If you're going to buy a puppy, find a qualified breeder and avoid the Pet Store. Lute, you post enough in the Rescue section to know that many of these dogs started in a Pet Store. There is nothing wrong with getting a puppy and your parents seem to be hung up on the papers and such, so I'm sure they would rather you buy from a reputable breeder than through the Pet Store. I have to stay away from Pet Stores. I want to take them all........it makes me sick. I just know that they will be replaced the next day if I were to take one, so I don't even look anymore.