Quote Originally Posted by Orangutango
Petsmart only has adoption days, where adoption groups come in and try to find homes for dogs. Some dogs available for adoption might be kept in cages and such (the one near me doesn't do this, not sure about others), but the one closest to me only has adoption days and does not keep puppies/dogs in the store. Cats for adoption are always kept in cages, though. Petland is notorious for selling puppymill dogs and they claim not to. Everyone I know has boycotted Petland and I, nor they, ever shop there. If I have to go to a chain petstore, Petsmart is my choice. As far as I know, no Petsmart anywhere sells puppies or kittens. Petland does have a Pets For Life foundation to adopt out animals, which I think is absolutely ridiculous, as all Petlands sell pups and kittens. I'm in Calgary by the way.

Thanks for the pic though, the puppies are adorable.
I've only ever seen adoption days at Petsmart in Calgary as well, and the only ones I've seen in cages (well ex-pens really) were some of the ARF puppies having a nap.

I try to avoid the Calgary petlands as well and prefer either the couple of petsmarts in the city or the smaller stores like Rascals, Fariplay or Paws(even though both of their stores are in the south). Yeah some of the stuff costs more but at least there's no worries about supporting petland.