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[turner]

Do not get a dog from a store especially PetLand....I have heard many bad things about them.....they get their animals from puppymills............I won't even buy dog food their.........Not sure exactly when it was approx 9-10yrs ago, PetLand was in the paper and all over the news, I think they were brought up on charges for purchasing from puppymills............

[PetShopPuppies]

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Kim Townsend

[WELOVESPUPPIES]

I would suggest not purchasing from a pet store. My parents did many eons ago and they had a dog that they fell in love with then ended up having to be PTS due to seizures. He was from PET LAND. It was something he was born with. They also rescued a dog once out of the newspaper that was purchased from PETLAND that did nothing but walk in constent circles due to having been kept in a cage until she was about 6 months old. No matter how much she was excercised she could not break the old circlilng behavior. I have read and seen on TV many stories about how sick these dogs can be.

I was curious once and asked about a chi pup that this particular pet store had. The starting price was $1399.00 with no guarantee, $1499.00 for two year guarantee and $1599.00 with five year guarantee. I just about dropped that poor puppy. These prices are the reasons that puppies live in these pet stores sometimes for months.

Watch your local paper or look for reputable breeders on line or even check rescues, especially if you are in no hurry due to your current living situation.

Take it from a chi owner, just because he will be small does not mean he will not need lots of exercise. Chopper wears poor Champ out daily playing, when she lies down he is still ready to go. This is after playing fetch outside or on the floor with other family members.

please please do not buy from a pet store. I will be more than happy to help you find a rep breeder if that is the route you chose, if you want just PM me.

Traci

[buttercup132]

This is from 2003

[Catlady711]

This is from 2003

Sometimes that is the frustrating part on the board. Someone resurects an old old post, but since it has new replies you don't think to checks the dates, and I've been guilty of that myself. Other types of boards I've been to delete posts after a certain period of non activity. It's hard to remember to check dates on all the posts.

[crow_noir]

Still, it brings up good points if someone is browsing. Nothing wrong with keeping old threads around. It was staying ON topic. I actually think there is no point in making a new thread if there is an old thread already made about the topic no matter how old the thread is. I readily use the search function before making a new topic.