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Originally Posted by Brookef18 I would just like every one to know that I am not thinking for one minute that pet stores are the best way to get a puppy. I know they are not.
But I look at this differently from some of you (Maybe all of you) I feel I saved Chewy from where he was... He deserved a good home and I fell in love with him. I hate what a puppy mill does to the dogs they breed, and how the dogs dont matter the them. But I don't believe that to stop buying pets from pet stores will change anything.
I have a different view is all. I won't try to change any ones mind. But i think it's ok to have my own opinion on this and hope I'm not making any enemies here...  |
That's why we're all here and why discussions are good. Everyone has different opinions. No one will change someone elses mind, but as much as one would love to think by buying 1 puppy from a store isn't supporting mills, think about how many people say that. If even 100,000 say that, you can imagine how many puppies that is. Every person and puppy will make a difference. If people stop buying from a petstore, the mills will have to slow down their breeding because more than likely not a whole lot of people will be dumb enough to go to their filthy homes and buy a pup. So their biggest source of revenue are brokers and pet stores because it masks the filthy situation. So yes, 1 pup, 1 person can help shut down a mill, if not at least slow it down to the point of shutting down. It's great that you saved Chewy, but I don't think you should encourage people to buy pups from a petstore because it's not the right thing to do.