Madonna of the Mills

This post caught my eye on Life with Dogs. It is an excerpt from a documentary about a woman who is saving puppy mill breeding dogs in Pennsylvania. It struck close to home since Daisy is a former puppy mill breeding dog herself.

All I can say is that it brought tears to my eyes. Knowing what Daisy was like when she first arrived, and how she is now, is nothing short of amazing to me. The tears are for what she went through and what she might have gone through if not for the kindness of a stranger. She is my Wonder Dog.

I am asking two things of you today.

One, watch this video. It won't make you as sad as it made me. (I'm closer to it than you probably are, but I hope it will touch you.)

Two, please don't buy a pet store puppy. You might think you are "rescuing" it, but in reality you are contributing to the blood, pain and abuse of its mother and encouraging it to continue. In truth, it is nothing more than a "blood puppy."