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Originally Posted by Magneticgal  Question... I agree with Chatties mom that the best first approach is to offer to volunteer and possibly help educate the owners about this. BUT how do I do this in a non-confrontational way? It is hard to say "your kennels are FILTHY and DISGUSTING" in a nice way. Ironically enough, the owner was just in the place where I work and I spoke to him about volunteering to clean the puppies cages. He has no clue- he thought I was doing it to be around the puppies, when in reality that is not the case. He said he would check into letting me possibly volunteer. I didn't really try to confront him, as I am trying to gain trust so he will hopefully listen and realize I am trying to help, not judge. |
WOW -- I would take that for a "sign" to persue the idea to volunteer to help the puppies and kitties AND work to educate the owners. I think you have a splendid idea to try to gain their trust and help rather than judge. In doing this at the very minimum you will be able to educate Mr. and Mrs. Pet Shop Owner about puppy mills and proper care of live animals and at best maybe you could convince them to stop carrying live animals.
If the Ms. Nice Gal approach doesn't work then you can always report them to the authorities.