Yeah, I'm so sure this Amish guy "misses" the dogs that have died...he misses the money they put in his pocket, and that's probably about it. As if he could honestly establish a bond with any of them, having owned almost 300 at once.
This story is sickening on all sorts of different levels...puppy mills, horrific and unsafe living conditions, breeding for profit, the tragedy in the dogs' death, etc., etc., etc. Very sad.