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02-18-2009, 10:06 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: usa
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| pet store, please no drama A close family member of mine made an impulse purchse, a silky terrier. I am so dissapointed becasue I've sent them so much literature on not doing so. Well any advice on what to prepare this family member for as far as health problems that can go wrong? I just feel like I failed them because they know how I feel about this and I have a rescue yorkie. I almost didn't talk to them again because i was just so sorry they did this knowing the backrounds. The pet store person told her how they are "local" breeders blah blah blah that whole thing they tell u to purchase. |
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02-18-2009, 10:15 AM | #2 |
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| I'd leave it alone, & only offer advice IF there are health problems in the future.
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02-18-2009, 10:20 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: St Francis, MN
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| I agree, leave it be . . . family is family and we all make not so great decissions at times. Absolutely give her advise if there are any health problems. My oldest is (6)from a pet store, I didn't know any better, he has CT, my youngest (4) is from a local ameture breeder and has been just fine. My next will be a rescue. |
02-18-2009, 10:24 AM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: nj
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| Great Advice.............remember just because you get a pet in a pet store it does not mean it will get sick. Thinkk good thoughts and maybe they will get lucky and have a healthy pup |
02-18-2009, 10:25 AM | #5 | |
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I think u are right, I have to leave it alone because I didn't handle it so kindly and now I regret the things I've said. I am pretty sure in the future she will rescue now. | |
02-18-2009, 10:25 AM | #6 | |
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You certainly did your best to try to educate your family member on why it is a bad idea to buy a puppy from a pet shop. She will realize soon enough when she gets the papers that her puppy didn't come from a local breeder. If she asks for your opinion, you can stress the importance of getting a bile acids test and having a savings account for vet bills, but she may not listen. It's so frustrating when you try to save people from heartache and big vet bills and they don't listen. | |
02-18-2009, 10:28 AM | #7 |
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| Just be a friend, and if, (and more than likely "when") their puppy begins having problems, be there to support her. I have been in the same situation, with a neighbor. No matter how much I have explained that you cannot "rescue" these puppies, she still feels sorry for them, and buys them. Their argument is that their dogs have never had health issues. They are the exception to the rule. She cannot seem to get it in her head, that as soon, as she "rescues' one, another one is brought into replace the puppy. I've tried explaining to her about the life of the puppies mother, to no avail. The only way these puppies can be "rescued" is if the pet store was forced to turn all of them over to a Rescue Organization, and the millers did not make their money. Sheila |
02-18-2009, 10:35 AM | #9 | |
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Pet stores and puppy mills are an important issue and its frustrating when you tell someone but then they turn around and support the problem.
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02-18-2009, 10:36 AM | #10 | |
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All we can ever do is try to educate people about Puppy mills and Pet stores....its really up to them on what action they choose to take. If problems do occur with her puppy be her support system, sometimes is a hard lesson learned. | |
02-18-2009, 10:45 AM | #11 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | I have a silky terrier,hopefully they will be lucky and get a healthy one, I got mine from a good breeder and she is perfect so far at 10 months old.. they are a sturdy breed. All you can do now is hope that they learn about puppy mills and such.. but I have to say that I understand the impulse....Because I KNOW better and I still melt when I walk by the puppy store... hugs, Carmen in nj |
02-18-2009, 10:47 AM | #12 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Thor was a pet store puppy (former owner purchased him) and he's been perfectly healthy so far. He even has bite inhibition. You did everything you could. I will keep my fingers crossed that this dog turns out happy and healthy.
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02-18-2009, 10:50 AM | #13 |
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| The trouble is, people walk into these stores and see a little pup and just want to release it from the place. I can kinda understand it, but am glad that ive always rescued older doggies. |
02-18-2009, 11:08 AM | #14 |
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| Not ALL pet store puppies get sick, so it's not like a death sentence. And those puppies need homes, too.
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02-18-2009, 11:14 AM | #15 | |
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