遇见Our ‘Dog of the Day’ 雏菊

幼犬营救

今天’s 今日之狗 is 雏菊, a rescued Pomeranian and Chihuahua mix. We spoke with owner, Heather about adopting a rescue, puppy mills and how much 雏菊 loves her forever home.

黛西与她的妹妹一起被救出，当时他们只有7-8个月大，当时是一家小狗磨坊。她注定要在俄亥俄州的小狗磨坊里当繁殖犬。幸运的是，大约4至5年前，有关幼犬磨的法律有所变化。为了应对这些变化，一些较小的小狗磨坊最终与当地救援组织一起丢弃了一些狗。

幼犬场是不人道的繁殖设施，其重点是利润而不是狗的福祉。对狗及其所产幼犬的健康和幸福几乎没有任何关注。雌性“繁殖”犬应尽可能频繁地繁殖以产生利润，一旦不再繁殖就被销毁或丢弃。他们的幼犬过早地被带走，这可能导致疾病和社会化问题的增加。

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那’s when Heather met 雏菊. She was adopted from 免费成为我的救援 在纽约州奥尔巴尼地区。在板条箱中生活了8个月后，黛西害怕一切，于是做了’不想去外面上厕所。她需要很大的耐心和理解力才能克服恐惧。但是希瑟’的理解和爱得到了回报。现在，她喜欢去当地的狗公园追网球，在阿地伦达山脉（Adirondacks）远足和与朋友一起跑来跑去。希瑟（Heather）将黛西带回救援小组’偶尔会有收养事件，但从未碰到姐姐。

Heather says 雏菊 seems more Pomeranian, since she loves the snow and playing fetch. But her Chihuahua characteristic does come out sometimes in her attitude that makes her growl at very big dogs at the dog park who invade her personal space.

营救狗

黛西不是’t Heather’的第一只救援犬。他们的第一只狗托比（Toby）在被发现为流浪狗后从同一个救援小组领养。他不幸地患上了肺癌，并在不到一年的时间里越过了彩虹桥。希瑟解释“看着他从害怕的迷路中成长为幸福的家庭成员的喜悦使我确信救助是一次了不起的经历”.

雏菊’s transformation is similar. The once frightened dog destined for a horrible life is now confident and happy with her forever family.  Daisy lives with two cat siblings that were also adopted from a rescue group as kittens. Although the family has been thinking of adopting a second 救援犬 since the cats are not that interested in playing with 雏菊.

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