DS: It's people like this that make me wish dog breeding was regulated.?

I have a different thought going on than the answers you received already

Let me ask ..... I can understand her boarding her horse on the farm but can you explain as to why she has her dog living there as well?

If she knew that there were aggressive dogs on the property shouldn't she have known the dangers of leaving her dog on the farm to roam freely?

Did anyone actually witness the puppies attacking her dog? Or are they just assuming it was the puppies?

Being that this is a farm couldn't it be conceivable that a wild animal could have attacked and killed her dog?

Forgetting the fact that there is an irresponsible person breeding dogs with no supervision, I can't find a logical reason why anyone would leave their dog, also unsupervised, to roam freely.

Not only does the breeder seem irresponsible but wouldn't you agree that your friend was also being irresponsible to leave her dog under such conditions?

As for reporting the incident. Whom ever witnessed the attack should be the one reporting it to animal control. If however there were no witnesses you can't blame the other dogs as it could have been any number of wild animals that could have killed her dog.

I am sorry for her loss but I have to think logically as reporting and subsequently having the possibility of dogs being euthanized needs to be substantiated with facts and not assumptions.

His breeding dogs and leaving them at the farm certainly is not ideal and is not what most of us would do. However breeders like this have always been around and will always be somewhere.

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Well someone has their britches in a bunch....

I do know of farm dogs .. reread what I wrote .. thank you

What I was saying was, that if she knew there were aggressive dogs on the farm then her dog should not have been roaming free.

You did not write that there was no indication of them not being aggressive until after the death of her dog. However if dogs are left on property (whether or not it is a farm or not) with little to know interaction with people, the dogs will form a pack and act like wild animals. Knowing that information should have been a warning sign to keep a closer eye on her dog.

As for the dogs eating the dog which was killed...Again, without a witness you can not be sure that the dogs killed your friends dog. It could have been wild animals and then the dogs came across the body and were eating the remain of what a wild animal had left.

There was also no reason to be rude in your response...You asked for opinions, and that is what you received. There was absolutely nothing rude or condescending in what I wrote.

They need to be reported to the police RIGHT NOW. People like this make me angry as hell.

Yes I do. I know the ones in the newspaper. My Aunt is one. She breeds her Yorkshire Terriers for what can be called "fun", doesn't show or work or health test her dogs.

One day, I went to a BYB. My friend was looking for a dog so we decided to go over and see with him. He had fourteen dogs, half of them were Labs and the other half were Goldens, and two litters - and if we didn't like any puppy, he had more two litters coming. The dogs couldn't go away from the kitchen and were surrounded by the woman's daughter, who held the tiny puppies away from their mother and played with them. She was dead spoiled and we ended up knowing she was only breeding because her daughter liked puppies. She didn't even knew what health testing was.

I am not sure if I understand.

Your friend boards her horses at the same place this guys boards his dogs and his dogs attacked her dog? What were the dogs doing and who let them lose? Why were they allowed to be next to each other? Was it on their own property, at the boarding place or on her land? Are you sure these are true APBTs?

Sorry for the loss of the dog. BYBs really suck sometimes, however I am not sure if you can report him for being a puppy mill. If the dogs have a place to sleep, food and water and look up to health there is nothing that can be done about the breeder.

Dog breeding is regulated, but they can't go around looking for people all the time. It is your place to report him. Now that you know, you're obligated to do something to prevent a future disaster. Call Animal Control and file a report. It's really a simple process and it could prevent a lot harm in the future.

A guy that lives two houses away from me breeds border collies in his back garden. He's a really nice guy but I don't really agree with what he's doing. I prefer to stay out of other peoples business, though. I always see his poor gorgeous border collie's cooped up in a tiny shed in his garden when I'm out in my garden with my dogs. On the other hand though, he does use his dogs for sheep herding but apart from that they're stuck in that tiny shed.

Report these people! This is a puppymill and obviously they aren't taking full responsiblilty. You need to REPORT them!

Friend or not I would report her. I see cruelty like this on Animal Cops and it makes me want to jump through my television screen, strangle the pet owner and say "You know what? Why don't we tie you up in the backyard with no food or water, let you sleep in your own feces and urine and see how you like it?"

report the dogs to animal control.

nope

talk to them