posted by jersey girl:
At this particular petstore they get our pups at reputable breeders>>>>>>>>>>

Welcome to Pet Talk. : )

I am glad the pet shop you work for treats their
puppy's well. But I will have to differ on the reputable breeder statement.
No reputable breeders will sell a puppy to a pet shop.
It is part of the code of ethics from the bi- laws
from the official breed club.
I am assuming other breed clubs have similair bi-laws
as does the ACA does.
This is the bi-law # (8) that I cut and pasted from
the ACA web site.

8) I will refuse to deal with dog wholesalers or to sell puppies to pet shops and I will include in all stud contracts an agreement to be signed by the owner of the bitch that no puppies resulting from the mating will be wholesaled, sold or given to pet shops or wholesale dog breeders or dealers.

(Now it is possible to find a reputable breeder's
dog somewhere down the pedigree line
from a pet store pup, but it will not be because that
beeder sold this pup to the Pet shop.)