is so young and so many to care for..... She is a good mom. Nervous and flighty but she tries very hard to take care of all her babies. For two weeks now she has fed them, watched over them and kept them clean and safe. The tiny one is growing and still fighting. Today I have named him Sampson. He knows no fear. The larger pups can not keep him away from his meal source when he is hungry……… I know this is very simple but have you ever thought what the moms of that cute puppy in the window went through? That those pups are very lucky to have survived this long? This is just my thoughts on what I have seen these kids go through in the short time with us. They face new fears every day so bravely. Simple things like leaves can be scary having never seen then. A mailbox or skateboard, bicycle……..you get the idea. They are not objects just to look at or prizes to be had. They need love just like we do. They are one of the most loyal, devoted animals on this earth. Please return their loyalty and love. Help stop the cycle.......
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 01:04:21 +0000
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