Peripherally, you may know purebred dogs are sold at auction. You may not know these dogs are bred as though they are livestock, a cash crop, well...except livestock are treated better than the dogs. Cattle are bred to live about 2 years then they are slaughtered for food. Commercial dogs are sold through pet stores to homes who expect them to live long lives as companion pets. Instead, many casually, commerically bred dogs turn out to be genetic nightmares. You've heard the phrase "puppy mill." Millers are commercial breeders. Many are USDA licensed. Pet store puppies come from millers and the cottage industry.

The "cottage industry" breeds dogs for brokers. They whelp litters then give them to USDA licensed breeders who consign them to auction or send them to pet stores. Most people will never attend a dog auction. OEMTF tries to give you the "feel" of being there. Pictures tell the story. Study them. Look at the abrasions. Look at the ribs, hips, and backbones that stick out. Look at the hopeless body language and the skeketal bodies of Mastiffs who died from starvation.

These are MASTIFFS. Members of the ancient and noble breed referred to as the KINGS OF DOGDOM. The ARISTOCRATIC GUARDIANS. Please, look at these MASTIFFS. Weep for them. Cry for their sadness, their aloneness, their lack of human contact, in some cases their inability to even respond to kindness when belatedly offered. Mourn the poor individuals that could not be saved.

Two Mastiffs sold while pregnant were foreceably dragged onto the auction block they were so terrified. Some bitches are sold with their infant babies being dangled just out of reach over their heads. This shows the bidders the bitches are fertile. Can you just imagine for a moment the abject fear in the heart of that mother? Noises, chaos, strangers, and her babies out of reach just over her head??? Such a cruel scenario breaks the heart of a true breeder whose priority is the welfare of the animals.

Click on the years to view each saved dog.

 

2006

• Joe

• Casey

• Mannie

• Nat

2005

• Bar K's Sarah

• Wes' A Miss Princess

• Shazams Zealous Zoey

• Tara

• Tourmaline

• Augie

• Queen Ann

• Tawny

• Bobo

• Rags

• Gracy

• Big Buddy

2004

• Jan's Unique

• Jan's Elvis

• MB's Sky So High

• Jan's Strawberry

• Bosco

• Slash

• Princess

• Sasha

• Belle

2003

• Sir Brutus of Goliath

• Nichols Harry Jessica

• K&J Daisy Duke

• K&J Ginger

• K&J Elly May

• K&J Brandy

• Shyanne of Stonehaven

• Walker's Sebastian Tenbears

• Nelson's Sweet Sadie

• Nikki

• Yogi Leigh of H and D

• Ace's Stroker

• Mooneyham's Phoebe

• Cotton Hills Farm Brutus

• Justin's Dusty Girl

2002

• Bess

• Hercules

• KK's Red Sonya

• Upton's Madame Jenny Lynn

• Jessica's Shirley

• Mia

• Sagi's Act of Kindness

• Henners Sandy

• Manchester England

• Heidi Jo

• Mitzi

• Hugh

• Louise

• Sunny

• Caney Creek's Dottie

• Andrada's Apricot Diamond

• Whitehead's Marsha Honeybaby

• Little LuLu

• Dynamite Dixie Crystal

• Baw Booz Brandy

2001

• Tasha

• Dot's Miss Scarlet

• Dot's Sible

• Dot's Miranda

• Dot's Miss Maudie

• Tinsley's Mykinda Ausome

• Hardtime's Dekota's Giant

• Dot's Miss Sage

• Lu-Del's Golden McArthur III

• Buckskin Manor's My Buddy

2000

• Sadie & Two Puppies

• Sages Infinity Lionheart

• Big Ken

• Copenhaver's Little Abbie

• Copenhaver Ashley

• Dowell's Duchess

• Missouri Auction Report (May 27th)

Pre-2000

• The St. Louis Starved Five

• The Chillicothe Five

• Babe's Story