Oprah's on

I thought I wasn't going to cry, and then I watched that poor hound dog get put to sleep, and I lost it. At least the word is getting out now.

I was hanging in there too, till they showed the euthanasia segment...I lost it. They are hitting on some great topics...the puppy mills, overcrowding in shelters and the need for spaying and neutering your animals. I think this is going to be a really good thing...okay she's back on.

Mom too because that poor soul had an eye patch like me & Roo...

This is so sad. I don't get how people can just do that to these animals. Putting those poor dogs through that. My mom had a point, about how much money they are making and it looks like they can take better care of those dogs.

Mom has a head ache from crying so much.

our Mom has heartache

Our Mom does too. Mom was SOBBING. We hate it when she does that. We got all up in her face and gave her LOTS of kisses. Mom thought they did a pretty good job with the topics, but she wished that they had shown a few more puppy mills that are 10X worse than what they had shown. Like the one in Odon, IN. Where the shih tzu had its leg ate off by a pit bull in the next cage (not trying to say anything bad about pits.. strictly puppy mills... we have fostered pits and have a foster one right now). Plus I have seen puppy mills where the dogs are in nothing but mud, and they are walking all over the dead animals. One other thing is that I wish they had touched more on what we can do to get the laws changed. Education is GREAT, but we need to get these laws changed !! Maybe we can email her and have them do another segment. Mom has to go lay down now because her head is throbbing. PS - if anyone taped it, she would love to get a copy (if she can do that ???). Maybe she can get it through Oprah.com ???).

I'm glad that Oprah finally did this. I know people in rescue have been asking for several years for her to do a story on just this issue. I think it will change many minds (as most of her work does). Let's keep our fingers crossed that it starts the wheels of change moving a bit quicker.

There are some laws, but not enough. And you also have to find both the problem and the person responsible. The laws are slowly increasing along with prosecution, but we still have a ways to go. And even if you do get a conviction often the punishments aren't that strict on their own, you may have to also convict someone of another charge as well.

I lost it on the euthanasia part, too. So very sad.

that one dog looked like my girls with an eye patch -- a large Ojo. Logically, I can wrap my brain around what happens but watching it... it's like a human laying in a coffin knowing what takes place. Some images are just burned forever in your brain.... here's another

I didn't watch the euthenasia part, luckily I had to go pick my car up. Several years ago I watched an online video of a lovely golden retriever/mix puppy being put to sleep. That is definitely an image burned in my mind. Not to mention I work with a gal who used to work for a shelter and euthanized animals as part of her job. She says you have to love them enough to euthanize them and I absolutely do not agree. These are healthy animals that just haven't found a loving home yet. We have to love them enough to stop the overpopulation through preventative methods, not through killing. She also tells a story of one dog that survived the euthanasia somehow and popped its head up in the truck. Those around us thought for sure that dog would be spared, but no, they took it back in and killed it.