 Maybe someone could explain exactly what is meant by that expression?
I've mentioned in another thread that I bought our Westie, Dylan when she was only six weeks old from a kennel. I thought buying through a kennel is what we were supposed to do. I made sure everything was in order as far as the AKC registration was concerned, but the breeder wouldn't let me see Dylan's mom. She said she wouldn't let me rub this stuffed dog against the mom, 'it's better she gets attached to you, not to her mom.'
She also mentioned that she'd taken Dylan from her mother when she was only five weeks old, and that she'd only been in this large open aired pen, never touching the grass.
This was in Macon, and we live in Atlanta, so it's about a two hour drive. I had a lot of time to wonder over what I had just lived through. The first vet visit began with the vet telling me I had no business having a dog this young that should still be with it's mom and that I'd not know what a 'real Westie' was like because of being taken away so young.
Now, is this a puppy mill situation but through a kennel? I thought only animals at malls and some pet stores sold puppy mill dogs. How do you tell?
I'm against 'puppy mills' but can't help being bothered by that is exactly what I inadvertently did. I do intend to watch the show, but could ya'll clarify too?? |