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Originally Posted by Annie&Badger Please don't support pet stores of any kind. They all get their puppies from mills and they just don't care. |
I think thats a little harsh ... not ALL pet stores buy there puppies from Puppy Mills and don't care.
However, I appreciate the sentiments and I would agree that the major big stores will in all likely hood be buying from mills.
I have a family friend who runs a pet store, just a one store operation, and he did a tour with his "puppy broker" of some of the mills and the conditions the dogs were in before he decided which breeders he would buy off and which he wouldn't. (he obviously choose not to buy from the mills).
However, regardless ... I'd still recommend buying from a breeder direct, someone who's set up you can visit and who is interested in if you will make a good parent for the puppy and not just that you can afford the price.