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Wow - Comparing Pet Stores to Marriage ? Did I read this right ?

Pet Stores are NOTORIOUS for buying from puppy mills - I really don't think ANYONE should be defending them when someone new could come read that and think a pet store is ok to buy from - they are NOT.

Puppy Mills may be slowed down if Pet Stores didn't buy in quantity like they do. They would not BREED dogs over and over and discard them when they're through with them - they wouldn't HAVE A PLACE to ship all these puppies if Pet Stores were stopped.

This is no offense to anyone who purchased their puppy from a pet store - but in order to make a dent in mills - we need to cut off the demand... and pet stores supply that demand when people fall in love seeing a puppy in a store -

Many puppies are purchased in Pet Stores as an impulse buy - People window shop - they see - they fall in love or want to rescue that puppy - the Pet Store makes a sale - goes BACK to the mill and replaces that sold puppy with a new Mill Puppy - and it goes on and on -

If someone is going to say "It's ok - not all pet stores are bad" that's sending the wrong signal to people who may not know what happens in these places. I can't believe I read this.