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Originally Posted by YorkieRose How can we stop mills and support pet shops at the same time? Even pet shops who buy from so called"reputable" breeders..the problem is separating the wheat from the tares. We tell our chidlren not to talk to strangers..most strangers are perfectly fine people, but there is no way of knowing..we err on the side of safety.
The average Joe can not tell what shop does what..many flat out lie. How can the buyer go to visit these breeders and see for themselves? The fact a breeder allows their pups sold in a shop makes them someone I perfer not to deal with...and if my blanket, narrow minded anti-pet shop statements make me less credible, so be it..I can only offer what I know and have seen through experince, anyone is free to use this advise or ignore it. I do it all the time myself.
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I deeply respect your opinion but, imo, the logic is missing.
To follow your argument to it's logical conclusion, we would have to say, "since the 'average Joe' cannnot tell a reputable breeder from a bad one, then we should not allow any breeders."
You could also logically ask:
"How can we stop puppymillers and support breeders at the same time?" The average Joe cannot tell a good breeder from a puppymill breeder.
The source of the problem is "puppymill breeders" and everyone agrees with that so let's stop the puppymillers...go after the source, not the peripherals.