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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