Sandra, here is what I received on one of my boards too.

Hello Everyone,
I received a very alarming email today. Evidently the Cabela Stores are selling hunting dog puppies from the front lawn of their stores on scheduled weekends and with each puppy that is sold the breeder needs to give the new owner a $50 Cabela's gift certificate.

I went to the Cabela site to see if this was a rumor or true and I was able to chat with someone live and this is NOT a Rumor, it IS true - they are selling hunting puppies!

The original email (that I copied and pasted below) said to contact Customer Service, but I don't think that is good enough. When I went to the Live Chat, he told me the same thing, to contact Customer Service, but THAT goes NO WHERE. I pressed him for a manager to contact and he finally gave me the phone number of (734) 529-4700 which is the Dundee store-I don't know where that is. (Michigan?)

Please take the time to call this number and demand to talk to the person in charge of this program. This has to stop! Please....

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Here is the original email that I received today:
Forwarded message:
On our way back from the dogs show in Monroe today, my wife
and I stopped at one of our favorite stores. We are blessed
to have a Cabela's 40 miles from our house. (For those of
you who do not know what Cabela's is--it is the worlds
largest outdoor outfitters store. They have been huge in
mail order for years, have about 8 stores around the
country now. You literally can find anything related to
hunting or camping there.) To appreciate their size,
Cabela's is reported to be the #2 tourist attraction in
Michigan.

On the front door, they had a sign advertising "Puppy
Central". This is apparently a new program, originated in
the MI store where "breeders" can bring their hunting dog
litters on designated days, set up a tent and sell their
puppies right in front of the store. In talking with store
personal, they were bragging that they get 12 to 20 litters
on the weekends that they sponsor this and "almost all of
them get sold- it is really great!" The sign gave at least
4 different weekends this summer that they were doing this.
All that is required of the "breeders" is they have to
provide proof of registration, and give their name, phone
number and address. They are also required to give a $50
gift certificate to Cabela's with each puppy purchase. It
is suggested that they simply tack on $50
extra to the price of the pup to pay for the gift
certificate. I was aghast at the blatant effort on the part
of a quality store to sacrifice puppies in order to draw in
customers.

Cabela's has both outdoor kennel and limited indoor crates
for visitors to place their dogs while shopping. They
sanitize them after each guest and we have frequently
enjoyed letting the dogs rest in air-conditioning, while we
shop. This time, as we took our dogs in the front door,
several people could be heard saying "look how cute they
are- you know they sell dogs here now! I believe Cabela's
has made a serious promotions blunder, that is
irresponsible and will lead to impulse puppy buying, more
dogs in shelters and all the problems that accompany such a
decision. I have written them with my concerns and asked
them to stop this promotion. Apparently the Michigan store
originated this idea, but I was told by one staff person
that other stores will be copying the idea. If you feel
this is a bad idea, I hope you will write them as well.

e-mail address is:
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