Pet store puppy

[llcornell]

Originally Posted by Catie_and_Luna

[F Sans MS]Blehh it just breaks my heart. I couldn't possibly let that puppy sit and suffer. I would take it home and make it happy immediately lol![/FONT] even with the knowledge that it would just encourage puppy mills.

Maybe you should spend some time with one of the breeders that make it out of these horrible places....Im really hoping your comment wasnt serious

[Catie_and_Luna]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Oh please, that makes my heart break, why is the puppy lonely in the pet store, any worse off then the parents who are being cruelly mistreated? The only way to stop it is to stop buying the puppies from pet stores; otherwise two will take its place. Don't be an enabler!

Yes that is true, those poor parents.
I just hate the situation is at hand in the first place, people are so cruel.

[redvalaria]

Everyone can help in their own way:

I do a lot of rescue work and have managed the paperwork on several hoarder/mill situations here in NC. We pulled animals out of conditions you just could not believe. And the woman got 3 months in jail. If you steal a dog, its a felony....if you starve it to death....its a misdemeanor here in NC. TOO SAD.

But if you can't face that try one of these:

Write your local and state representatives to make puppy mills and selling pets in stores illegal.

donate time walking dogs and cuddling with them at the local shelter

donate food/towels/blankets/supplies to local pet rescue organizations

foster a dog for a rescue group

become part of the rescue "train" that moves animals across the country...you typically agree to drive a few hours one way with a dog to meet another volunteer

ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO FREQUENT ANY PET STORES WHICH SELL DOGS OR CATS. Tell them how much you spend annually. Tell them why they won't be getting it. Do it in writing to the parent company if its a large group.

Talk to your friends. Your church group. Your clubs. Your familiy. The more people who know, the more they can spread the word.

Contribute money to reputable rescue groups and shelters.

So there is something for EVERYONE, no matter how much time or money they have (don't buy one dog dress, donate that money to a group). We made our teenage son volunteer with our vet who does rescue work, 3 days a week after school all last year.

Doesn't matter who you are, you can help!

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by redvalaria

Everyone can help in their own way:

I do a lot of rescue work and have managed the paperwork on several hoarder/mill situations here in NC. We pulled animals out of conditions you just could not believe. And the woman got 3 months in jail. If you steal a dog, its a felony....if you starve it to death....its a misdemeanor here in NC. TOO SAD.

But if you can't face that try one of these:

Write your local and state representatives to make puppy mills and selling pets in stores illegal.

donate time walking dogs and cuddling with them at the local shelter

donate food/towels/blankets/supplies to local pet rescue organizations

foster a dog for a rescue group

become part of the rescue "train" that moves animals across the country...you typically agree to drive a few hours one way with a dog to meet another volunteer

ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO FREQUENT ANY PET STORES WHICH SELL DOGS OR CATS. Tell them how much you spend annually. Tell them why they won't be getting it. Do it in writing to the parent company if its a large group.

Talk to your friends. Your church group. Your clubs. Your familiy. The more people who know, the more they can spread the word.

Contribute money to reputable rescue groups and shelters.

So there is something for EVERYONE, no matter how much time or money they have (don't buy one dog dress, donate that money to a group). We made our teenage son volunteer with our vet who does rescue work, 3 days a week after school all last year.

Doesn't matter who you are, you can help!

All excellent advice! I too have my teenage daughter help with rescue. I think it's a great way to give back and to learn.

[Catie_and_Luna]

Originally Posted by llcornell

Maybe you should spend some time with one of the breeders that make it out of these horrible places....Im really hoping your comment wasnt serious

Oh no no, I would never do anything to encourage puppymills.
I just feel so bad for all the dogs who are involved :l so sad.

[bently 1]

Originally Posted by megansmomma

PET STORE PUPPY

I'm a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and small
I live inside a cage, you see at a Pet Store in the mall.

I'm not an only puppy, my sisters are all here.
My brothers, too, except for onewho died 'cause he was scared.

It's lonely here at nighttime when all the lights go dark,
We tremble in our cages and we whimper and we bark.

But no one comes to hold us or pet our fears away.
We sit all night in terror til the store opens the next day.

We don't remember mama, left so far behind.
she did the best she could for us til Man said "It is time"

He crammed us all in cages too small for us you see.
We rode for hours; we could not help but lay in poop and pee.

And now we sit in a pet store where kids come to taunt and squeeze.
They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas.

We're miserable and it's scary here; we all would rather die.
But since we don't we do our best to run away and hide.

I know you think my story too sad to leave me be.
You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.

But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will.
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.

You CAN stop our suffering but NOT by taking us home.
You must be strong and leave us here, unsold and all alone.

For if you do not take me, then another pup won't come.
And maybe he will not be shipped so far away from home.

Though some of us may not survive the cycle 'ere it falls.
If we DON'T sell, they will NOT need more puppies in these halls.

And if they need NO puppies, then the Man will NOT bring more.
Eventually, it CAN all STOP! You CANclose the door.

So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small.
In a cage at a pet store at your neighborhood shopping mall.

The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there.
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.

- Author Unknown

What a beautiful poem that really touches the heart, soul, and body of a person and thank you for sharing. Bently 1.

[megansmomma]

Originally Posted by Catie_and_Luna

Oh no no, I would never do anything to encourage puppymills.
I just feel so bad for all the dogs who are involved :l so sad.

