Thank you for posting the correct way to stage a protest. I am happy to say there is only one store that sells puppies in my area, it sells only puppies. They are housed in a warehouse with a cement floor, there are no toys or food sold there. Just puppies. They come from "local breeders". They are caged in wire kennels sometimes 5 and 6 pups to a kennel. It is a very sad store. Thankfully the vets in my area are well versed in this store.
I do not know anyone in my area as I have a horse farm and rarely get off of it to meet dog people. I have many horse friends dispersed through out my state and cannot see them being able to get away to stage a formal protest any more than I can. This is not an excuse it is a fact of life, I simply do not have the time or resources to do this type of thing.
That is the beauty of the internet, you can tell people what you have learned of bad breeders, puppy mills and brokers. Hopefully you will not meet many objections and if you do you can only pray that people will be able to see the truth and do their own research on buying a nice pet puppy. It is a daunting task in some places as nobody really wants to hear it. Why I will never figure out.
If you go to different forums and do your research I think you will find that there are plenty of ways to weed out the questionable places to buy a dog.
I am in awe of the people that defend the practices of brokering and puppy mills and pet stores, for the life of me I cannot figure out why. I am also always shocked at the number of people that simply don't say a word although I know they have an opinion on it,I guess they just do not want to upset the more popular and vocal members of the forums. It is sad to me that these particular issues are politically influenced.
Good luck to all of you who are looking to buy a puppy and I hope you do your research on it and do not just take the word of a complete stranger on a forum somewhere. It is up to you to make sure the pet you choose will be one that you want to spend the next 15 years with. By all means ask the pertinent questions of a breeder, temperment, size, coat quality but do expect a good breeder to ask you as many or more questions on the home you will be providing for a puppy that they have spent years breeding. |