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Originally posted by IrishSetterTom View Postso pet stores can now charge for "free" pets. Unbelievable. Doesn't anyone get that dogs start out from backyard breeders and mills, then funnel into shelters, then the pet stores. It's like the cops selling drugs to clear the streets of dealers.
I know I constantly discourage customers that come in talking about breeding their pet dog just because they can. I had one lady asking if I knew someone with a St. poodle to breed her Golden too. I told her anyone I knew would not taint their Dam with sireing her to a different breed. She wasn't to happy with that statement. C'est la vie.It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
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Originally posted by IrishSetterTom View Postso pet stores can now charge for "free" pets.
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I am well aware they are not "free". It's a "donation". Point being, pet stores should not promote shelter dogs that for the most part have been turned in for a reason. Puppies aside, most shelter dogs are turned in due to aggression and may have bit someone. I have a lot of experience with the NSPCA. These dogs are not all peaches and cream. Most had been neglected or abused or are old and ill and the owners do not want to deal with a vet bill.
How can a pet store in good faith sell these problem animals? Leave the shelter dog adoptions to rescue groups, not for profit stores.
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Originally posted by IrishSetterTom View PostI am well aware they are not "free". It's a "donation". Point being, pet stores should not promote shelter dogs that for the most part have been turned in for a reason. Puppies aside, most shelter dogs are turned in due to aggression and may have bit someone. I have a lot of experience with the NSPCA. These dogs are not all peaches and cream. Most had been neglected or abused or are old and ill and the owners do not want to deal with a vet bill.
How can a pet store in good faith sell these problem animals? Leave the shelter dog adoptions to rescue groups, not for profit stores.
No matter if someone is adopting, purchasing or what have you a pet of any kind it is the due diliquence of the person "selling" and the person "purchasing" to make sure the pet is going to a home where the owner is aware of the lifelong commitment to that pet. I worked for pet stores where I refused the sale of a pet because I did not feel the customers was actually going to take the care serious and was just buying the animal because it was cute. Most of the time it was with Ferrets.It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
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I see your point Irish. However, if the dog must come from a shelter, a responsible shelter you would think would advise the store that the pet is not suited to such method of sale or adoption. That should solve that problem, IF it were followed.
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I bought a puppy from a breeder. It took me 3 years (yes, kind of a long time) of going to dog shows and field trials and talking to people to find the breeder. I could have bought a dog from a shelter but I didn't want to support someone who is not breeding for profit. Many shelter dogs originally come from breeders who are breeding for profit. I feel good about supporting someone who was not in it for the money and did not cut corners on health or temperament. However, almost every client who has seen my puppy in the salon has asked if he is a rescue and I get looked down on when I say no. If there are no buyers for dogs who are bred for health and temperament, the people breeding them will not have a litter. The for profit breeders will pick up the slack, even if the dogs are resold through a shelter.
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