UGH! The Pet Pad makes me sick!

Ok... So, as of now I have to drive like 25 min to get Kai's food, so I was looking for someplace closer. I searched around and bit and found a place about 10 min away that sells Innova, Eagle Pack, Canidae, et al. I went to go check it out today, and they will NOT be getting one cent of my money! I would drive 500 miles to get his food before I would buy from this hell hole!

The place was full of "designer dogs". Mixes I've never even heard of. Cairmals, Cavalons, Papipoos, Pomchis, all looking so sad in their little cubicles. They had some purebreds too, including a little merle Sheltie. It was cute as a button. It had a "new arrival" sticker on the front of it's cage, and it looked so frightened. It was just sitting in the back of the cage shaking. I wish I could save him, save them all... It's just horrible. I got so mad and so sad at the same time... by the time I got to my car, I had tears in my eyes.

There had to be 20-25 dogs there, all different breeds and mixes, and they all come from one "breeder". Or I should say puppy mill.
http://www.petpadpets.com/pp-Meet-Our-Breeder.htm

I'm just so pissed, I'm ready to stand outside the store and protest. Even if I have to do it all by myself! Seriously, I want to get this place shut down.

Our puppies are protected with a 14 day guarantee

I think pet stores that sell puppies are horrible, but a big part of me thinks they'll never shut down.

The pet store I bought Bentley from **before I knew better**, has been around in my mall since I was 5 and they have had no shortage of great success. AND what makes it even odder is that no one that I see there buys any sort of supplies other than live animals and what they need to start out w/them.

I think the instant gratification of a "new best friend" overrides a lot of peoples common sense. They might know all about puppy mills but tell themselves they're saving that one puppy... or they might not know and do it out of ignorance.. or they may just flat out not care at all.

I see so many puppies come in and out of that store at astronomical prices. Just last week I went in to check things out and played with a baby maltese who was terrified, btw and just out of curiosity asked the price.. and the answer was 1900! I could not believe it.

Sharon served on a special Governor-appointed Kansas Pet Animal Advisory Board. This board was instrumental in keeping Kansas the healthiest state from which to purchase pets.

I'm from Kansas, I hate that this state has such a bad reputation for puppy mills If this statement is true, no wonder we have problems, if puppy-millers who sell to pet stores in freakin' north carolina are part of a state government "animal advisory" board...

...and since when is Kansas the healthiest state to purchase pets? I never heard that before

Join the NC division of the Puppy Mill Awareness Day Organization for a peaceful protest against The Pet Pad on December 16th in Cary!!!!

Place: The Pet Pad is located in the Trader Joe’s plaza at the corner of Kildaire Farm Road and Cary Parkway.
Time: 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Saturday, December 16th

The Pet Pad formerly known as PetLand (Petland is notorious for dealing with puppy mills) sells puppies they claim to purchase from “breeder” Sharon Munk or BJ & Guys Kennels. Sharon Munk is actually licensed with the USDA as a breeder and broker in Menlo, Kansas. She farms and brokers puppies!

Puppies do not belong in pet stores or in the mills that produce them! The holiday season is the perfect time to bring awareness to the pain and suffering of the puppy mill dogs. Please come out and help The Awareness Day Organization educate by handing out brochures and getting our message out…NO MORE PUPPY MILLS!!!!

From the Pet Pad ad for the Sheltie:

"Shelties are very bright and sensitive dogs. They live to please their human family. Because they are obedient and quick to learn, the Sheltie is a great first dog for people. They can be timid and shy of strangers. May bark a lot."

Wow, that's chutzpah. A pet store caters to indiscriminate sales of puppies on a mass scale, driving a demand for puppies bred for quantity instead of quality, quality drops, and the pet store incorporates that low quality - that shyness/timidity - into their sales pitch as if it was a simple feature of the breed. It's breathtaking.

The Shetland Sheepdog is intensely loyal, affectionate, and responsive to his owner. However, he may be reserved toward strangers but not to the point of showing fear or cringing in the ring. Faults-- Shyness, timidity, or nervousness. Stubbornness, snappiness, or ill temper.