Every pet shop will assure you, solemnly, that their puppies are different. Their puppies don't come from puppy mills, but from wonderful local breeders.
But it's a lie.
No responsible breeder would ever place one of their puppies in a pet shop.
It is extremely common for puppies to get illnesses and diseases from puppy mills. At time of purchase, consumers are given incorrect information about the dog’s health, breed, and breeder.
You bring the puppy home and a few days later he develops a cough, or diarrhea, or vomiting, or listlessness, or he starts scratching or losing hair.... this happens over and over with pet shop puppies. Kennel cough, parvovirus, coronavirus, giardia, coccidia, mange, ringworm – these illnesses are commonly found in commercial breeding kennels and pet stores.
You bring the puppy home and a few days later he develops a cough, or diarrhea, or vomiting, or listlessness, or he starts scratching or losing hair.... this happens over and over with pet shop puppies. Kennel cough, parvovirus, coronavirus, giardia, coccidia, mange, ringworm – these illnesses are commonly found in commercial breeding kennels and pet stores.
Most pet shop offers to replace unhealthy puppies, instead of seeking to prevent diseases. YOU get your money back, but the puppy still has to live with the health problem that could have been avoided if he hadn't been raised in a puppy mill, if his breeder had been seeking to produce healthy puppies instead of scrambling to keep his expenses down.
Pet shops aren't too worried about having to honor their guarantees
Pet shops aren't too worried about having to honor their guarantees
- They count on your becoming attached to the puppy and being reluctant to return it.
- Puppy store guarantees are carefully written so that whatever your particular puppy develops probably isn't covered
- Many genetic health problems don't show up for months or years so people do not consider that these problems orginated from the first 6 weeks of their puppies lives.
