whos dogs are from petstores?

[My Peanuts]

Sylvia is from a pet store. W got her before we knew about puppy mills. I learned quickly after that and we adopted Harley a month and a half later because Sylvia was lonely and I felt guilty about getting her from a pet store. It makes me sick to think where her parents probably are right now.

Harley was adopted from a shelter, Morty was adopted from a foster home, and Jimmy was an abused stray I rescued on a trip to Tennessee to visit my ex's Grandpa. (Pa had been feeding him for 2 years and the neighbors were abusing Jimmy horribly but that’s a story for another thread)

[buttercup132]

aww i remember the story of jimmy

{{{{{My sister, Linn's dog, Seamus, came from a Walmart parking lot.}}}}}
aww can you tell me the story of that?

[finn's mom]

I've never gotten a dog from a pet store, but, my ex and I did get our Bengal cat, Lock, from a pet store. Finn came from a breeder, not a mill. I'd say they were probably just a step up from backyard breeders, though.

[k9krazee]

None of my dogs were pet store puppies...

Shadow I got from my Aunt...not sure where she got her from, most likely BYB though

Micki and Mini - BYB...I really didn't know much about backyard breeders at the time, and we suffer from it. Micki has problems up the wazoo

Kyra - Mini's puppy Couldn't convice the rents not to do it...my dad grew up thinking it was beneficial for female dogs to have one litter...they are "better dogs"

Jack - Rescue, he was on his way to the shelter but an old man took him in and handed him over to a rescue instead and then we picked him up a month later.

[pnance]

- Hunter came from a rescue group
- Savannah was a friend of friend who found her as a stray but couldn't keep her.
Bear and Nikka came from our ex next door neighbor, Nikka first followed by Bear.
My RB terrier X Sandy my mom got at the swap meet when I was in high school, I'm guessing he came from a backyard breeder.

[ramanth]

{{{{{My sister, Linn's dog, Seamus, came from a Walmart parking lot.}}}}}
aww can you tell me the story of that?

She went to do some shopping and a woman was in the parking lot with a box full of puppies just giving them away for free. She wasn't too happy... from what Linn said, it was a litter from her sister's dog and after this little incident, she planned on having the dog fixed herself.

So Linn called her then fiance and asked about the puppy. Fiance drove out and they picked one out. He's a beagle, ACD, collie mix.

He's Kia's buddy: