Five weeks....
That makes me ill... at five weeks my five girls were just barely eating... they were still nursing! They were on gruel still, their teeth were not even anywhere close to being fully in!!! How could you send a pup out into the world in that condition and ask it to fend for its self??? That breeder should face animal cruelty charges if you ask me!
Its not even a tiny case here.... If that puppy had stayed with its mother till it was of a reasonable age it might not be a "tiny". If its five weeks now and the pet store has it... how old was it really when they got it?? when it was pulled from its mother??? 4 weeks??? That will certainly stunt a pup's growth.. lack of proper nutrition and care.. I'm sure that she's not getting that in a pet store.... That pup may have the potential to have been a 5lb adult! But due to neglect will never realize that potential ...
And will that bitch be bred right away?? My guess is YES! Its just sick!!! But hey... Thats how you mass produce cheap puppies for pet stores... And as long as people buy them... there will be a market for them and these breeders and mills will be in business... As sad as those babies are, buying them to get them out of those conditions only supports and perpetuates the problem... what really needs to be done is much harder... we need to report them to the local animal welfare agency departments... get them restricted from selling dogs... stop the sales of dogs in pet stores... The pups will be taken to shelters and adopted out... it takes more effort but the result saves more than just one or two pups... it can save hundreds...
Ok... I'm done ranting.... ugh! I just hate to read stuff like this!