I know some of You are from NY, I don't know if the news had traveled around, 
but did You all hear of a guy, I believe he lived somewhere between Rochester 
and Syracuse. In Amish country, I believe Romulus ( the town, not the planet 
to You Star Trek fans ) a Man Named Yoder was running a kennel ( I am not 
going to say puppy mill, but I understand there were over 300 dogs there at 
one time. ) His dogs came down with some kind of bacterial infection and he 
euthanized them via putting the dogs in a box and pumping in carbon monoxide 
from a gasoline motor. Yoder said he put them to sleep because of their 
health, and they did not suffer. He could not afford to take them all to the 
vet to be put down.

Now does anyone have an opinion on this. playing devils advocate, what was he 
going to do. 74 dogs to be put down, for those of us who have done it, that 
is a big expense for one dog. My newf cost me 200 dollars ( included taking 
care of the remains ) and my little pug cost 145, and that was 2 years ago. 
Did he really have a choice? Could he have done it in a better way? What do 
You think?

I Myself, know that a lot of amish farms are known for being puppy mills. I 
bought what became my first Pug about 12 years ago from a young amish woman, 
who is constantly being hassled as a puppy mill, but I swear when I went 
there I found her animals to be taken care of very well. She did not 
necessarily strike me as stable, but I won't go into that now. But her dogs 
were or seemed to be well taken care of. Barney did not turn out to be a real 
healthy dog, but a great dog temperment wise. He ad to be put to sleep at 
11 yrs old due to loss of use of his rear quarters. He was old for 11, due to 
other minor problems including low thyroid output etc. Anyways I digress, 
This Yoder, I don't care who You are, should not have 300 dogs. There is 
something funny there. I know he made money selling dogs, but do You need 300 
and how do You take care of 300 animals. How he put them to sleep kinda 
disgusts me, Yet I can see a person, with that many dogs, panicing if disease 
did hit so many and realizing  how much it would cost to take care of them. I 
personally think the fine he got 300.00 was rediculous. However I do believe 
he should not be allowed to have that many dogs in his possession. He 
obviously cannot afford to take care of them. What do You think?

Mike

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