Honestly, I would go in and buy every single one of them. Who doesn't want to go save them all and give them a happy, healthy home?
But, while they're living with a family, their mama is still back at the puppy mill. as soon as they get sold the owners call up the puppy mill "we need 3 more yorkie puppies." then the mama gets bred again.
Another reason I will never again buy from a pet store? I don't want to do business with people who'll stand there and lie right to my face. "Our puppies came from private breeders. Not far away at all!" Why would I GIVE money to someone who's lying to me? Especially if I know they're lying to me?
And then there's one more reason, the biggest one for me, that I will never buy anything, not even dog food, from a pet store again. I got a puppy last year from a pet store. We got him on my birthday (he wasn't a surprise, I went and picked him out and everything). He was my little pal. He followed me EVERYWHERE. For the time we had him, we were inseperable. Then, when he was 14 WEEKS old, and we had had him for a month, he started having seziures. I remember the day my dad and I drove to the vet and he was sitting in my lap. He was tired. I remember going into the vet and having him say that Bandit would need a lot of money put into him if he was going to survive. I remember asking my dad if he would live. I also remember when at 10 that night he started seziuring and my dad rushed him off to the vet. At 3 in the morning he called and said that the vet said there was nothing left that anyone could do, and Bandit had to be put to sleep.
And, finally, I remember that my parents almost had to sue this stupid pet store owner to get any sympathy from him. He said that we shouldn't have put Bandit to sleep, we should have brought him back. What for? So he could suffer there until they got off their butts to bring a vet in? I couldn't even go with my parents when they went to get the check (almost 6 months later), because one look at that guy and I probably would have killed him.
and those are all of the reasons I'm against pet stores.
Sorry for that rant/vent/incredibly long post. I just feel very strongly about this subject. |