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07-03-2007, 04:30 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: VA
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| Perfect Pets, Richmond VA Hey i was chattin with someone here last week about perfect pets and they said a friend of theirs saw a sick puppy there, and i was definding the store. well is seems i was wrong...i went to the store i really didnt see anyone sick and they didnt have the cocker spaniel, i did see a little bit of crusts in a papillons eye, but i have recently heard some distrubing remarks about the store. i heard that recently they promised papers, akc on a puppy, when they lady picked up her puppy she didnt get the papers, after about i think they said 5 month she called the news here in town and reported them and its seems she got the wrong puppy, but it was still an akc puppy and there was a mix up with the registration papers too. the owner of the store didnt make an appearence and gave her a credit $100.00 i didnt see the news report but my mom was telling me about we were both shocked. |
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07-06-2007, 05:40 PM | #2 |
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| That is interesting. Personally I would never get a puppy from a petstore. I went in one up the street and they had a poor pug that was sooooo sick. His little nose was running and his eyes were watery, he was sneezing, he obviously had a cold. But what's worse is that he was in with about 5 other tiny dogs. They also had a bad case of the fleas. I told the worker that the pug was sick and he said that it was under vet care. But you'd think that they would put him in the back so that he can rest and other people wouldn't be petting them. |
07-06-2007, 06:00 PM | #3 |
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| It is too bad about that store. It used to be a nice store with good dog food and now I never go because they sell pups. I was shocked when they did because I know that they USED to have a big sign up on the puppies container. We do not support puppymills ALL of our puppies are bought from USDA breeders. Ya ok I will not give them one red cent anymore. |
07-06-2007, 06:14 PM | #4 |
Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| Point of information please? At the risk of sounding stupid, aren't USDA breeders the same thing as puppy mills? At least most of the time? I am still learning here, so be kind!
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07-06-2007, 06:35 PM | #5 |
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| I think that alot of the bigger mills are USDA inspected but so are the "commercial" dealers. The USDA licenses several hundred "commercial puppy breeders" and dealers every year. These are people who are also more commonly termed as puppy mills by some people. The license truly means nothing, it is just permission from the government to mass produce puppies to be sold enmasse to pet stores. < ---read tax dollar revenue for Uncle Sam so that makes it ok http://www.thevoicefordogs.org/dealer.shtml |
07-06-2007, 06:40 PM | #6 |
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| This is from the prisoners of greed site. So I do not know if the smaller mills are affected by the USDA, not if they just sell to the general public but the larger commercial breeders are. In 1970 the Animal Welfare Act was enacted. This law, according to the USDA interpretation, covers warm blooded animals used in research, animals in zoos and circuses and marine parks, and to animals sold in the wholesale pet trade. Although it is the subject of disagreement, the USDA contends that the law does not cover retail petstores, game ranchers, cold blooded animals used in research, county fairs or dog shows. Puppymills came into existance after World War I when farmers had lost must of their crop to drought. The farmers simply used the chicken coops and rabbit hutches they already had for the dogs. The terrible conditions in these kennels was partially the reason why the AWA was enacted |
07-06-2007, 06:40 PM | #7 |
Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| Thanks for the information.
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07-06-2007, 06:44 PM | #8 |
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| Hope it helped. You can always check the USDA site too if you have a question about a breeding practice. They have them listed as well by name and state. |
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