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Lillium · 12-02-2007, 09:53 PM

I cannot stand pet stores and will not buy any live animals from there. (Except I did buy my pet rat from one to save him from being snake food.)

I went into a pet store yesterday to look at the puppies because from far away they looked very, very small. Too small to be sold. Two breeds - a Cav King Charles X (always with the X) and a Jack Russell X were being sold, available on the 4th of December. They were smaller than Suzy was at 6 weeks. I was mortified! I didn't dare ask how old they were because I would have cried. They were tiny, tiny babies. I felt so sorry for them.

I then went over to look at what Mum was looking at, a Malt X Australian Silky. The poor dear had very sparse, wirey hair. The hair around his face was pure white, Mum commented that he'd have to have his eyes tattooed because of this. (She used to breed Malts.) We were both absolutely appalled at what the 16 year or so old girl said about a X Maltese... Mum commented that he'd have to have his eyes done and the little girl said "Oh no! You wouldn't need to do that. Just put a hat on him, he'll be right!"

Put a hat on a puppy. Yeah, sure, that'll work wonders. Thanks for the tip!

We quickly left. I told my boyfriend about the experience and he has now banned me from going into pet stores as I get too upset.

One more thing - I was looking at buying either a Chihuahua or a Yorkie, I called a number of breeders of both to find out as much as I could so I could make a decision. I learned that a purebred with microchip, papers, vaccinations etc would be $1000. I looked at one in a pet store and out of curiosity asked how much it was. $1500. For a CROSS. What the heck is wrong with these people? It makes me so angry!

The mayor of Sydney, Australia has recently called for live animals to be banned from being sold in pet stores. I'm very, very happy about this and I hope that it happens.

12-02-2007, 09:53 PM	#1
Lillium Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mostly in a world of books Posts: 255	Pet stores and live animals - a rant I cannot stand pet stores and will not buy any live animals from there. (Except I did buy my pet rat from one to save him from being snake food.) I went into a pet store yesterday to look at the puppies because from far away they looked very, very small. Too small to be sold. Two breeds - a Cav King Charles X (always with the X) and a Jack Russell X were being sold, available on the 4th of December. They were smaller than Suzy was at 6 weeks. I was mortified! I didn't dare ask how old they were because I would have cried. They were tiny, tiny babies. I felt so sorry for them. I then went over to look at what Mum was looking at, a Malt X Australian Silky. The poor dear had very sparse, wirey hair. The hair around his face was pure white, Mum commented that he'd have to have his eyes tattooed because of this. (She used to breed Malts.) We were both absolutely appalled at what the 16 year or so old girl said about a X Maltese... Mum commented that he'd have to have his eyes done and the little girl said "Oh no! You wouldn't need to do that. Just put a hat on him, he'll be right!" Put a hat on a puppy. Yeah, sure, that'll work wonders. Thanks for the tip! We quickly left. I told my boyfriend about the experience and he has now banned me from going into pet stores as I get too upset. One more thing - I was looking at buying either a Chihuahua or a Yorkie, I called a number of breeders of both to find out as much as I could so I could make a decision. I learned that a purebred with microchip, papers, vaccinations etc would be $1000. I looked at one in a pet store and out of curiosity asked how much it was. $1500. For a CROSS. What the heck is wrong with these people? It makes me so angry! The mayor of Sydney, Australia has recently called for live animals to be banned from being sold in pet stores. I'm very, very happy about this and I hope that it happens.