Petstores selling puppies!!!!

[wolfsoul]

A lady in Marla's puppy class got a pup from the same place ---- she bought it as a lhasa apso -- doesn't even look like one. Has a scissors bite, long nose, wiry wheat-coloured hair...Was very shy and timid of everything. Any noise, any person, any dog. Had a terrible temperament. And wasn't healthy at that. The lady was very dissapointed, admitted that she knew she took a risk -- she knew pet store puppies came from puppy mills -- but the puppy was just too cute to resist. She's paying for it now.

So, do these pet stores buy these puppies from mills, or how does that work?

It is my opinion that anyone who sells puppies to a pet store or broker is a puppy mill. I don't care how good your practices are, if you are selling your puppies to a pet shop, you are supplying -- suppliers are mills. I would NEVER give my puppies to a pet store EVER. And the staff there have offered to sell them for Marla on several occasions when Marla had a couple puppies leftover without homes. Marla said no every time and wound up giving the puppies to good homes -- better giving them away to good homes than selling them to a place who will place them in God only knows what conditions.

[areias]

I do NOT support pet stores that sell puppies or "kittens", period. I do not purchase supplies, animals, etc. from that store. The only pet stores in this area that actually sell puppies, is Creature Castle, which there are two of them nearby-I simply don't support them. They "take in" unwanted kittens, too, and sell them. They actually take any animal as long as they can turn around and profit. Read-sick animals too, birds, reptiles, and rodents. They have a "discount" room with lower priced animals that have been there forever...well, I walked in there and there was a dead hamster and two dead mice. Um, yes, discount-on a dead animal! I would rather buy fish from walmart than from there too. Anyways, sorry for the mini-rant, but I don't support it whatsoever.

[Sevaede]

I echo the above statements.

It's just... atrocious. I went into Critter Company, a pet store, (for the first time) with my SIL and niece Grace. I noticed and walked over to the puppies and started talking about how horrible it is that they're supporting puppy mills, repercussions, etc.

There was a specific doxie puppy. He was so lethargic and was so obviously sick. I had no intentions of buying him BUT I did feel bad for him. I asked one of the girls to let me hold him for a little bit. My SIL, who knows *NOTHING* about dogs, cats, ferrets, etc. asked, "What's wrong with him?". That poor little soul. He didn't ask to be brought into this world and now he is suffering while someone makes a profit off of him and his plight.

[borzoimom]

My guess is the "people parent" didnt even spend 10 minutes in homework. If they had, even cruised a few sites on the web, they would have seen how much a "pure bred" is- etc and hopefully even realize that they could have gotten the same mix from any shelter- not for 800 dollars- but like 65 dollars.. This will not be the last "snap" decission they make- to get and to place later etc..
As far as 5 weeks old- considering that they are selling the pup that is actually a mixed breed etc- I really doubt they even care the pup is too young. ... This has me angry enough I know I sound like I am rambling- but I do not even know where to start on this subject.

[elizabethann]

I came THIS close to stealing a puppy from a pet store just a few months ago. It was the cutest little thing. But you could tell it was very sick. It was small enough for me to put in my purse and run. I felt so bad for it.

But I didn't steal it. I often wonder about that poor puppy. Did it live? Does it have a happy & safe home? Poor puppy.

[borzoimom]

In our state, animals have to be a certain age to be sold.. Maybe this is something you could look into with the humane society. ...

[tikeyas_mom]

i wouldnt be suprised AT ALL, if the puppy was just an impulse buy... so rediculas

[ramanth]

Around here we had Petlands that sold puppies and kittens. They went out of buisness years ago. Good riddance!