Ok,Iv been reading all those posts where people freak out as...

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Question by Chelsea
Submitted on 2/12/2004
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Ok,Iv been reading all those posts where people freak out as soon as they hear the word "pet store",and I think its stupid! I bought my yorkie from a petstore and Id do it again and again if I had to,why not? "oh no,its a puppy mill dog" It will always be a puppy mill dog if no one buys it and gives it a good home! I know my yorkie isnt from a puppy mill because I know the owner of the pet store where I bought her,but I still think that not buying puppys because there MOTHER (not them) is from a puppy mill is cruel.What should we do? Leave them there? Where no one will ever love them...whats worse? Knowing that one dog is in a cage all her life having babies (who all end up in loving homes),or knowing that that dog and all her puppys will spend their life in a puppy mill (because no one wants puppymill puppys).I my self go for saving the puppys,and giving them the chance their poor mother will never have.I dont agree with puppymills at all,but I strongly disagree with those who are against those poor puppys thinking that they will save other dogs by not buying them...what is a breeder? A luxury puppymill right ;)....All puppys deserve a loving home,no matter where theyre from..id rather buy a puppy from a horrible home and be able to think "Iv saved him..he´ll be fine now" rather than going to some big time breeder where Im not going to be saving anything.Theres no need to freak out at the word petstore...buying a puppy there,who knows,you maybe saving the poor babys life.

Answer by Chris Koster
Submitted on 8/10/2004
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This is one of the most interesting post I've seen in a while. I want to start by saying that I am sure Chelsea has the best intentions when buying a dog from a puppy store. I've been a dog trainer for the past 20 years dealing with pet store dogs, rescue dogs, and purebred dogs. Pet store dogs and rescue dogs often have behavioral, and health issues. Many of the people that by dogs from pet stores make impulse purchases. For this reason many of these dogs and up in the shelter. Once their children no longer have interest in them, or the dog becomes a nuisance they ditched them. I do not feel that puppy stores do a adequate job of screening potential owners. I wish everyone could experience the pure for an absurdity of a puppy mill. Over the years I've been asked by rescue groups, county officers, and state officials to help with the closing down a various puppy mills. I have seen small house trailers with over 300 dogs standing in urine and feces. I have had to euthanize dogs that have never seen the light of day. In one case that I still cry about I had to euthanize a three-year-old Lab that had rubbed her tail completely to the bone because the cage was too small for her to lie in. Many people spend hundreds to thousands of dollars a puppy stores and give the same excuse that they are saving a puppy. However these are the same people that have never written a letter to their senator, or any member of the Legislature explaining their feelings on puppy mills. If you do not have the five minutes to write a letter then don't tell me that you got all you can do.

Answer by jennifer s.
Submitted on 2/16/2005
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buying a puppy from a pet-store is not saving them...it is merely supporting the practice of mass production in puppy mills. it is paying these people to treat dogs like inventory to make more money. so you spend hundreds of dollars at a pet-store to save a dog...heres an idea, go to the local shelter, buy a neutered/spayed pet that has its shots for about 100 dollars give or take, and give the rest of the hundreds that you would have spent at the pet store to the shelter to take care of the other homeless dogs that are there purely because of the ignorance of the public, and "no see, hear, say" motto of society's view on puppy mills. or if you want a purebred, so search the net for purebred rescues (there are hundreds for every type of breed) or search on petfinder.com.

Answer by Ren
Submitted on 11/13/2005
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I totally agree with Chelsea. I think that pet stores shouldn't buy from puppy mills, and although it's heartbreaking what the parents go through, It has nothing to do with what the puppy should have to go through too.After all, It's not his fault he was born in a puppy mill! all puppies should have the chance to be loved and to have a home, and if WE don't buy them, most likely other puppy millers will! here's a poem that i found on the Internet that explains what I'm trying to say about pet stores: Pet Shop Puppy I'm a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and small I live inside a cage, you see at a Pet Store in the mall. I'm not an only puppy, my sisters are all here. My brothers, too, except for Ralph who died cause he was scared. It's lonely here at nighttime when all the lights go dark, We tremble in our cages and we whimper and we bark. But no one comes to hold us or pet our fears away. We sit all night in terror til the store opens the next day. We don't remember mama, left so far behind. she did the best she could for us til Man said "It is time." He crammed us all in cages too small for us you see. We rode for hours; we could not help but lay in poop and pee. And now we sit in a Pet Store where kids come taunt and squeeze. They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas. We're miserable and it's scary here we all would rather die. But since we don't we do our best to run away and hide. I know you think my story too sad to leave me be. You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.

