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Originally Posted by Debr this is a small town pet store, no mill puppies. She is the product from owners wifes 2 dogs. She has a grooming shop and breeds a few different small breeds.
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A pet store which does not get it's puppies from a puppymill
is okay. Why would you want to put this woman out of business because
some pet stores buy from puppy mills when she doesn't?
That would be the same as saying we want to put
ALL breeders out of business because they may be disreputable and may sell sick puppies. IMO this kind of thinking is "extreme".There will always be people who fall in love with puppies so the demand will always be there whether they are a breeder with a store or one who sells from their kennel, their ranch or their house.
I think we have a responsibility to warn people who come on here that you really have to check out where a pet store gets their puppies before they consider buying one because pet stores (in the malls especially) are notorious for buying from puppymills, just as we should try to educate people about unscrupulous breeders, brokers and about what puppymills are in general.
Again, I will reiterate my opinion that "broad generalizations" lose credibility because as soon as there is ONE exception to the rule, people realize the statement is not true and start questioning everything that has been said. It hurts our battle to eliminate puppymills in my opinion.