But who would spend over a thousand dollars (average price of pet store pups) on a puppy that had no use in their lives? Why would they spend one grand on a puppy that they are just going to abuse and then get arrested for it?
Some people do have good intentions when buying a pup from a petstore. Even the most caring, good intentioned person may end up giving the dog up to a pound. For example, if I went to the petstore to buy a pup for...god knows how much these days...I would have my intentions set to giving the pup the best home possible. The thing is, people don't learn enough before getting the pup. What if the pup I got at the pet store happened to be a great dane pup? Sure it's small then..and cute and what not..but within a year...it would be a huge dog that I probably wouldn't be able to feed.

I'm all for pet SUPPLY stores...anything without innocent animals sitting in a cage waiting to go to home with whoever offered money...

I think any pup that comes from a petstore came from an irresponsible breeder PERIOD. My standards of a responsible breeder are probably extremely similar to others. In "my book", responsible breeders give life but should also take that animal back no questions asked. A responsible breeder would never sell to a pet store because the breeder wouldn't be able to keep track of where the pup went..and would have no say on who the pup goes home with...it's all for money.