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I saw this comment - If we shut down the puppy mills, the bad pet stores will go out of business.

The LAW is not going to differentiate the difference between good and bad - In the eyes of the law - A Pet Store is a Pet Store - they don't have 'good' and 'bad' ratings.

The Mills will STAY IN BUSINESS as long as they have Pet Stores to sell to.

As with many other people - I feel this strongly. I keep seeing the same posts defending Pet Stores practices and there is no middle ground - It's stop selling live animals and help shut down Puppy Mills - or keep selling them and keep Mills in Business. Why anyone would want to dispute a known fact really confuses me.

Pet Stores are the BIGGEST buyer of Mill Puppies. We know this and we can't stop this practice of mass breeding unless you take away customers - Pet Stores ARE the Customers. In turn WE are the customers.

It's not like we can say "this is a good pet store" - "this is a bad one"....They ALL need to stop selling live animals... or Mills will continue to be in business.

For those who got their puppies from Pet Stores - I totally understand falling in love - Same with the person who started this thread - I think it's great that she knows a nice Pet Store - but that doesn't change the fact there are VERY FEW of them like that - and chances are their puppies DID come from a mill as Whispersmom pointed out. That's pretty far to go to get a puppy to sell - but I'm always glad for happy results with a pet store just as I get REALLY passionate about NOT buying from them.

I just don't go inside the stores that sell live puppies - too depressing which is their GOAL - they WANT you feel so bad for that baby that you shell out the big bucks.

They UNDER feed puppies to keep them smaller - Which is starving them actually. They sit in cages and they do not get medical attention. Has anyone looked into the eyes of a Pet Store Puppy ? They PLEAD with you ....and it's exactly what the Pet Store owner wants.

Most of the time - the price is jacked up so high - you could get exactly the same puppy from a breeder and not be supporting puppy mills. The more people who know the plight of Mill Puppies that get sold to Pet Stores the better chance one day Mills will be put out of business.