Agreed how anyone could not agree is not realistic.

How could all that barking from 90+ dogs not drive you insane? I understand loving animals, but really...

What happened in this situation is minor compared to what goes on every day in the puppy mills. Today was extremely hot and we have over 100 puppy mills in this county where dogs and puppies are are living in horrible conditions. Owners do not care about these animals except how much they can make from the sale of the puppies. This women tried to help. She was not making money from these animals just trying to help them. Yes she got in over her head. Anyone wants to point fingers do it at the puppy mills that charge hundreds of dollars for a puppy and leave someone like the chow rescue to clean up their mess.

One of my sons has a wonderful, delightful chow and occasionally is called on by a Jersey rescue to foster a chow. Reputable chow breeders breed carefully for temperament. My son can spot a puppy mill chow a block away, because human socialization is the most important element with chow pups.

Families who buy a chow from a puppy mill because they saw Martha Stewart's are in for a very rude awakening, and those are the dogs that end up dumped with a chow rescue. My son has the patience of Job, and his dog is a mothering type of female, and his actions have spared at least two dogs from a death penalty, but it took him months. Others he has fostered have been mixes, but dogs with black tongues are immediately suspect with some animal control people who fear chows of any kind. It is very very sad.

I don't know this woman at all, but I know chows. And I saw the pictures of her dogs. This woman is a saint. Just an overwhelmed saint.

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