This week the Dog Whisperer goes undercover to get inside and expose the barbaric tactics employed by puppy mills. Cesar works with Last Chance for Animals operatives to spot-check several kennels in Los Angeles county.
Saving Lives
The team is able to negotiate with the owners of one of the kennels to rescue 11 dogs that were considered worthless by breeders. A few drops in the proverbial bucket of dogs in need of rescue. Entertainer Sharon Osbourne even adopts one of the rescued pups!
“When you bring a dog into your life, please do your homework and don’t buy a dog from a puppy mill. Visit a local shelter or rescue group instead.”
Cesar also gives the team (and viewers) advice about rehabilitating traumatized dogs from the moment they leave their prison cage.
“We are from two different points of rescuing,” Cesar says of LCA. “They do the physical rescue, I do the psychological rescue. So together it’s a team, it’s a good pack.”
The Mills In Action
Dogs bred at puppy mills can exhibit hyper or nervous behavior, act fearful, obsessive or aggressive. Cesar has seen this behavior frequently during his career, but he has never seen the factory-style breeding grounds and caged conditions that cause it.
For the first time, he’ll find out what it’s like inside the kennel facilities, how these dogs are living and who’s running the operations.
A Clip From Cesar’s Rescue Mission
Learn More
Be sure to visit the National Geographic channel to learn more about Cesar and his endeavors to help people and dogs understand each other. For more information about practices of some breeders take a look at facts about puppy mills.
Also please visit the Last Chance For Animals website to find out more about their work helping animals of all walks of life.
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