Where did you get your pets?

[moosmom]

My very first cat, Mollie Rose (11 years old) I got at the Bill Wilson House in East Dorset, Vermont. (Bill Wilson is the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous).

MooShoo and Shortie were rescued from BAAAAAD breeders!

Maya Laquita Lynn was rescued from the San Juan Airport in Puerto Rico, along with her mama and brother.

LilEli I got from Ramanth (Kimmy) who has LilEli's brother and mama.

Parker, my Meezer mix, I recently rescued from the Allen Park Animal Shelter, 2 days before she was scheduled to be killed.

[gemini9961]

Both of mine from the same petstore. Shame on me I know but this was before I knew any better.

[IRescue452]

I was just curious. I'd hope nobody would start any troube if somebody purchased from a pet store. It can't be undone. One of the purposes of this forum is to teach owners about places like mills and bybs and such.

[Miss Z]

Zsa-Zsa was bought from a breeder. Tia came from a pet shop. But don't worry, it is a very good pet shop and I know the lady that owns it. She takes very good care of the animals and doesn't interbreed and stuff.

[husky 1]

wolfy came from a breeder
suka came from a private home , shed been pushed around a bit ,we were the 5th owners she'd had . we got her at 10 mnths!!!!!!!!!!! shes been with us since & is now 10 yrs old
mishka from a private home also
Ice from a breeder also

[jennawing]

I have pets from all those places- including other. Not so sure about the mill/byb thing- who judges whether a breeder is legit or not? A very conscientious breeder can look pretty sloppy beside an even more conscientious breeder. And technically, petstore animals could often be said to come from a mill, so I think that option is quite ambiguous.

But of my pets-
2 dogs were strays, 2 from a breeder,
2 cats were foster offspring, 1 was stray, 1 was private rescue
both my pigs were from petstores
rabbit breeder
rats- 2 from breeder, 2 from feeder breeder, 1 rescue, 1 from feeder bin at petstore, and two private rescue
Hamsters- 3 petstore, 1 private rescue, 1 breeder, 1 rescue offspring, 5 we bred
Gerbils- 2 private rescue, 3 offspring of these
That's pretty much it. I do take in a lot of private rescues as I have that reputation.

[lute]

we got Beanie from a no-kill shelter, Gracie from a breeder, and Precious the guinne pig from a petstore. we got PiddyBob as a stray and Pete from a friend that had kittens.

[Alysser]

Mikey was from a Pet Store originally, but we got him from someone who was getting rid of him. Chippewa and Buzz are from Petco. Spock and T'Stala are from a horrid boardwalk shop. Bo II is from a mom and pop pet store.

[katladyd]

Mac was given to me by my Supervisor at the time. She had "poofed" him from a very abusive and neglectful family on her block. He would be locked out of their house without food or water for days at a time. When they left for a week's vacation they locked him in the garage without any food or water. Neighbors heard him meowing and released him and my Supervisor brought him to work with her. She said she thought of me first thing as someone who would give him a good home. 11 years later, he's still with me and he is my cat.

Kimba I rescued off the streets. He had been thrown out of two homes by people in my apartment complex. The first time he saw me was in December of 2010 when he was just a little kitten. He looked lost, I called "hello, little guy" and he came running to me. He had a collar on so I thought he had a home. When I saw him again in April of 2011, my apartment manager told me that he had been feral for awhile but that I could take him in if I wanted (our apt. complex had a 2 cat limit and I already had 2, but she said she wouldn't say anything to the owners). I've had Kimba for almost 3 years now. Those people who threw him out on the street sure missed a love bug. He is a total lap cat and a drooler. Love this little guy so much!

[lolli94]

Lolli as a pup from a breeder.
Buddy from a breeder...he was a pup that had a deposit payed on him and they never showed up so she just kept him until he was 9 months old and I got him.
Both came from dogs who were cared for but lived in kennels. I wouldn't do that again.
I want my next one to be a rescue or a craigslist dog (I think those are rescues too, in a way)

[RatterpriseCommand]

7 of the rats came from shelter: Kira, Dax, Icheb, Janeway, Guinan, T'Pol and Tiberius

Dumbledore and Nellie were re-homed to me through a rescue group.

[Ezio]

Abby and Zane came from shelters as puppies. Deputy was pulled the day he was supposed to be euthed by a rescue.
Ardishire and Raiden came from pregnent strays. Binky was a feral kitten.
Snickers and Eddy where born here. Taffy and Crowley are her sons. Samson was the son of a buck I sold to someone else and had returned (owner was in ill health). Steve was from a breeder who wanted to get rid of him and Captain Jack was free from the breeder's friend. Banshee and Sparrow came from a petting zoo.
Patch was from a breeder who also wanted to be rid of him. Geldings who are plain looking and are probably not 100% American Miniature Horse don't get top dollar.
Peaches and Freya I got as chicks. Sir Galahad, Olga and Helga came as adults from the feedstore. Biscuit and Cleo came from a friend.

[cloverfdx]

E & T from friends who bred because they needed another working dog.
Harri from a breeder. I am hoping to have one of his relatives in my life in the next 18 months .
Luna was a freebie off facebook. The girl didn't want her and wanted her gone asap.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Molly and Daisy came from breeders.

Angel, Dillian and Mocha were adopted from the shelter.

Piper was purchased at Petco and Pumpkin was a "rescue".

Frankie was also a rescue and my mom got Phil, Percy, George, Bernie and Roy from a friend.

[ILoveReptiles]

Let's see..
From the pet store, I got
Caicos (iguana), and Jet (Ball Python)

Faye (Ball Python) and Inochi (Leopard Gecko) were Rescues

From a breeder:
Prism (Brazilian Rainbow Boa), Youkai (Guyana Red-Tail Boa)
Otomodachi, Akira Chibi, Lexx, and Gex (All Leopard Geckos)

Bred Myself (via Inochi and Gex - still trying to sell these)
Ume (She was hatchling 1), Hatchling 3, and Hatchling 4

Hatchling 2 and 5 have already been sold.