oh just reading that makes me sooooooo sad! There is a local pet store here that sells puppies, and I found out that they get their puppies from local reputable breeders (which makes me happy at least) and all there puppies area always $1399. no more, not usually less. Still a bit pricey but not $3,000. Anyways when I go in there occassionally the pups all look soooo happy! The employees let them out all day long in shifts, small ones together, medium ones and large ones.... they are in a room that is sectioned off from the rest of the store so they dont have a million faces staring at them all day long! And their bedding is always clean and the room smells like clean dogs. I mean it smells like dog... but not like 3 day old pee & poop.
I wish there were more pet stores like that out there!