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A compelling true story of one dog's rescue from a Pennsylvania puppy mill

This touching narrative uses the poignant makeover of Gracie, a sickly Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to tell the story of America's hidden puppy mills-commercial kennels that breed dogs in horrific living conditions and churn out often-diseased and emotionally damaged puppies for sale.

Saving Gracie chronicles how one little dog is transformed from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing puppies into a loving, healthy member of her new family; and how her owner, Linda Jackson, is changed from a person who barely tolerated dogs to a woman passionately determined not only to save Gracie's life, but also to get the word out about the millions of American puppy mill dogs who need our help.

A touching story of survival and redemption
Written by award-winning journalist Carol Bradley
Newsworthy issues call animal lovers to action

Join journalist Carol Bradley as she draws back the curtain on the world of illegal puppy production in Saving Gracie.
Preface.

1 Caged for Life.

2 "Check Out That Place".

3 A Breeder’s Rise and Fall.

4 Orchestrating the Raid.

5 Filth and Fear.

6 Sorting the Dogs.

7 A Safe Place for Dog 132.

8 The Case Goes to Court.

9 Proving Cruelty.

10 The Breeder Appeals.

11 The Soft, Cool Feel of Grass.

12 Deciding on a Dog.

13 Overwhelmed.

14 Too Scared to Play.

15 Learning to Trust.

16 Tackling the Puppy Mills.

17 A Bond Develops.

18 The Crackdown Begins.

19 Elsewhere, Suffering.

20 Two Lives Changed.

Epilogue.

Acknowledgments.

Appendix: Finding the Right Dog.

Notes.

Photo Credits.

Index.

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Breeds

Pets

Pennsylvania

Dogs

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	12 octobre 2010
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781118019351
Langue	English

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Caged for Life
Chapter 2: “Check Out That Place”
Chapter 3: A Breeder’s Rise and Fall
Chapter 4: Orchestrating the Raid
Chapter 5: Filth and Fear
Chapter 6: Sorting the Dogs
Chapter 7: A Safe Place for Dog 132
Chapter 8: The Case Goes to Court
Chapter 9: Proving Cruelty
Chapter 10: The Breeder Appeals
Chapter 11: The Soft, Cool Feel of Grass
Chapter 12: Deciding on a Dog
Chapter 13: Overwhelmed
Chapter 14: Too Scared to Play
Chapter 15: Learning to Trust
Chapter 16: Tackling the Puppy Mills
Chapter 17: A Bond Develops
Chapter 18: The Crackdown Begins
Chapter 19: Elsewhere, Suffering
Chapter 20: Two Lives Changed
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Finding the Right Dog
Notes
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Saving Gracie
How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills
Carol Bradley

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For Steve,and for Sadie, Delta, Bosco, Chachi, and Jillie,who taught me that all dogs matter.

Preface
The north side of Great Falls, Montana, where I live, is ideal for dog-walking. Craftsman bungalows and 1940s-era houses line the residential streets, and the sidewalks are shaded by towering ash and elm trees. I head out each morning with Chachi, my Husky-Golden mix; my Border Collie, Jillie; and a pocketful of treats to dole out to canine friends along the way. Among the dogs we stop to visit are Bear, a shaggy German Shepherd with kind blue eyes; Jocko, a red-haired mutt who waits eagerly for his prize; and Cody, an Akita whose enormous nose peeks out from under a vinyl fence, quietly passing the time until a biscuit skitters her way.
Every now and then, on a less familiar block, I stumble across a dog confined to a small run, excrement piling up inside, obviously ignored by its family. These animals usually sit too far back from the street to toss a treat to—they would set off an alarming racket if I tried—yet I can see the yearning in their eyes as my own dogs trot by. The sight of a lonely, cooped-up dog is distressing. But then I remind myself that even these dogs live like kings compared to dogs confined in puppy mills.
It’s one of America’s most shameful secrets: the hidden world of substandard kennels, where dogs are caged like chickens and forced to produce puppies over and over, until they can produce no more. For all the attention we bestow upon man’s best friend, all the designer collars we fasten around their necks, the doggy day care programs we enroll them in, and the organic wheat-free premium biscuits we feed them, you’d think we would be more curious about where dogs come from—that we’d be more knowledgeable about the bad breeders in our midst and more willing to blow the whistle on them.
In fact, many people are incensed. Do an Internet search on the phrase “puppy mills” and up pop 1.5 million results. Despite the plethora of information, I am continually surprised at how many of my friends and acquaintances haven’t a clue that hundreds of thousands of companion animals in this country are living out their lives in barbaric conditions.
I didn’t know puppy mills existed either until the fall of 2002, when Collie breeder Athena Lethcoe-Harman and her husband, Jon, tried to relocate their kennel from Alaska to Arizona. To make the 2,240-mile journey, the couple crammed 180 Collies into a tractor trailer, in cages stacked three high, and hit the road without stopping for food or water. By the time their rig crossed into Montana from Canada late on Halloween night, the dogs were wet, shivering, hungry, and yelping loudly enough to alert the customs inspector. He, in turn, contacted law enforcers for rural Toole County. Sheriff Donna Matoon could have taken the easy way out and let the Harmans pass through. Instead, she did the right thing: She ordered a deputy to arrest the couple and charge them with multiple counts of animal cruelty.
The case dragged on for nine months. For much of that time, residents of Shelby, Montana, were left to care for the dogs. They housed them in a barn at the local fairgrounds and devised a complicated schedule for feeding them, walking them, and working to dismantle their fear of human beings. As autumn turned to winter and then to spring, the workload required to operate “Camp Collie” was nothing short of staggering.
It took two trials to convict the Harmans and free the dogs up for adoption. Before the trials were over, dozens of animal lovers from Florida to California flew in to donate their time on the Collies’ behalf. When Shelby-area residents became overwhelmed with the task, the dogs were moved to Great Falls, where another army of generous souls stepped forward to do their part.
I covered the case for the Great Falls Tribune , and it opened my eyes to the widespread existence of puppy mills and to the cost, both in real dollars and in human effort, required to salvage their victims. Years later, I still see survivors of Camp Collie around town. Adopted by loving families, most of these beautiful dogs have overcome their past abuse, but some never will forget. They are so scarred by their experience that they still hide in a corner or flinch at the sight of a belt.
I began to track puppy mill busts in other communities across the United States, places where animal shelters and volunteers suddenly find themselves caring for 50, 100, 300 dogs. The problem, I realized, was immense—a national disgrace. That’s when the idea for this book began to take shape.
Pennsylvania isn’t the worst puppy mill state, but it is home to a large number of dog breeders as well as a cluster of activists—veteran investigator Bob Baker, consumer advocate Libby Williams, vocal opponent Bill Smith, and even Governor Ed Rendell among them—who are determined to clamp down on the bad operators. The influences at work there created a perfect storm of events needed to tell this story.
It is in Pennsylvania, too, that I found Gracie, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel whose breed was developed to be companion dogs but who instead seemed destined to spend her life in a cage. Saving Gracie traces this resilient dog’s journey out of a puppy mill and tells the stories of the people who helped her along the way: from Cheryl Shaw, the humane society police officer who raided her kennel; to Lori Finnegan, the prosecutor who took Gracie’s breeder to court; to Pam Bair, who cared for Gracie in a shelter; and finally to Linda Jackson, the woman who gave Gracie a permanent home. How Linda saved Gracie and Gracie, in turn, unlocked Linda’s