literally in tears

[Nancy1999]

I hope you will join the Yorkietalk social club YAP. It's Yorkies Against Puppy mills, and we try to keep each other informed of important legislation that effects different states. We can't stop puppy mills until the laws in every state have minimum standards. Right now, the laws are just too lax. This past year has seen some significant changes in Pennsylvania, due to the show Oprah had on puppy mills. Writing congressmen and telling them what you think about kennel conditions does make a difference. If you are interested in joining YAP, the link is in my signature. We can make a difference!

[mscat]

Puppy Mills ... That is why it is never ever a good idea to get any animal from a pet store, the majority are from those places. It is also vital to always go to the breeders home, and see the parents of the pups. There are so many backyard breeders too, people have to be very aware at what goes on before getting a pup from anyone.
To me it is not a decision to be taken lightly, and one must be extremely cautious as to where a puppy is bought. Yes, it is terrible and absolutely discusting .

[LilMissy]

Here is a post that I wrote describing my experience with owning a petstore dog.

A big BOOooooooo to puppymills.

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...store-pug.html

[llcornell]

This may be a stupid question but where are these pet stores that sell puppies? I have never seen one store in San Diego. I know we have a lot a breeder dogs in our area since I myself have had 3 in a month but I keep wondering how there can be so many breeder dogs but I never see the stores that sell them. I asumed they must be internet purchases but then I keep reading about people that buy their dog in a store. I really wonder if the problem lies more in stores or the internet?

[veguroev]

Me, just like some of the YT memebers here didn't know/had no idea/never heard of puppy mills before we got Oscar our first yorkie. We even bought him @ Petland!!! Once again I didn't know anything about puppy mills.
My Oscarito was momma's boy, he was my life, but one time something happened to his neck that he couldn't stretch it. We ended up in the ER not once, but several times in his short life.
Unfortunately, my baby passed away when he was two years and nine months old.
Grief is what brought me to YT just to learn where my baby had come from.
Chiki our Chihuahua is a rescue so are our two cats. We got Jerome our yorkie froom somebody who had gotten him from somebody who got him from a breeder. I contacted the breeder. For what I talked to her( I contacted her since I had Jerome's original papers) sounded like she is a responsible breeder, and was pretty dissapointed that Jerome had been to two households in less than 2 months before we got him. Jerome's b-day is coming up in March. He will be 3 years old and we are his forever home.
Sorry, I got sidetrack, but the point is that puppy mills not oly hurt the animals they sell, but the new owners of those dogs.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by llcornell

This may be a stupid question but where are these pet stores that sell puppies? I have never seen one store in San Diego. I know we have a lot a breeder dogs in our area since I myself have had 3 in a month but I keep wondering how there can be so many breeder dogs but I never see the stores that sell them. I asumed they must be internet purchases but then I keep reading about people that buy their dog in a store. I really wonder if the problem lies more in stores or the internet?

You use to be able to buy a pet in any pet store, but because enough people complained certain states either won't allow it, or the stores in certain locations have decided it was no longer good for business. I know Florida still has plenty of pets sold in stores, and I believe others have complained about Texas as well. I'm not sure which states have passed legislation to forbid this, but probably the majority of states still allow pets to be sold in stores. You are correct about the Internet. Many people now are aware that you shouldn't get a pet from a pet store, but they think nothing of going to a web site, I don't understand why they think this is ok. Unless you see the conditions in which the dogs are being raised for yourself, you have no way of knowing if the pictures shown are really true.