I don’t buy puppies from breeders. I get shelter dogs. They have been excellent pets and companions.
Don’t some “pet stores” house rescue animals for adoption? I know that Pet Supermarket does. I think you should recognize that fact and make a distinction between pet stores that are selling toys and food for profit and pet stores that are selling puppies and kittens for profit. Just a thought.
I’m gonna probably upset some folks here.
I think shelters are a scam that sucker in the bleeding heart fools. I don’t trust the humane society. THey are thugs that charge doggie “protection” fees and without payment of that fee, they claim authority to confiscate your animal or fine you.
screw them.
I have never paid a dime for a dog and I doubt I will ever pay more than maybe 40 bucks and that would only be for a puppy.
I hope you have a section on parvovirus.
Proper behavior to keep your puppy safe is counterintuitive.
Everything you want to do with a new puppy, such as taking them to Petsmart, out to the park, etc., you shouldn’t do until your puppy has been weaned for long enough and gone through the proper number of immunizations that your vet deems proper.
(In a nutshell, the puppy’s immune system has immunity from its mother’s milk, and this interferes with the initial vaccination from fully protecting the puppy from parvovirus.)
Our late beloved border collie had two litters (ABCA registered), and we gave each purchaser a six page single-spaced set of instructions on puppy care. And went over it with ‘em, too.
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I say, skip the puppy and get an adult dog. You won't have to worry about puppy shots, teething, neutering, housetraining, etc. Let someone else get their shoes/furniture/house ripped into pieces.
Most people get fed up and turn them into the shelter at 1 yr, right when they're finally starting to outgrow that obnoxious 'teenager' stage.
We got the big one at the Humane Society and the little one at the city pound, and they were both worth every penny.
I can handle caveat emptor.
Others want the security of having someone else be responsible for what they do.
This article is a liberal piece of crapola.
I often ship my bitches to breed to dogs out of my area. There would be no way for someone to see the sire of the litter (unless they wanted to drive or fly there). And, most puppy mills an back yard breeders do indeed have both parents on the premises.
Great job, just one comment. A lot of breeders are doing AI and using stud dogs that are across country so sometimes actually seeing the dog is pretty hard. However, win pictures as well as candid shots should be plentiful and certification of AI from a vet can do. The breeder should be more than happy to give you the number of the stud dog owner.