Puppy Mills. What do YOU think they are?

[GreyhoundGirl]

I would never buy a pet store Puppy.

A) they never have greyhounds or whippets
B) they are WAY too expensive
C) they have WAY too many health problems
D) They support Puppy mills
E) the list goes on

[Husky15]

I would prefer to adopt a dog, and Belle is only the second dog we bought from a pet-store. The other we got was a Husky/Malamute. Pagan [our Shetland Sheepdog] my father rescued from an abusive owner living just down the street from us. Princess [Lab/Golden] we got from a woman who could no longer keep her, but I forget where we got Buster. We got our cat named Boots from a shelter [they were going to get a dog but came back with a cat] and we got my CC from a man living beside my grandmother. Although I realize what happens when people buy dogs from pet-stores, I do not think it is right to just let them die. They are living, breathing animals too that deserve love just as much. And let's face it - the dogs and animals at pet-stores are always going to be bought. There are so many people out there who do not understand what exactly goes on. I didn't even know as much as I do about shelter animals until I came on here. I knew they were there, but I knew nothing about it. It's the sad, sad truth.

[Karen]

I know, but the more we educate people, the fewer who will buy.