Hi everyone! I wanted to get some ideas/opinions from you all about a situation here in Gilroy, CA. I have started working as a vet tech at my local vet hospital, which has been a really interesting experience so far. I'm learning a lot and seeing a lot of gross things too
Anyway, the short period of time I have been working there, we have had scores of Pet Stop puppies(a local pet store) coming in practically on death's door. Pet Stop gets its puppies from puppy mills in Missouri and Arizona. Our vet knows where the puppy supply comes from as, obviously, does the Pet Stop store owner. My question is, is there anything at all that anyone can do about this really terrible and annoying situation? It's rediculous that pet stores get puppy mill dogs in the first place, but even moreso is that they are all sickly. Uneducated or unknowing people come in and buy (rather than adopt) a unhealthy and not necessarily quality dog for a price that is way too much. We had a parvo pup die today, and there are several others that have come through our hospital with severe kennel cough. The vet was telling all of us vet techs today that many puppy mill dogs like that have built up resistance to our medications and it's a lot tougher to treat the puppies and they tend to suffer longer because of it. It's so sad
One woman had adopted a yellow lab (her name is Maggie) that was in the worst shape I have seen for a kennel cough dog, and she was in our hospital for a few weeks. At first they thought it could be parvo, but luckily it wasn't. This woman has spoken to the Pet Stop store owner about it, and he did offer to pay all of her hospital bills. But what about the others? I just wish more pet stores partnered with rescues and shelters to place dogs that need homes rather than support the horrible puppy mill industry.
I was talking to my vet the other day and he was even interested to know if there was anything we could do. I know there are puppy lemon laws for every state, but I don't know if it would really do anything for the puppies coming from out of state?? Any advice, opinions??
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