Our House of Representatives worked late tonight and passed the “Black Market Breeding Bill” ( SB 1712).  We have been notorious for Puppy Mills~ second only to Missouri~ and one of the last states to have any kind of regulations.  We are so close and may acutally have this bill become a reality!!  We have [...]

The bill has been sent to committee.  It HAS to make it out of committee to get anywhere else!!  We need your help to contact the committee members!!  Here is a link to the committee members:  http://www.okhouse.gov/Committees/Comm_CommitteeMembers.aspx?CommitteeID=83&SubcommitteeID=0 Please send an email or even better, go by the capitol and visit them!  If you need more info on [...]

OKYR went to the capitol today to visit with Senators before they voted on SB 1712.  We passed out treats and asked for support to gain some accountability for the puppy mills in our state.  We want to extend a special thanks to Senator Anderson and Representative Denney for authoring the bill!  They have both [...]

So, when a breeder decides to downsize or stop, what are they to do?  Some of their options include taking them to an auction where they are usually purchased by another breeder, euthanize them, or give them to a shelter. One breeder was put in contact with OKYR several weeks ago and was looking to [...]