I cannot thank you all enough for answering my question about my new puppy Jack's breathing spiracticly. I have wanted a shitzu forever and have researched these dogs for along time. I love him and will do anything I can to make sure he is taken care of! Also...wherever you buy an animal, it still needs a home and it is not his fault that a pet store had him. Thanks so much for all of your responses...Happy Holidays!
2007-12-14 10:25:46 · 9 answers · asked by Tracy F 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
That attitude is what keeps backyard breeders and puppy mills in business. Take away the demand, and they won't keep supplying them.
2007-12-14 10:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by feral_akodon 4 · 14⤊ 3⤋
So what you are saying is you don't care how the parents of the puppy's you are looking at are treated. Let alone the puppy's? Is this what YOU are saying ? If you have no idea of what I am talking about .Then you need to do more research . Every time a puppy is purchased from a pet store you are funding the puppy mills!!! You will be personally funding the suffering of dogs!! If you really want to "save" a dog go to a shelter or a breed rescue !! OH by the way if you do buy from a puppy mill I hope you have good credit you are going to need it to pay medical bills on your new puppy!!
2007-12-14 10:45:04 · answer #2 · answered by sherri 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
If no one supported puppy mills, then they wouldn't exist.
Kind of like New Coke. No one bought it, so it's no longer around.
Puppy mills are just as they sound. Typically there are dozens, if not hundreds, of dogs all living in cages of various sizes, with little to no human contact, little to no canine contact, are typically bred EACH AND EVERY HEAT cycle, usually given little to no medical care. The dogs are there solely to make people money and are treated like vending machines.
I recently saw a puppy mill dog who was bred each heat until she was so ridden with mammary tumors that she couldn't stand. So, she was auctioned off at a puppy mill auction. She died a year later.
Another puppy mill dog that cam into rescue was a 6 year old who had already had 10+ litters. Her leg had been broken in the crate and left to heal on its own - while pregnant. She could no longer produce, so she was dumped in rescue - with almost no fur, teeth rotting out of her mouth, no manners, and was terrified of people.
Buying from a pet shop means that you are condoning these types of people who do these awful things.
The dogs that come from pet shops are typically very bad quality and loaded with tons of genetic diseases.
I posted a link last time I answered you. Did you not read it? I don't mean to be rude, but I don't post them just so I can have a longer post than anyone. I post them because they are helpful.
http://www.stoppuppymills.org
http://www.geocities.com/bluegracepwd/wheretobuy.html
If you researched extensively, I'm suprised that you didn't come across the ASTC http://www.shihtzu.org/ that pretty clearly spells out that you shouldn't buy from a pet shop. . .
But, now you know.
Like I said, if you can return the dog, do so. And find a responsible breeder so that you aren't contributing to animal abuse and puppy mills.
2007-12-14 10:40:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
despite the fact that those chain puppy shops are a ways from proper, some individual shops are extra powerful than others. the place we are residing, Petsmart has extra healthy & extra powerful socialized rats than Petco (no very own journey with Petland). right here, Petsmart retains male & woman rodents in diverse shops, no longer basically diverse enclosures, so the prospect of adopting a pregnant woman is very much reducued. additionally, Petsmart retains fewer rats in each and each cage, supplies them extra toys & fees a larger cost because of the fact their concentration is on merchandising rats as pets extremely of nutrition for something else. 2 of our present day rats are from Petsmart & a million is from a Petco feeder bin. All have been candy & playful from the day we observed them. although we've observed some rats & mice from Petco who became out to have intense wellbeing or behavioral issues.
2016-10-11 07:33:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's interesting is that you said you had wanted this kind of dog for a very long time and that you've researched these dogs.... If you researched them so well, then why didn't you buy one from a reputable breeder? Of did you forget to research a breeder - and you only researched the breed? After all this research that you've done, then you're probably aware of any medical problems that Shih-Tzu are prone to. Did your breeder give you any kind of health guarantee on the puppy? Oh, that's right, you didn't go to a breeder. Are the parents of the puppy also health checked? Oh, you wouldn't know that either, as you didn't meet the parents. One last thing, is the puppy or parents AKC registered? Or do you not know that either, as BYB and puppymills are not AKC certified.
EDIT: One last thing... you'd think that after doing all this research that you'd at least know how to spell the breed name correctly... It's Shih-Tzu, not Shitzu
2007-12-14 10:37:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋
You are right, these crazy people on here will tell you that buying from a petstore will send you straight to hell but that is just ridiculous. It is stupid to say that you are for animal rights, yet animals who are in pet stores are somehow not entitled to be owned. Some of these people think that anyone who breeds animals outside of championship bloodlines is a backyard breeder. That is crazy too. My dog came from a petstore, and she is very happy, very healthy, and came with a great warranty, free shots and vet visits, and tons of pet accessories. You can't say it's supporting puppy mills because for one you don't know if they came from one or not, they are no where near as common as these conspiracy theorists will make you believe, and two, the puppy has already been bought from the mill even if it did come from one, so they've already been "supported." At this point you're just rescuing a pet, not supporting puppy mills. I hate the way people think.
2007-12-14 10:48:00 · answer #6 · answered by Josh 6 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Yes, they should all have homes, but the cruel and sad truth is that if people thought this way and bought pet store puppies to "rescue" them, you are doing JUST what the puppy millers wnat....you are PAYING them!!!!
Every time a puppy sells, another one is "produced" to take it's place.
If EVERYONE stopped buying from pet stores, the puppy mills would be a thing of the past.
2007-12-14 10:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 10⤊ 2⤋
You didn't do the right kind or research if you still went to a pet store. Did you know there are pure breds at shelters also?
Please support your local humane society
2007-12-14 10:46:07 · answer #8 · answered by Healthy Pet Nut 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
they ship puppies to pet stores with many other puppies, making them all dirty and sick. That is just one of the many reasons
I HATE BACKYARD BREEDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-12-14 10:37:15 · answer #9 · answered by Recluse 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