Just how many?

[jaymac]

 First of all, I think Many Tears is doing a fabulous job but I wonder just how many cockers they rehome each year and how many poor dogs are still on puppy farms and how many pups they are producing each year. I often see pups on ***** from Ceridigion(?) and wonder if that's where the many Tears dogs originate.

[Nicola]

There's no way of knowing for sure how many dogs are being kept on puppy farms as breeding machines, there's little or no regulation or control of this vile industry   The dogs are kept locked away in sheds and barns, in the case of smaller breeds often packed into stacked up crates so they can fit in as many as they can. Undoubtedly they produce thousands of puppies every year (not just Cockers obviously). The dogs you see on the likes of the Many Tears site etc. are really the lucky minority - they've got out - many, many more never do.

[bracken]

It is truly heartbreaking what young dogs have to cope with in our country of 'animal lovers' 

Why can't our government do more to wipe out this vile industry? We need a dedicated team to get inside the industry and start making headway.

I just don't understand how any human being can watch animals suffer 

[LindyLou]

I count about 12 cockers up for rehoming from Many Tears in the last 3 to 4 days!

Do Many Tears approach puppy farmers and offer to take them away?

[johndoran]

This makes me so angry. I cant believe that the various organisations who could do something about this ,don't. When the RSPCA can prosecute a farmer for not having an electric light bulb in his cow shed but can let this cruel and inhuman trade thrive then all hope is lost in this so called land of animal lovers. 

[Lily Freya]

I can't even conceive of the idea of anyone treating an animal inhumanely.......I could never work for the RSPCA or similar organisations...........I would be up for assault at the least, or even murder of the people who do harm or mistreat animals.   

[HeatherandBenjy]

I count about 12 cockers up for rehoming from Many Tears in the last 3 to 4 days!

Do Many Tears approach puppy farmers and offer to take them away?

I don't know whether they approach them, but from what I know of puppy farming, by offering rescue spaces she is saving these dogs from an otherwise horrible end. 

[HeatherandBenjy]

And in response to the original question, like Nicola said, no-one knows.

I know that the puppy farm that Fizz came from was hell on earth.  Fizz was one of four cockers handed over that day, (Crazy Cocker Gang's Flynn was another) there have since been more and other breeds as well. I will never forget the state that Fizz arrived in or the smell for as long as I live. 

[Shelley2007]

Ive just been on the many tears site and OMG its unbelievable how many gorgeous Cockers there are . I want them all and soooo would- if only we had the room. 

[grracee]

Ive just been on the many tears site and OMG its unbelievable how many gorgeous Cockers there are . I want them all and soooo would- if only we had the room. 

Me too, i've been very tempted by all the beautiful cockers that have been on there the last couple of days!

[minimoo]

 i live in Aberystwyth in Ceredigion,its quite a big county , just over an hour from MT , alot of the welsh puppy farms are closer to Many Tears, though they will drive for hours to pick up some of these dogs, as far as i know they will pick a dog up from anywhere if its in danger. Please remember there are also puppy farms in England, and alot of huge commercial breeders who are just as bad IMHO , as Nicola says no one knows as you dont get to see these poor dogs, but i expect its much worse than we think

[Eve]

MOst of the blame is with the Kennel Club. They accept the registration of all the puppies, never query the number of litters. Perhaps they should have a limit to the number of litters each bitch is allowed to have. They already have the technology in place, I wouldn't imagine it would be that difficult to check this.