So sad, yorkie pup in pet store

[amspoelstra]

For some reason I walked into the pet store in the mall today, and all of a sudden I heard little barks coming from the back of the store. They had a tiny yorkie puppy sitting there with a dachhund yorkie cross. My heart just sunk... I can't get those little pups out of my mind. They just looked at me saying: "Take me home, I need some love!" I was thinking about the poems some members have posted here of dogs in a pet store and people walking by and not buying them, it makes me so sad thinking about them. I hope they find good homes!

[newmommy]

awe that is sad!!!

i wish i could take them all home!

[red98vett]

It's horrible isn't it seeing them ? I remember being in Petland a long time ago - before I knew they buy from puppy mills - and I was crying when I left - my husband actually had the nerve to tell me to stay Out of the store lol - but I was upset for days..

THEN I found out all about puppy mills - and how Petland is the biggest customer of mills - -and I won't go in ANY pet stores now. But it's so hard thinking of the ones in the cages day in and day out.

The reason so many people buy is they DO look so pitiful. I was told they intentionally try to keep the small breeds smaller by underfeeding them: They have no toys ....and many dogs actually get depressed in the cages - so they really do make us want to take them out of there...petstores know how to play on our sympathy - which is why they sell so many dogs

It's very hard walking away ...

[amspoelstra]

[QUOTE=red98vett]...
The reason so many people buy is they DO look so pitiful. I was told they intentionally try to keep the small breeds smaller by underfeeding them: They have no toys ....and many dogs actually get depressed in the cages - [QUOTE]

I noticed they didn't have any toys... they just sat on a little plastic rack... looking sad. It was so hard walking away, the little yorkie kept licking my finger...

[baby03]

So Sad!! I can't believe that kind of stuff is still going on!!

[YorkieGuru]

That's why I don't go in em.

[tinav]

I have had the same experience. That is why I won't ever go in one again and will NEVER buy any products from them. I would also get too emotional....I could see myself trying to strangle the owner (not a good move ).

Tina
Pucci
GiGi

[SnowWa]

I really doubt pet stores underfeed little pups to cause them to become smaller. This wouldn't work - you'd soon have a lot of seriously ill little pups that no one would want --- or worse yet - I'm sure a lot of them would die if they weren't fed enough.

The puppies I see at pet stores usually are healthy, robust, little guys that definitely want to go home with you. They are hard to turn down. And, of course, there are also some that are more fearful and shy - but they are little darlings too.

Every little puppy in a pet store deserves a good home - regardless of where they came from.

I hate and am against puppymills as much as anyone. And, I know that a lot of people think that buying these puppies is what keeps the puppymills in business. This is a sad state of affairs because as I said these little pups need homes too.

I think that not buying puppies at pet stores will be the slowest way in the world to close down puppymills. And, I know a lot of people will continue to buy these pups just because they are available -- and ooooooooh so darling when you go and see them. Plus - in all honesty - I know a lot of people who got their pups from pet stores and have ended up with the greatest pets in the world. It certainly doesn't always turn out bad for the people who buy them.

So --- rather than trying to keep people from buying these puppies -- I think the way to close the puppy mills is to have more laws, regulations, and better standards regarding any facility that raises large numbers of puppies to sell. No facility that raises large numbers of puppies solely to make money and abuses any of their animals during this process should be allowed to operate on these grounds alone.

Puppymill facilities should be shut down where they exist. I can't understand how so many of them continue to exist and continue to abuse so many innocent animals.

My fight with puppymills is not at the pet stores - I am certainly not against anyone buying any of these little pups and taking them home to a good home. They need homes.

My fight is with the facilities that abuse animals to make these little puppies available for sale. And - I think our efforts should be spent on instituting more laws and regulations regarding these facilities. There should be agencies that can visit any of these facilities at any time - and shut them down immediately if they are abusing any animals. Why does everyone drag their feet when it comes to closing these places down????

I have read about facilities that are known abusive puppymills and have read that sometimes it takes years to close them down. Why? I don't understand this.

If it's money that keeps our state and county agencies from being able to monitor these places, I am sure that a skeleton crew could be paid and that a lot of other people would be willing to become more educated and learn more about these facilities and would be willing to volunteer their time and work for free to help close many of these facilities.

I have no clue what it would take to get this problem solved and these places closed down. Perhaps thousands of letters to congressmen and petitions would help. But, I don't think that expecting people to stop purchasing puppies at pet stores is the answer. This would take forever and what would happen to these puppies if no one bought them? I think we need to attack the source of the problem - the puppymills, themselves. And, again, I just can't understand why they are allowed to operate --- they should all be closed "yesterday."



Carol Jean

[seh0422]

Poor babies it's not there fault they were born in a mill and I think they still need a loving home, Just makes me want to go out and buy them all up and shut down the damn store and all of the those sick mills... But the babies are not at fault and it breaks my heart, I cry everytime I go into a pet store with puppys..THEY JUST NEED TO BE FREED..

[Dragonfly]

I cannot and will not go in a pet store I order all the things I need. I went in one a few months back and saw a small male yorkie he had his back to the glass so you couldn't see him it broke my heart,I promise myself I would not go in one again I just cry to much. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO MEAN to these little ones. One day there is a pay day for what you have done and I would not want to be in there shoes. The puppymills much stop!!!

[yorkieusa]

It's awful, isn't it? I'm the same way. I can't forget them. There's a small store here that mostly sells pet supplies and fish, but occasionally they have puppies. I hadn't been in there in years, but one evening I was waiting for a take-out order from a nearby restaurant and I went there intentionally to see if they had any puppies. I wasn't wanting one. I just wanted to see how they looked if they did have any. I guess I like to punish myself. The store owners looked at me weird. I kind of wonder if they wondered if I was some kind of inspector or something. They had two little chi's and I think the other one was a poodle, but the poodle wasn't a puppy or it didn't look like a puppy and it looked so dirty. It looked sad, too. I felt so sorry for that dog. One of the chi's was barking at me and wanting to play. The other chi wasn't so feisty, but it looked healthy enough. But the poodle is what I still remember. I hate that place because they sell puppies occasionally.

[4Dogs]

We don't have any pet stores near me anymore that sell puppies/kittens. It is either all adoptions or via breeders so I not forced to struggle with the dilemma of walking into a pet store or not. Carol Jean has a point. I'm not sure what the solution is. Puppy mills like gas prices - not sure that the solution is on the near horizon but I'm really open to suggestions. It breaks my hear that these living creatures are so mistreated for selfish personal gain.

[NIKITA & LILO]

You Go SnowWa!!!
I totaly agree with You. Lets look where the problem begins.... at puppy mills.
They need to be put out of bussiness right away, no questions asked!!!!!

[GracieLou]

Gosh i feel so bad when i see those puppies in petstores! they had the cutest yorkie one day before i had gotten gracie i just wanted to take him home and spoil him ! poor things!

[peanut]

I feel so bad for all the puppies in pet stores & puppy mills...