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Originally Posted by DvlshAngel985  I have to disagree with you on two fronts.
1) The negativity is coming from both sides. I went back and counted 52 posts were supportive of the op, and 10 were heavily opinionated that what she did was wrong. There are some that are neither here nor there also. Just because you're supporting the OP doesn't mean you're not being negative also. Just something to think about.
2) Yes, by buying from a pet store you are just supporting puppymills and acknowledging that what they are doing is a-ok by you. When someone is selling something, any type of product, by purchasing you are creating a demand. By creating a demand, you are telling them to produce more to meet that demand. So yes, purchasing from a pet store is adding to the problem. If we don't create a market for puppy mills and pet stores to exist, they won't be there. Simple supply and demand. Yes it sucks to be speaking about living, breathing creatures as products, but that's what they are in the eyes of millers, pet stores, and greedy BYBers.
Having said that. I would have done the exact same thing as the OPer if in the exact situation. I would have taken the pup, and re-homed it probably. (I can't afford a second at the moment) One thing is for sure, I could not just sit back and let some stupid kids pool their money together to buy a baby making machine. They were not purchasing a pet, or adding to their families, they were purchasing a product. |
and i wanted to add that if you look into this thread you will see that even I, though i do not agree with the choice, do support and thank this person for taking on this puppy and caring for him. he needs her and she's going to be a good mommy to him. he is in a better place. what i am trying to make people realize is that if all of us walked into every pet store in this nation and felt sorry for a puppy or overheard someone wanting to give a puppy a less than desirable home, and bought these poor babies in the pet store windows, then we aren't stopping them from refilling their stock, we are adding to their customer list. i can't say i wouldn't break down and get him out of there either. maybe I would...but you know what i wouldn't step foot in front of, near, and defin. not inside a pet land EVER. i hate that place so much, walking by it in the mall makes me sick inside and i just don't understand the logic of even going in there at all. it doesn't teach anyone around you that you hate pet stores, everyone in the store that day thinks that you support pet stores and are just another puppy shopper...so now that you have him, spread the word about pet stores. tell them why you got him out of there and tell them how awful petland is...don't allow the situation to be that you were a pet store buyer, turn it around and show the world why you had to rescue him and what kind of things go on in those stores and where the puppies come from. and for others out there. just don't go inside those places. fight all you can to shut them down forever, then we don't have to worry about our hearts leading us to purchase and rescue puppies from pet stores, but rather we shut them all down forever and stop the need to supply them.