Quote:
|
Originally Posted by yorkykisses Lorraine,
My husband and I headed South for the day on Monday. We ran accross a Petland and have never been in one, so my husband and I thought we would check it out. For one thing I could not believe the quality of these poor puppy mill dogs and all they wanted was alittle love! I honestly could have purchased everyone of them and rescued them from this pet store. They had one yorkie female and I ask to see her info and when I looked at her pedigree I could not believe what I seen! In the third generation there where well known AKC champions! From breeders that are very picky about where their puppies are placed. I am quite positive what you have used as an example above happened in this situation. I believe that in today's breeding society alot of breeders breed for the money and the better the pedigree they can advertise the more money they can put into their pockets! I also could not believe how many prospective pet owners that go to pet stores do not realize the puppies are coming from puppy mills and not descent reputable breeders. After leaving Petland we headed home and all I could think about was those poor dogs I left behind at the pet store. |
That is exactly what I am talking about. If the reputable kennels were in the third generation then the breakdown in trust would have been in the second generation or possibly the first generation. And what you described is exactly what happened, some puppies get sold that have pedigrees going back to very nice dogs from reputable kennels and those puppies being sold along with the pedigrees end up being sold in Petland where we know where they get their wares from, puppymills.