The fear factor.
When I first decided to start promoting ethical breeding on social media...I had no idea at how amazing the response would be from people who felt exactly the same as I did.
Unfortunately, the flip side is...that for every person who supports...they'll be the ones that try to silence people like me who are trying to spread the truth about how these companies operate.
In the first few days after sharing information about puppy farming I received several messages from accounts with the last name Smith...these people are known to be associated with puppy farming and the information surrounding this is easily found with a bit of digging on the internet.
After my first hand experience with the type of people running these places. I know that they are masters at using manipulation and fear tactics.
A lot of the messages I was being sent were trying to outline that I was harming business by spreading lies and that there may be legal repercussions. Defamation of character is something I am 100% aware of. It is the spreading of information that is detrimental to a person or company but only...and this is the point...only if the information is proved wrong. A false fact if you will.
I for one would encourage the law to get involved in these matters more...it may open up a can of worms that seems to have been left at the back of the cupboard for far too long.
However in this circumstance I believe these are not false facts. And I say to these people...if I'm wrong...prove me wrong.
That's all I have to say on that, and people can make up their own mind about it.
I know what I experienced...this is not a conspiracy theory.
I have nothing to gain and I have nothing to lose by taking a stand for ending puppy farming now.
The lady who I had my bad experience with...was last name Taylor...and now coincidentally has changed it to Smith this is information I have only recently just found out...5 people with this last name have interacted with my account since I have been sharing and providing information.
This last name however is not exclusive to this business...and the people running puppy farms are known to often use an alias or change their name quite often. To keep the wool firmly pulled over innocent people's eyes.
What I find incredibly harrowing is the lengths they will go to.
After having several messages from accounts with the last name Smith. I Decided to make my account private. I went through my followers to try and determine the genuine...from the potentially fake. It sounds dramatic to call them spies...but this is what I mean by the lengths gone to...that's what they are doing. And before this...I was completely unaware that they did these things.
There are a lot of people connected that are working on a mass scale. They are trying to shut down any negative feedback in anyway they can. This is scary...but in no means enough to silence what's going on.
These people have spent their lives growing up, conning and living unethically. They use the emotions and values of decent people against them.
I then starting receiving friend requests after making my profile private... From even more Smith's. I've deleted and blocked them all. In fact I haven't felt the need to accept any recent requests just in case.
It's now stopped. Maybe they think if I can't increase my followers I'm now not as much of a risk. But I will continue to voice my findings and information I believe can help others.
When I started sharing my story...I wasn't fueled by anger...only the want to share my experience so people wouldn't feel the same hurt I did. I felt it was incredibly important.
However...As these things have unfolded, it has ignited an anger in me. For these people. How dare they. I know It's going to take a lot more than people like me to change what has been going on for years...but their need to try and stop me from trying...has made me want to try and fight even harder.
I'm hoping to dedicate a decent chunk of my week to exposing these people ....and by trying to find share and support ways to end this nightmare for good.
I know that this is an upsetting subject for so many people to even think about.
Some of the images you may find will be incredibly hard to look at when you research puppy farming...but we can't look away. Not anymore. Or we'll end up being part of the problem.
My advice to anyone who wants to share information about bad breeders or puppy farming publicly...just use your gut instinct when it comes to any people who may try and contact you, to stop you in your tracks.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If you share this information with just one other person...it could really help ❤️