[Britster]

I never know this either; I've known a few people come to me ALL excited because they just got a new pup, and
I'll ask "oh, where did you get him?" nicely and they'll reply "such-and-such pet store" and I kind of cringe inside
just because I know about it. But I also understand not everybody knows about it... I still haven't figured out
a nice way to explain to them so I usually just smile, nod, and tell them how cute their dog is. I think sometimes
even when you tell people about it... they don't quite GET it.

Although in my college speech class, I did a presentation on puppy mills to a class of about 30 and everyone
was shocked and really interested in the whole thing. They all learned something new and said I had one of
the best impacting speeches ever in the class! So it made an impact on those 30-some people, so hopefully
I made somewhat of a difference and my peers will think twice about getting a new puppy from a pet store!