I feel so bad for the pups there. It's not their fault they are there. I don't buy anything from those stores so as not to support them...but, those pups need homes! What can be done? It's a vicious cycle. You buy a pup from there to save it from that little cage, and another pup takes it's place. But, if noone buys the pups, they outgrow the cages and then what? I never have and never would buy a dog from a store like that. I know many people boycott buying a pup from those places, but do they ever think about what happens if the dog never gets purchased? To be honest, I think they just keep getting marked down in price until they sell....and another one takes it's place. I saw what must have been a 6 month old doberman at the pet store for sale once. How can it be stopped?
I went to an animal shelter this Saturday and my friend adopted a Corgi from there. I cried seeing all those other dogs there and hoped they would all get homes. One stayed in my head, this copper colored male with beautiful copper eyes. He's not on the website any more, and I so hope he got a home! Those dogs aren't guaranteed homes...I would have taken one in a heartbeat if I only had a yard. I would absolutely get my next dog from a shelter. Dusty, in my avatar, was a shelter dog taken up by a rescue.
Before, when I was young and stupid and needed a job, I worked at one of those stores. It was called Pet-Go-Round and there's still one open around here. The manager back then would troll the newspaper, buy a litter of pups from the owner for cheap, then knock the price up 3x to sell in the store. I was so stupid then, I saw it as a job where I could love on the puppies, and I did. It was all commission-based, and other employees would lie to the customers to get sales!
Eventually, the manager started to get puppies from mills, and thankfully I was long gone before then.
Sorry for the long post. Does anyone else think about how pet stores can be stopped from selling dogs? I truly hope it doesn't last forever. Maybe Best Friends can offer the owner $$$, take the pups and find them homes...if only.
I went to an animal shelter this Saturday and my friend adopted a Corgi from there. I cried seeing all those other dogs there and hoped they would all get homes. One stayed in my head, this copper colored male with beautiful copper eyes. He's not on the website any more, and I so hope he got a home! Those dogs aren't guaranteed homes...I would have taken one in a heartbeat if I only had a yard. I would absolutely get my next dog from a shelter. Dusty, in my avatar, was a shelter dog taken up by a rescue.
Before, when I was young and stupid and needed a job, I worked at one of those stores. It was called Pet-Go-Round and there's still one open around here. The manager back then would troll the newspaper, buy a litter of pups from the owner for cheap, then knock the price up 3x to sell in the store. I was so stupid then, I saw it as a job where I could love on the puppies, and I did. It was all commission-based, and other employees would lie to the customers to get sales!
Eventually, the manager started to get puppies from mills, and thankfully I was long gone before then.
Sorry for the long post. Does anyone else think about how pet stores can be stopped from selling dogs? I truly hope it doesn't last forever. Maybe Best Friends can offer the owner $$$, take the pups and find them homes...if only.
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