Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 113 (Audio)

Meanwhile... Back at the Ranch... Episode 113 (Audio)

Rescuing these dogs from this "breeder" will be the subject of tonights podcast with a special guest appearance from Ricky Barnes. I share with you the details of trying to get these dogs from this woman, and I must tell you that trying to tell the story of these dogs and where they come from, and to try and protect the ability to maybe get more out of there caused me a great deal of stress.

You see as I discuss in the podcast it isn't as easy as just telling the story of the dogs, you have a choice... you tell the story and you piss off the person you are getting them from, and never will you be able to get any others out, or you try and soften the story, try and keep it a little more under wraps to hopefully succeed with getting more of the dogs that are in that hell hole.

I tried to be gentle, I tried to not infuriate her, I really did but it didn't work, you see once the condition of her dogs go up on the page, and the condition of their health, their skin, their ears, and of course Hyacinth dying from pyometra due to her neglect, and then the little pup Larkspur dying from having terrible nutrition and pneumonia.

BUT...she didn't see it that way, she saw it as me lying about her, she sees nothing wrong with the condition of her dogs, she thinks they are fat and healthy and clean.

I'm going to say right now that Ricky could smell the horridness of her house from outside, Ricky said its the worse smell he has ever smelled, and Ricky has seen some things. After I posted about the dogs she went on a rampage blowing up Ricky's phone with voicemails that we all lied and are judgmental about her and she would never work with us again..

Honey, I never lie, and I certainly didn't lie about you.

So we thought it would be best to just discuss the whole topic in ints entirety with all of the details in a podcast.

These dogs lived in hell in a 1,000 sq foot house with nothing but floor to ceiling cages that will knock you over from the yuck in there. Yes she said she was sick for a month in the hospital, yes her aunt died that lived next door and she had to take all of her dogs. BUT ....yes she has been doing this for years and years and years and nothing has ever changed..so the excuse of being sick is just that, an excuse.

It is disgusting, Ricky was livid and wanted to do anything possible to get more dogs out of there, that is why we offered to buy some from her, we succeeded, but we obviously struck a nerve with showing the public what dogs look like coming out of her care and her house..Wes always says shame is a powerful thing

I failed to tow the line between calling her out on every single filthy thing we saw, or trying to buffer her from that, and get more dogs. It makes me sad that I couldn't balance it because I know the dogs in there need out, but I also know that this lady is just one of thousands of other backyard breeders that are gross and have no business doing what they are doing.

Anyway we discuss it at length in tonights podcast but I wanted you to know the struggle this has been. Including the act that no laws are broken here, she would be seen as keeping a roof over their head, she fed them and that would be that..