Petland in Canada vs. Petland in the USA
 

I went to Petland here (in Saskatchewan, Canada) one day and asked the store manager if they bought their puppies from puppymills. He said that he has heard lots of stories about the US stores selling puppymill pups and that they weren't under the same ownership. He told me that the US stores, although they share the same name, are under completely different ownership, and even have different head offices and rules for their company. He told me that they get their puppies from local breeders and they are randomly checked up on, etc. He even told me that if I want to get a puppy from their store (which I absolutely totally did NOT want to, I was just curious) I could even go on these random checks and view some of the breeders and the puppies. :rolleyes:

I don't know about this, has anyone else heard that Petland in the USA is different from Petland in Canada?

I would never buy from a pet store anyway, but it would be nice to know that Canada's petland's puppies don't come from puppy mills!

Well the first thing that comes to mind is that NO serious breeder will
sell their pups to a pet store.
Face it, all pups have to come from some breeder but not the breeder's
who breed to make the breed better. These breeders are called
"Puppymills and BYB". Same story different location. He's not being
honest or he's thinks these breeder's are not puppymills.
Maybe you can educate him.

In Canada, if a breeder sells to a pet store, they will be suspended and deprived of priviledges of the Canadian Kennel Club. The yorkies that I was looking at in Petland last night were shipped there from Quebec, which just so happens to be Canada's puppymill capital. When I asked the lady "what breeder in Quebec" she said "the papers don't say so it must have been from another one of our stores". It's up to you to believe what you want, but any reputable breeder will NOT sell their puppies to a petstore not knowing who is going to buy them. A reputable breeder screens their buyers to be sure their puppies are going to good homes.

Thank you!

I'm from Calgary and had asked the same questions and got the same answer, bull tweet, they come from Canadian Puppymills like Quebec, if they were from breeders why are the dog label yorkie type? If they are from Breeder they would know the type of dog and should come with papers, and AKA registered.

They say the same thing in US stores!

Petland is a franchise, so they all have different owners. And they all say that.

You make a good point! I would never purchase from a pet store, but I was just curious..and maybe wanted to start an argument with the manager :grin2:

I like this LOL. How do we go on a SCHEDULED random check? What a bunch of idiots. Too bad so many fall into the puppy trap. Poor puppies:thumbdown

ok, so i know this thread is rather out dated but I came accross it randomly and would like to set things straight

I live up here in Canada and have known the Petland company for a long while. They do in fact have breeders, some registered and some not. The ones that aren't registered does not mean "puppy mill". It means the puppies from those litters aren't pure breds and don't meet the requirements for the Canadian Kennel Club (size, height, etc. for the purebreds) and so, they become a "type".

Also, each store has ONE person go and pick out the puppies to sell. If they see that the facilities are not meeting certain (high) standards, then there is no deal. Any point in time managers or the owners can go to these facilities for a nice little surprise inspection.

And one more thing, an important rule for the breeders that Petland uses is that the female dog can not be used for breeding more than twice in her life time and not back to back pregnancies.

Personally I think adopting from an animal shelter is certainly a good way to go because those pets can be put down after a while. (depends on the facility). Petland has a no kill policy so their puppies stay until they are adopted. (Or move to a new location to try it's luck there)

P.S. "type" sometimes means that there is potential that somewhere in it's family tree, there could have been a different breed mixed in there, no matter how pure it is now.

:yeahthat:

Newbies first post is to defend a post about a store and set the record straight...things that make you say "hmmmmm ye "randomly"...okay.ye right!" I was born yesterday and can read and write today...please a pet store takes in hmm "nonperfect" pups and then regulates their breeding practices of contracted breeders...again ye k I'm not even renting it...

Well guess what my little molly is from pet land!!!! She has AKC papers. Before I got her they gave me the name address and phone number of her breeder. Contacted the breeder and checked them out, they have 6 dogs they keep in their house that get full attention from their 3 kids. I got to see and pet the sire and dam. She gave me a copy of the pedigree so I could see it then. And a PLUS was they only lived an hour and a half away so were pretty local. I went the following day and purchased my Molly!!! So idc about all you pals hype about pet store puppies. Im sure some r from puppy mills but not all are. I know some breeders have champion dogs that once they start breeding live the rest of their life in a metal cage, wow what a great life.

Originally Posted by kagali16 "Also, each store has ONE person go and pick out the puppies to sell. If they see that the facilities are not meeting certain (high) standards, then there is no deal....Petland has a no kill policy so their puppies stay until they are adopted"

Now...does this even make sense? What happens to the puppies that are not hand picked to go to the petstore? What happens to the dogs (because they did not get bought as puppies) that they "don't" kill? Perhaps, dropped off to some shelter or used in some breeding facility? And what about older puppies who are "tried out" at a new location? Who is socializing them? Paying for their vet bills? Petstore owners...out of the goodness of their hearts??? NOT Good Breeders DO NOT sell to petstores!!! To believe anything else is to be naive or delusional. I'm glad Molly's doing well...but don't believe for a heartbeat that your precious furbabies Mom is somewhere being forced to breed over and over and over again. And that her littermates are sitting in another petstore waiting for someone to come along to buy them. Breeders selling to petstores are doing it for the $$$$$, not for the love of the dog.