The thing is that the puppies in the stores are not the ones suffering in misery. They are the lucky one to make it out of the mills. Their mommas and daddies are the ones suffering for years and years pumping out those cute little puppies. Then they pack those puppies onto the trucks and ship them off and ifthey survive you see them in the pet shop windows. What about the ones dumping into the trash behind the stores when they die in transport? Now take all of the little ones that have genetic defects that are sold to unsuspecting families that fell in love with that cute little puppy. Yes, it's a crap shoot~some are healthy and live long lives. But others have genetic defects and become sick but you can assume there are plenty of loving new owners who will pay any money to fix their sick baby but what about those that don't? They might end up in a rescue given the surgeries to fix them to make them whole again. Those are the lucky ones that are not PTS because the owners do not know about rescues that will take that little puppy and make him well.

THESE are the reasons that we ALL need to STAY OUT OF THE PET SHOPS!!!!! If we do not buy they will not produce!

[YorkieShadow]

The poem was sad.
Nancy I love reading your post.



My self I have never seen out pet stores where I live ever dirty. some of the workers there love their dogs just as much as we do. most of the are young school kids needing jobs. I have watched them work with the puppy's there and they treat them really good. but I cant say any thing about other pet stores. only the ones I've been in. and those ones have always been clean.

Its not the puppy store that really gets to me its the mills.
No I have never bought a puppy from a pet store but have family, friends who have. and they have been lucky to get a healthy one.
There's many breeders that are the same way. dogs in dirty cages. puppies taken away to early sick puppys sold, its all very sad. I know that there are many members here who have dogs that came from pets stores, and I know they all feel that they are happy that they got their babies and that they took them from those horrible places. and I have to agree. its not those puppies fault that they were born to mills.and I'm glad they now have a family that love them. But we cant save them all. I wish that we could. but I feel instead of wasting time with the pet stores we need to work more on shutting down the mills that's where its all starting at. those poor Mommy's and daddy's have never been loved. sutting down the mills and BYB will keep the petstores from having these pups.

[redvalaria]

yorkieshadow:

I agree that some stores look clean. Well, the front does. Who knows what is going on back where we can't see? I know lots of ex puppy store workers talk about "sick rooms" and being told to throw puppies out in the trash. which is why they hire young, young girls who need the money and who usually will do what they are told, no matter how odious.

The reason to work on the mills AND the stores is that if there is no market for pet store dogs, it slows the flow from the mills. It also drives prices down, and if you can't get the $$$$$$ then they stop breeding the dogs. Yes, the internet still exists, and its harder to shut down, but a lot of people aren't net savvy so, if we take the wet noses our of our malls, it will cut demand dramatically.

Please, everyone, speak with your wallets. Refuse to frequent these stores, tell them WHY. take your money elsewhere.

they can't survive if enough of us do it.

[llcornell]

Originally Posted by YorkieShadow

The poem was sad.
Nancy I love reading your post.



My self I have never seen out pet stores where I live ever dirty. some of the workers there love their dogs just as much as we do. most of the are young school kids needing jobs. I have watched them work with the puppy's there and they treat them really good. but I cant say any thing about other pet stores. only the ones I've been in. and those ones have always been clean.

Its not the puppy store that really gets to me its the mills.
No I have never bought a puppy from a pet store but have family, friends who have. and they have been lucky to get a healthy one.
There's many breeders that are the same way. dogs in dirty cages. puppies taken away to early sick puppys sold, its all very sad. I know that there are many members here who have dogs that came from pets stores, and I know they all feel that they are happy that they got their babies and that they took them from those horrible places. and I have to agree. its not those puppies fault that they were born to mills.and I'm glad they now have a family that love them. But we cant save them all. I wish that we could. but I feel instead of wasting time with the pet stores we need to work more on shutting down the mills that's where its all starting at. those poor Mommy's and daddy's have never been loved. sutting down the mills and BYB will keep the petstores from having these pups.

I dont feel that this poem is about the pet story and cleanliness of the store its about the bigger picture of trying to stop the millers and the pet store is a main supporter of the miller. So stopping sells in the pet store is a good start.

[llcornell]

Originally Posted by redvalaria

Everyone can help in their own way:

I do a lot of rescue work and have managed the paperwork on several hoarder/mill situations here in NC. We pulled animals out of conditions you just could not believe. And the woman got 3 months in jail. If you steal a dog, its a felony....if you starve it to death....its a misdemeanor here in NC. TOO SAD.

But if you can't face that try one of these:

Write your local and state representatives to make puppy mills and selling pets in stores illegal.

donate time walking dogs and cuddling with them at the local shelter

donate food/towels/blankets/supplies to local pet rescue organizations

foster a dog for a rescue group

become part of the rescue "train" that moves animals across the country...you typically agree to drive a few hours one way with a dog to meet another volunteer

ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO FREQUENT ANY PET STORES WHICH SELL DOGS OR CATS. Tell them how much you spend annually. Tell them why they won't be getting it. Do it in writing to the parent company if its a large group.

Talk to your friends. Your church group. Your clubs. Your familiy. The more people who know, the more they can spread the word.

Contribute money to reputable rescue groups and shelters.

So there is something for EVERYONE, no matter how much time or money they have (don't buy one dog dress, donate that money to a group). We made our teenage son volunteer with our vet who does rescue work, 3 days a week after school all last year.

Doesn't matter who you are, you can help!

Great post