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Answer by T-Callie
Submitted on 2/16/2004
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If you support the pet store, you support puppy-mills

Answer by Chelsea
Submitted on 2/17/2004
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No...I support PUPPIES,and all of them.Not just the superdogs you think youre buying when you go to a luxury puppymill...oops,I mean breeder.

Answer by babyface
Submitted on 2/21/2004
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I totally agree with you, Chelsea.

Answer by Marsha
Submitted on 2/22/2004
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PS- Breeders are not really "luxury" puppy mills. Breeders love and care for the mother of the puppies. The difference is that the dogs owned by a breeder are loved as pets and taken care of health-wise. :)Love and care shouldn't be considered a luxury, aye?

Answer by cherokeewo
Submitted on 2/23/2004
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Very good answer Marsha. I agree. If people weren't buying the puppies from the puppy mills then there would be no need for them then the uneducated, assembly line breeding would slow down and there wouldn't be the humungous amount of euthenasia that goes on every hour here in the US.

Answer by mk
Submitted on 2/29/2004
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I agree but then I don't. If i saw a puppy from a puppy mill in a heartbeat I would save him. But then again when we are buying from puppy mills thats giving them business so they will keep doing it, an then more dogs suffer.

Answer by Teddy
Submitted on 3/14/2004
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I agree all the way Chelsea,I think no matter what type of store they come from,every dog is to be treated with the exact same as every other little dog,and i think u are TOTALLTY right!~~!! U spoke up and that is great!~!

Answer by kimberly m mitchell
Submitted on 3/29/2004
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loving animals i must say it would be hard to leave a puppymill baby behind , i belive that it is a sin before God and man the way these dogs are treated. for money? and yes i have been to a puppy mill it broke my heart i will never forget what i saw , heard and the smell. God Bless those sweet babies

Answer by Jenelle
Submitted on 4/18/2004
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There are two ways to look at the issue, I guess, and no, no puppy should ever have to suffer. BUT if people formed a unified front against puppy mills and refused to purchase from them, they would be a thing of the past. Perhaps legislation could change their practices.

Answer by Ashley
Submitted on 11/15/2005
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When I started researching buying a puppy I tried very hard to steer clear of any breeder that my really be a puppymill. I didn't think I would ever buy a puppy from a puppymill, but I did. I didn't realize how bad the place was until I got there, and once I saw Milan (my puppy) I couldn't leave her there in that nasty place. I did get a health guarantee with her and my vet said she was in wonderful health. I knew I could be taking a gamble with her but she was so beautiful and I coudln't stand to leave her behind in that hell hole.

Answer by Lilly
Submitted on 12/26/2005
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Obviously the idea of forming a united front against puppy mills is not realistic. Just by reading the few responses posted, anyone can see that there is too much controversy regarding this issue. If a person really cares about those sweet little puppies then why not take action themselves one puppy at a time? If you can save the life of one animal, that really does make a difference no matter where it came from. Let's let legislation focus on more important things, like children who are being abused. Trying to press an issue like banning puppy mills will do nothing but give people more to complain about.

Answer by dp
Submitted on 1/4/2007
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just so all of you know not all puppies at pet stores are puppy mill dogs. Alot of the puppies are "throw aways that reputable breeders" didnt want because of undesirable traits. As a person who has been involved in the love and training of dogs for 25 years I know first hand that some of the best breeders in the country no matter what breed the "specialize" in act just as repugnatly as "puppy mills" when they throw away pups do to undesirable traits

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