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Hi, I’m Marilyn Monrow! Thank you for visiting my website. I’d like to tell you a bit about myself. I’m only 5 years old, but I have a great story to tell. I was born into a puppy mill where I was so small that the owners looked at me and said “gold mine!” You see, tiny teacup dogs are, unfortunately, all the rage now. So, when the bad breeders get a hold of the really small dogs, like me, they keep them and breed them again and again and again, hoping to make more small dogs. So, when I turned 6 months old, they started to breed me. The problem was, because of my size I couldn’t carry the pups to term, and they always died in my tummy. A nice vet said that was probably good because I would have died giving birth. I’m only 3 pounds for goodness sake!

One day the bad breeder decided to cut my vocal chords with scissors, because I kept asking for attention. I didn’t make any noise after that. I was always such a good girl; I couldn’t understand why I deserved to have that done to me. Then my teeth started rotting because the food they occasionally threw into my cage for me was bad. I was never taken to the vet, so my mouth hurt very badly. I tried to bark for someone to help, but no noise came out! The metal cage I lived in was so dirty, I kept getting sick from that, too.

One day the bad man came to my cage and said, “You’re worthless, time for you to leave here.” I thought, “Wow, great! A new home where I might find love! Anything’s better than this!” He put me and a bunch of other dogs in a bag. It was so dark and scary. I guess he was going to do something bad to us, but a nice lady from a rescue group came and said she would take us all. Even though the man was going to do something bad to us, he made her pay him money to take us. He only cared about himself. But, after that day, my life changed forever………

I was adopted by Mommy. She took another little girl who had come from a puppy mill, too. That’s my sister now, Jackie-O. We are so happy in our new home. When Mommy took us, she made sure we couldn’t have puppies. Then, we had surgery on our mouths. I felt so good after that! Finally, no pain! Even though I don’t have teeth, I still eat whatever I want! My mommy has to feed me from a paper towel. I’m very, very scared of bowls because of something that happened to me before. I even went for training to be a therapy dog and sit with sick people. Everyone thinks I’m so cute and cuddly. They always ask about where I came from, which makes me the PERFECT spokes-pup against puppy mills! I just had another surgery and I’ll need more next year, but I know my mommy will take good care of me. She thinks I’m pretty special!

Oh, one more thing, PLEASE don’t ever buy dogs or puppies at a pet store or on the internet, they frequently come from bad places called “Puppy Mills”. When you buy these dogs, they breed the mommies again and again for more puppies. These puppies are not healthy… take me for example! I’ve already cost Mommy thousands of dollars! What you can do is go to the shelter or a rescue where you can literally save a life by adopting from them! Or, do your research and ask your vet to help you find a reputable breeder, where dogs are well cared for, healthy, properly socialized, and raised in the home as the family pets they are meant to be. Please take a look around my site to find out more about puppy mills and what other things you can do to help me. Don’t forget… they cut my vocal cords so I couldn’t make any sound… will YOU be my voice?

 

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