Don't be hard on yourself, you did a great thing. I know it's so hard to look at these poor guys and not want to take them all home, but then you would just be supporting the puppy mill they came from. Yes, every pup deserves a home, even those from puppy mills, but after they have been surrendered to a rescue and thoroughly checked, then they can be adopted out.
I would definitely not be shopping in any store that sells puppies. We only have one store locally that sells Nature's Variety and so far on 2 occasions, they have had puppies for sale. I asked about them, the first time they were mutts, that a friend of the owners dogs had, accidental breeding. They were just helping them find homes for them. I thought ok, I can live with that. But just recently they had lab puppies for sale, again friends that don't have they dogs spay/neutered bred and they had 11 puppies, they were trying to help sell the last 4/5 can't remember exactly. So now, I don't know what I'm going to do because now I think they are just perpetuating the overpopulation of unwanted dogs. It looks like I might have to start buying my food on-line, which will cost more because of the way it will have to be shipped!!
But we have got to put a stop to Puppy Mills! |