From Auction to Rescue

The exact history of Annie prior to her rescue from the Washington Basset Rescue, may never be known. But what is known is that she was a three year old lemon (white with tan markings) female basset hound. She was found at a dog auction. This is a place where people who breed dogs go to sell them off. In her case, and those of her companions on that day, she had herniated, others had herniated or had mastitis of the breasts. All as a result of continuous breeding.  Incidentally, the spaying of a female dog reduces the risk of this form of cancer by 50%. So, continuous breeding in effect increases the potential. The places where they are held are referred to as puppy mills. At the dog auction, she would be sold of for medical research. her usefulness to this world was finished in the eyes of the breeder. She could no longer breed and the expense of having her medically treated was cost prohibitive, against the revenue she could generate producing those cute little basset puppies, you see in the pet shop windows around the world and pay significant big bucks for the purebreds. But she still had some revenue in her, by being auctioned off and then sent to a lab to be used as a test animal.