tatsxxx11,
YOU GO GIRL!!!! I hope there are no Petlands in Michigan. They should be ashamed of themselves selling sick animals like that.
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tatsxxx11,
YOU GO GIRL!!!! I hope there are no Petlands in Michigan. They should be ashamed of themselves selling sick animals like that.
All right Sandra, you go get them. I would think it would wake up people if you give them the flyers and talk to them. If nothing else maybe it would embarrasse them. I don't know of any Petlands here in San Diego, thank goodness, in fact the only pet stores that we have that I know of is Petsmart and Petco. The small ones in the malls have disappeared and I am sure glad of that. Good luck with your crusade I hope you run them out.
Jackie, Miss Daisy and Perry
Sadly, there are 3 known PetLands in Michigan.Quote:
Originally posted by moosmom
tatsxxx11,
YOU GO GIRL!!!! I hope there are no Petlands in Michigan. They should be ashamed of themselves selling sick animals like that.
Lakewood Shopping Center
2087 Rawsonville Road
Belleville, MI 48111
(734)482-8993
Delta Plaza
5437 W. Saginaw
Lansing, MI 48917
(517)323-7077
Twelve Oaks Mall
27200 Novi Road
Novi, MI 48377
(248)449-7340
The one in the Delta Plaza was located in the Lansing Mall years ago. As a child, I didn't know where the cute puppies came from but remember that one day the store was gone. Sadly they didnt' go out of buisness... just merely moved their store across the street.
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There is also a privately owned petstore in East Lansing. They advertise a lot on TV.
People need to be aware of where these adorable puppies come from. Thank you, Sandra, in your fight to get the word out and save these poor pups! You are a Saint!!
I second this!! :D :D :D I have nothing but the highest respect for Sandra! **hugs**Quote:
Originally posted by Sudilar
People need to be aware of where these adorable puppies come from. Thank you, Sandra, in your fight to get the word out and save these poor pups! You are a Saint!!
It is a fact that so many people don't know about this dastardly thing known as Puppymills, and that's what keeps the cycle going. So many people are just unaware, and educating them is our only chance at this point. Some of the Petstores I have approached claim they don't deal with puppymills. In some cases, this is true...they deal with brokers, who deal with puppymills. A majority of the puppymills are stationed in the midwest, specifically Missouri. The whole process just makes me sick, and I don't think that any 'buyer' should consider a dog a 'product'! How absurd!!! If that's the case, why bother getting one? Animals should be adopted into loving homes...not bought.
Onya, Sandra, keep fighting the good fight. I agree with the person who said that a puppy is not a 'product'.
I've been trying another action in making people aware of what their choices are in buying a puppy.
I've been targeting the people AFTER they've bought a puppy from a pet-store.
(I'm deliberately replacing my particular breed's real name with 'X'.)
Works like this...I do rescue work for Breed X. We've also set up in our region a Social Group for owners of pet X's so they can socialize the dogs & swap helpful info about behaviour or health or diet or whatever.
When I see an ad for a pet-shop that lists 'Breed X' among the dogs they presently have, I phone that store & ask to speak to the person in charge. Very pleasantly, I tell them how we have a Social Group for Breed X owners which costs nothing but which allows owners to exchange helpful info about their dogs.
And I ask, would they consider passing on the contact details for this Breed X Social Group to anyone who buys an X puppy?
So far, the managers I've spoken to have said it's a good idea & have gone to look at our group's website & then have said they're happy to pass on the contacts to X buyers. One woman said she'd go back in her records to find & notify people who'd brought X's from her store in the past.
Now when those X owners who've bought from petshops link up with other X owners, they learn about all the options & pros & cons of getting an X....including rescue. Then, when they get their second X...they are more widely informed & have more contacts. X's are a small & enchanting breed so people usually go & get a second one.
There's a pattern emerging, SOME people get their first Breed X from a petshop but, with contact socially with X owners, their second X tends to come directly from a breeder or is a rescue. They also pass on these wider options to friends & acquaintances who ask them how they can get an X puppy.
Marie
Thats great for you to do that! The public really needs to be more educated about puppymills. If I even try to talk about it to my family or whatever, they just think I am nuts.
My sister purchased McKinney (bye :( ) from a pet store. Here is the website of the breeder. What do you think? He came from Missouri too.
As far as I know, there are no Petland stores in Utah. The only pet stores I have purchased supplies from are Petsmart and Petco.
But, there are several pet stores here. The ones closest are called Animal Ark. Is there a way you can find out info about individual pet stores? I asked them once if their pups came from puppymills and they gave me some crap about that, and they did say they came from out of state breeders.
I went into one pet store called Jay's Jungle. There was a beautiful black/white cocker spaniel in there...almost full grown..in a tiny cage. He was howling, filthy, and eating his own poop. They wanted around $600 for him.