I went to the Pet Store...:(

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by magcpen
Now, GoldenRetrLuvr, was it a particularly bad situation that the puppy was in?

It is a bad situation, considering the puppy most likely came from a puppy mill. I really hope he finds a good home..I would have taken him home if I could..but I refuse to support those horrible places.

It's alright guys...I had a bit of a feeling something would start up. Sorry to have posted it.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by cloverfdx
That poor sweet puppy but if that puppy finds a loving home , another innocent puppy will fill the cage at the pet store and the cycle will go on and on .

That's what I've always believed. But...I can't help but hope he finds a good home. He sure deserves one..

[magcpen]

Originally posted by GoldenRetrLuver


It's alright guys...I had a bit of a feeling something would start up. Sorry to have posted it.

Don't be silly! This argument is completely unrelated to this post. And I myself apologize for my ignorance in the pet store area, I guess I'm just never much exposed to the wrongs of one.

[cloverfdx]

Julie no need to apologise for starting the thread, the comments made were off topic and not related to the puppy at the pet store.

and it is true that puppy deserves a great loving home i cannot believe the human race somtimes (ALOT in the last few years)

[tikeyas_mom]

the puppy definatly deserves a good loving home BUT if you dont want to buy it, due to supporting the puppy mill, then steal it lol..

I think that way the dog is out of there, and the puppy mill doesnt get any money for the puppy, or the pet store owner has to pay for the dog out of its own pocket.

IMO. .. poor puppy, i hope he finds a home . :tear:

[wolf_Q]

the puppy definatly deserves a good loving home BUT if you dont want to buy it, due to supporting the puppy mill, then steal it lol..

think that way the dog is out of there, and the puppy mill doesnt get any money for the puppy, or the pet store owner has to pay for the dog out of its own pocket.

Oh yeah, steal and it will really be cared for well while you're in jail. Just because some friend of yours got away with it doesn't mean everyone should go to pet stores and steal puppies. Do you have any idea of the consequences? You can be fined big time for stealing a stupid pair of socks, I can imagine what you'd get for trying to steal something worth $500+. And yes, I'm calling it "something" because that's all a puppy is to a pet store, is a product. It's sad, but that's the unfortunate truth.

Even if the dog is stolen, the pet store is just going to replace it with another puppy. The majority of puppy mills really don't get that much money PER dog. The sell them to brokers, who, in turn, get more money for the dog, and the pet store gets even more money. But the reality is, you stealing one dog is really not going to directly bother a puppy miller at all. Many of their puppies die just being transported to the broker, so it wouldn't seem they'd care that much about individual puppies.

The best way to hurt the puppy mill business would be to not visit or buy from pet stores that sell puppies at all...and educate others about buying from pet stores.

[Kfamr]

And she wonders why we get angry with her?!!??!

Oh gosh...........



(I'm sorry Julie! )

[Tonya]

None of the pet stores around here sell dogs, thank God! They have rescue adoptions, but that is it.

[Amber]

Come on people! Cant we all get along?

[tikeyas_mom]

if I ever seen a dog in a bad enviroment I would call the shelter, the dog controll or whatever, but if they didnt do anything about it, I would take matters into my own hanmds, I would form a strike and if that didnt work I would steal it lol. .. I wouldent care if I went to jail. As long as the puppy was out of that enviroment..

[Kfamr]

You stealing the puppy and then going to jail would do no good for the puppy.

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by Kfamr
You stealing the puppy and then going to jail would do no good for the puppy.

keeping the puppy in a cage to suffer is worse. ...

[Moose]

Jules, I apologize. I didn't mean to screw your post up or anything [it's actually a very good thread].

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
keeping the puppy in a cage to suffer is worse. ...

Where do you think it's going to go if you get sent to jail?

[Kfamr]

I'm sure it's not SUFFERING. It probably knows no life other than that. I'm not saying it's happy and free like a little puppy should be -- the situation is VERY sad..

But better than some stranger child stealing you, then probably going right back to where you were after the stranger went to jail.

Stealing isn't a smart thing to do.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by Moose
Jules, I apologize. I didn't mean to screw your post up or anything [it's actually a very good thread].

It's alright.
Jynelle, it's one thing to say you want to steal it, then to really WANT to steal it. Sure, when I saw him in the pet store, trapped in that nasty, tiny cage I would have loved to take him home; I even thought about it. But it's just common sence. Stealing is wrong. And it'll come back to get you every time.