SSGUZZY---she was wrong! I got my female when I was 8 months pregnant. I went into labor and thought it would be better for a relative to keep her during my hospital stay so she would have someone to watch her nonstop instead of someone sticking her in a kennel. When I got out of the hospital I was dying to see my baby after 5 days in the hospital. When we picked her up her rectum has swollen and open to about the size of a dime. So I took her to my vet and she had to stay overnight. She had developed a terrible case of diareaha from being scared. =( AND when she got home I had to give her pills for 5 days and put cream on her rectum until the tube ran out. It is not a condition but rather how their little systems react to stress and diareaha (spelling may be wrong) It cleared up quick but I cried and cried. I was so worried about my baby and blamed myself for the whole ordeal. So that's what was behind that.
StewiesMom--Petland stores have an option to buy from private breeders also. Our local store owner is very nice and does most of her business local. She is begging me to sell her one of my puppies if I breed my female. She said they bring 1400 easy. Here's my point, MOST petstores are terrible,YES. The one in North Augusta, SC--I have been in several times and dogs have been loose in the store--the employees said the owner likes for them to have a little free time. =) I was happy to hear this =) and she said the didn't run the traditional way and didn't make as much profit because of their buying practices, however, didn't spend hardly any money on meds because of the breeder decsisions she'd made. I didn't know the franchise owners COULD choose instead of buying from a broker all the time. I do not buy but have taken my dog a few time and they allowed all the "loose" babies to play with her. If all ran the way this one does I might not oppose them so much. There was one in our mall that was closed because an employee but a dog that was having seizures in a plastic bag and beat it up against a stone wall until the dog was no longer moving. NOW that is sickening. Petland pulled their name from the store but it's still open. I won't even go in there. =( |