A Missouri woman, enraged when the four-week old Chihuahua she had purchased from a Missouri breeder died, returned it. She made quite a statement, however, when she repeatedly smacked the breeder over the head with the dead pup.
What can we learn from this? Yes, she needs some Prozac in her cornflakes, undoubtedly, but there's a bigger lesson. The Show-Me state is notorious for puppy mills and I have little doubt this little fletcher, sadly removed from mom and litter mates three weeks too early, came from one such mill.
Here's the deal. Puppies need to stay in the litter until seven weeks of age. The litter is where pups learn proper pack behavior--pack hierarchy--which makes socializing them to avoid dog aggression much easier. From the article it appears the reporters did no background research to determine this breeder's history, but I can tell you in my experience with breeders, those who allow pups to go home prematurely are idiots and shouldn't be breeding feeder rats, let alone puppies.
Yes, I will say that thwacking the breeder over the head is a bit much, but there's two sides to every story. Unfortunately, the reporters who covered this only got one side. Isn't that often the case?
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According to a St. Louis newspaper yesterday, the woman accused of smacking a dog breeder over the head with her dead Chihuahua puppy was found guilty of misdemeanor assault and trespassing.
Lisa Hopfer, 34, faces up to 18 months in jail and a $1,500 fine.
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