nOT ALL PET STORES ARE BAD!
- Thread starter mrose_s
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Of course it isn't their fault. And of course it is hard to say no to these poor puppies. Anyone who has a speck of empathy would have a sad heart to see these pups and to say no.
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Yes, these puppies may die. But if people keep supporting pet stores, who in turn are supporting back yard breeders and puppy mills, (if you do the math) vastly more puppies will die than those in pet stores and it will go on and on and on. Look at the multitudes of lonely dogs and cats in shelters everywhere. By buying from a pet store, even if they're nice people and take good care of their pups, they are enabling byb's and puppy mills to keep on doing what they're doing. The multipication is astounding.
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Yes, these puppies may die. But if people keep supporting pet stores, who in turn are supporting back yard breeders and puppy mills, (if you do the math) vastly more puppies will die than those in pet stores and it will go on and on and on. Look at the multitudes of lonely dogs and cats in shelters everywhere. By buying from a pet store, even if they're nice people and take good care of their pups, they are enabling byb's and puppy mills to keep on doing what they're doing. The multipication is astounding.
I have to agree that pet stores are not places to buy animals, even though I have been known to not be able to resist a cute face in those little cages. We only have one pet store here that I will patronize. It is locally owned and does not sell cats or dogs. They do not buy their little animals from a breeder or from people, but rather they will "accept" people surrendering their animals to them, since our local shelters will cannot accept small animals. They then get them vet checked before they are sold. I have bought guinea pigs from this place and I don't feel guilty doing so.
I do, however, have a story about when I was doing a co-op placement in high school at a local chain pet store. One morning I came to the store and next to the front door was a box and when I looked inside I seen the cutest little black puppy. Someone had decided to drop her off in the middle of the night and taped up the box really tight with duck tape so she couldn't escape. Well the pet store did bring her to the vet, which impressed me, but then they wanted to sell her instead of bringing her to a shelter. I was not going to stand for this, so I offered to pay them the same price that I would pay at a shelter for her and not a cent more (they were going to begin by asking $500 for her). Well after a little arguing and the loss of my job, I walked out of there with my puppy and she has grown into a beautiful smart dog.
I do, however, have a story about when I was doing a co-op placement in high school at a local chain pet store. One morning I came to the store and next to the front door was a box and when I looked inside I seen the cutest little black puppy. Someone had decided to drop her off in the middle of the night and taped up the box really tight with duck tape so she couldn't escape. Well the pet store did bring her to the vet, which impressed me, but then they wanted to sell her instead of bringing her to a shelter. I was not going to stand for this, so I offered to pay them the same price that I would pay at a shelter for her and not a cent more (they were going to begin by asking $500 for her). Well after a little arguing and the loss of my job, I walked out of there with my puppy and she has grown into a beautiful smart dog.
No doubt those dogs deserve love too. But WHY would you want to support something so horrendous? Most of them are not healthy...my sister's friend got a dog at a pet store, he died at 3 years old from a seizure disorder. It does no good to buy from a pet store...
My mom came close to buying a cute little boxer puppy at the pet store a couple days ago, but she didn't because she didn't want to support puppymills. As much as I would LOVE a new pup, I was so glad she did the right thing.
I'm a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and small
I live inside a cage, you see at Pet Store in the mall.
I'm not an only puppy, my sisters are all here.
My brothers, too, except for Ralph who died coz 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 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 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.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by taking us home
You must be strong and leave us here, unsold and all alone
For if you do not take me, then another pup won't come
And maybe he will not be shipped so far away from home
Tho some of us may not survive the cycle 'ere it falls
If we don't sell they will not need more puppies in these halls
And if they need no puppies then the Man will not bring more
Eventually it can all stop! You CAN close the door.
So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small
In a cage at Pet Store at your neighborhood shopping mall
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.
-Author Unknown
Think that sums it up.
My mom came close to buying a cute little boxer puppy at the pet store a couple days ago, but she didn't because she didn't want to support puppymills. As much as I would LOVE a new pup, I was so glad she did the right thing.
I'm a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and small
I live inside a cage, you see at Pet Store in the mall.
I'm not an only puppy, my sisters are all here.
My brothers, too, except for Ralph who died coz 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 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 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.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by taking us home
You must be strong and leave us here, unsold and all alone
For if you do not take me, then another pup won't come
And maybe he will not be shipped so far away from home
Tho some of us may not survive the cycle 'ere it falls
If we don't sell they will not need more puppies in these halls
And if they need no puppies then the Man will not bring more
Eventually it can all stop! You CAN close the door.
So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small
In a cage at Pet Store at your neighborhood shopping mall
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.
-Author Unknown
Think that sums it up.
Southpaw said:
And now we sit in Pet Store where kids come taunt and squeeze
They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas
I know you think my story too sad to leave me be,
You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by taking us home
.
So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small
In a cage at Pet Store at your neighborhood shopping mall
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.
-Author Unknown[/i]
Think that sums it up.
They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas
I know you think my story too sad to leave me be,
You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by taking us home
.
So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small
In a cage at Pet Store at your neighborhood shopping mall
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.
-Author Unknown[/i]
Think that sums it up.
also i think we should get across to newspaper that more authorities and the government ..should shut places like puppy mills down,, so they can sell the ones that are already born..but after that..thats it...that way puppymills will stop...and dogs who are already born can still find homes..and no more pups will be made..i think this could work if enough were up to it...my opinion...dont be angry..thats the route im gonna go though