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Originally Posted by MindieRose  I just heard an ad on my radio station that I listen to just the other day about a puppy store!  Apparently they buy litters of puppies and resell them. Yeah, I know this isnt uncommon, but they try to make themselves sound like they are not a "pet store". They make it sound all sweet and even say "all of our puppies are raised by local families" and whatnot. They make it sound like you walk into this wonderland of puppies and you just magically pic your best friend out of the group and live happily ever after. So I went to the website (dont know if I can post it here?) and they showed all the pups they had. They had several purbred litters, and several mixed breeds. The mixed breeds didnt bother me, some people prefer them, and one of mine is mixed. What bothered me however, is that they had a litter of "miniature dobermans" which were actually min pins, NO relation to a doberman!! Now, there are millions of people that think that min pins are really mini dobes, but they arent advertising themselves on the radio as professional dog people like this place is!! So I emailed them with the entire history of min pins and dobes showing there is no relation (other than the fact that they are all dogs, lol) like there is with a 15" vs 13" beagle. The ad for them was then removed and I never heard back from them.
I was just so frustrated because they tried to act like (and maybe they truly believe) they werent a "pet store" or puppy broker, but just a big fantasy land of puppies and cotton candy. They try to sound all professional, yet they dont even know there's no such thing as a "miniature doberman". Granted, there could be a runt dobe that looks mini, lol, but they showed a litter of min pins in the pic.
Theres my rant of the day.  It irritated me the way the term "teacup" does, only because its a ploy to make money the way teacup is. |
i have heard that 99 % of pets from petstores come from puppy mills.. they are lying
the only way to stop it is locally.. the lawmakers in the city can pass a law to make it illegal to sell dogs in petstores..
talk to your local politicians..
it has been done in many cities..
ignorance is bliss for puppymills
people dont know about the puppymills and petstores working together.. close the petstores and save the puppymill dogs
whoever owns the petstore should be ashamed..
but there are evil people in this world
they need to be stopped
