Over the last few weeks, I have seen far too many Facebook posts about people in Tallapoosa County breeding their dogs.

What’s most worrisome about this is many of these posts are followed up by a post about a stray or abandoned dog. Many times it’s a photo of a dog that is skin and bones or covered in mange. Our local animal shelters have also gotten pretty creative about how they are “advertising” their dogs for adoption, pulling at people’s emotions and heartstrings.Â