[gemy]

If these stats are anywhere close to being representative a 64% of dogs sourced from free or at a low cost- and marry this to 40% of folks reported who buy from family n friends, another analysis survey from a business that does stats and sell their report to dog businesses at $3K a pop The American Pet Products Association.


Rescues and HSUS and what-ever and whom-ever should be doing a marketing and promotion program to dissuade pet owners who breed their pet dog Missy to Spot....


And I wonder given we seem to have a lot of puppy mills where are those pups reported in the numbers - because if it is from pet stores 6% can not represent the annual number of puppies they are pumping out.


It also seems like purebred dog breeders of repute are hardly a significant part of the problem.


There is also a dis-connect where-in the stats report that 78% of dogs are supposed to be S=N but only 10% enter shelters that are actually S+N that is another huge disconnect!!