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Originally Posted by ChocoMilk  I apologize if I am not being clear on these issues, but I am getting confused myself on why I am being misunderstood or misinterpreted. You are saving up for one because you are an educated buyer, and you are a dog lover. I was trying to state that, for an uneducated client, they would be LESS LIEKLY to save up for an "ideal dog", but yes of course they would have to save! to buy ANY dog, pet store dog or not, whichever they can meet first. how else would they afford a dog if they have no money?  |
sorry, we thankfully don't have petshops that sell puppies here so i don't know the basic price difference- but puppy mills are a really big problem...
most of the mill yorkie puppies are only £150-£300 and ofcourse that is for a 6wk non reg teacup most times (
)... and some could spend more than that on a weekend shopping trip and would think nothing of it... no saving involved.
but i have always assumed that anyone smart enough to own a dog would be smart enough to want to see where it comes from etc, and realise that as with anything else, the more you research and generally the more you spend, the better deal your getting in the long run... one of the most common phrases here (whether talking about dogs or tissue paper) is 'you get what you pay for' so i personally would always have assumed that anyone would apply the same logic when buying a new family member (whether attached with a name picked or not)... after all, in a pet shop is it not difficult to see the puppies personalities therefore making any petstore purchase a 'shot in the dark'?
i've always put things like that down to common sense, no 'how to buy a puppy' course needed.