Puppy Farm Survivor of the Month

In recognition of those brave survivors of puppy farming pooch Dog Spa with C.A.R.I.A.D are offering a free Makeover grooming treatment each month to pamper those that did not have a great start in life.

To enter please send a picture of your puppy farm survivor to [email protected] and tell us a little about your brave pooch.

Please send us your pooch’s entry by the 20th of each month. Submissions from previous months will automatically be included in the current months promotion.

Winners will be announced on the C.A.R.I.A.D and pooch Dog Spa Facebook pages.

So start sending us your photos now, and please do check out the great work done by C.A.R.I.A.D to see how you can help end puppy farming in the UK.

C.A.R.I.A.D & Their work

Care And Respect Includes All Dogs

The battery farming of dogs is a cruel and abusive industry. It is known as ‘puppy farming’ but that expression does little to describe the true horrors that lie behind the doors of barns, sheds, caravans, and any number of inappropriate buildings across Wales and the UK. Those who perpetuate this vile trade argue that it is a viable form of farm diversity. It isn’t. The people who farm dogs in this way know nothing about dogs and in the words of one farmer they see them as just like any other crop. They also refer to their captives as ‘livestock’. They aren’t. They are domestic companion animals who are afforded less respect than the sheep, cattle or pigs on those same farms.

Pet shops may claim to buy their puppies from breeders licensed by Local Authorities and Councils. But these licences are NOT indicators of satisfactory welfare standards for breeding dogs kept in captivity because Local Authorities and Councils tell us time and again they DO NOT have the time, money or staff to enforce even the five basic freedoms of the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 95% OF THESE BREEDING PRISONERS DON’T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE. If you’ve had the privilege of providing a home for a rescued ex breeding bitch or stud dog, you will know how heartbreaking it is to see them discover grass for the first time. To experience sunshine. To have a warm, clean bed and fresh water. And most of all, to experience human compassion, companionship and affection. Watching a dog learning how to be a dog when half of his or her life has been spent living in filth and fear is something you never forget. Sadly for thousands and thousands of breeding dogs in the UK, they will never have this opportunity. These are the dogs that will never have a name.

Behind the 28 strong C.A.R.I.A.D. Coalition is a team of dedicated volunteers who have witnessed first-hand the horrors of battery farmed dogs and puppies. What unites them is a passion and determination to bring about change through awareness, education and lobbying to end the suffering of dogs held in battery farm captivity. C.A.R.I.A.D. promotes the adoption and rehoming of the nation’s rescue dog population over the unethical purchase of puppies from pet shops, on the internet or from other dubious sources – the majority of which are trafficked from Welsh puppy farms.

Organisations have been campaigning against puppy farming, or what we now more accurately refer to as the battery farming of dogs, for 25 years. And yet today, there are more large-scale commercial battery farms than ever. So you can see why there is still so much work for us to do in terms of education and awareness, as well as lobbying Local Authorities, the Welsh Government and No. 10.

Please support their work by spreading their message. Further information can be found on the C.A.R.I.A.D website.