So, a good friend of mine (for the most part) continues to purchase her puppies from pet stores.
First a cocker spaniel and now a little King Charles Cavalier.
She is well-educated and has a great job. I just DO NOT get it. She loves her dogs and would be in it for the long haul if they got sick or anything. (She doesn't walk them but that's another story).
I saw her at a swim meet this week-end and she was telling me again all about her new puppy. Since I know she KNOWS - I simply asked
'Did you support a puppy mill when you bought little Ruby"?
She laughed and said yes, she did and this one came from Arkansas. Pet store in Pittsburgh. She knows what she is doing but she continues to do it. I just don't get it.
She gave me some sad story that her older dog had died and the dog left behind was so depressed that she didn't have time to look for any breeder.
There is no point in lecturing her because she already knows what she is doing. And she knows it is wrong - but she always finds a way to justify it.
What should I have said???