whos dogs are from petstores?

[LKPike]

we've never gotten doggies from pet stores, we DID get lots of smaller animals from pet stores up till 3-4 years ago. I got 2 bunnys from 2 different stores. very unfriendly, very unhealthy and kinda destructive. MUCH different from my bunny Butters now, whos from a good breeder.

[IRescue452]

Both of mine from mills. We got Pepper before we knew much about mills.

[JenBKR]

Roscoe's from a shelter. The only pets I have ever gotten from a petstore are fish

[gemini9961]

Sadie and Maggie are from the petstore. I did not know at the time that petstores were bad. Grant is from the shelter. Sadie and Maggie have not had any problems thus far, hopefully they never will. I have papers on Sadie which has the sire and dam listed on there.

[tricollie4me]

We adopted Bijou from a rural rescue after seeing her on Petfinder, and Bonnie, our first cat, was adopted from a shelter that has adoption days at Petsmart. Levi and Charity were fostered through a shelter and then we adopted them through the kitty adoption center that is housed at Petsmart.

We did purchase a pair of parakeets at a pet store - one lived for about five years, the other about seven years. They were healthy while we had them but they didn't quite live their full expected lifespan.

[cyber-sibes]

Star and Sherman are both from breeders, my RB Rosie was from a humane society, but my kitty ChowChow was from a pet store. It was a really nice privately owned store that took really good care of their animals and didn't sell dogs & cats regularly - they were just helping out the kitty-owner. Although he did have some health problems, he did live to be almost 17!

[Muddy4paws]

I got both of my dogs from BYB, thank god we havent had any bad experiences but we tried a well known rescue home near me and they didn't seem bothered to help so we opted for a puppy both times, The rescue home didnt seem too bothered in helping us find a dog each time we went there so we gave up in the end.

I think if I ever got another dog it would either be from a well known breeder or a adopted dog from a rescue but its pettalk that has made me think of adopting the next dog I will get!

[Alysser]

AW! WHO WOULD EVER ABANDON HUNEY! That is so sad. .sarah I can't wait to see you great dane!

[cali]

nope, my fammily has been into dogs a long time, and my moms side is full of breeders, so I have always known better, as have my parents etc..

Happy is from a sport breeder, terrable lyer that breeder is but there are no red flags at all untill you get to know her, she keeps in touch with all her puppy buyers etc.. contract, spay/neuter, etc.. it was not until Happy was around 2 years old that any bad breeder signs started to show up at all.

Ripley and perky are from the humane society

Blair is from the same breeder as Happy, we did not buy him though he was given to us for free.

Misty is from a cattle ranch in weyburn, they were planning to just spay Tia(Mistys mom) but the ladys cousin who works his border collie on a commercial cattle ranch, saw Tia work and wanted 2 Tia x Sweep pups, so they bred Tia for him, he picked his 2 puppys and the rest went to working farms, exept Misty, who was perfect for what we wanted. Tia is now spayed.

[Kfamr]

Not mine. All three came from the shelter.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

None of my dogs came from pet stores. My first rabbit came from a pet store. My mom and I went in to get some supplies for my cockatiel and we found a rabbit with a bum leg being sold. We knew he needed vet care and a special home so we took him. The owner of the pet store was trying to tell us there was nothing wrong with him, but it was obvious there was.

Someday (years down the road, I want to have kids first) I hope to open a pet store of my own. I want the pet store to also be a small animal rescue & adoption center, for birds, rabbits, rodents, and small reptiles. I also want to get cats from high-kill shelters and adopt them out. I wouldn't have them in cages, I'll have a large room with cat trees and beds for the cats to stay in until the become adopted. I'd also invite dog rescue organizations to come and adopt dogs out. I would never sell pets, just adopt rescued pets to good homes. I'll probably lose more money than I'll make, but it's my dream.

[pitc9]

I adopted Sierra from a GSD rescue after finding her on PetFinder.
Buddy I saved from a Kill shelter after he was dumped in the woods.
Who in their right mind could dump this face off in the woods!??!?

[Ginger's Mom]

Both of my girls were rescues. My first girl was an owner surrender (I knew someone who knew someone who was moving and couldn't take the dog-how lucky for me!), and Ginger was from Animal Relief Fund Rescue in Maryland.