[jess35]

've got nothing against commerce, but the fact that these stores have a market, points to consumerism gone bad.

Excuse me? It's suddenly a bad thing that pet owners have a choice in what to feed their dogs/cats/birds/etc.....? It's horrible that people are taking care of their animals and not treating them as non-sentient slabs of meat?

[Fzob]

Choice is never a bad thing. I just think that when you can go into a big box store that exclusively caters to pets we may be going a little overboard as a culture.

Is there really a need for 30 different cat foods, some costing more than high grade beef. You can but pet food gravy at $4.00 per bottle. Mind you I am not thinking there is anything wrong with providing for our pets either, but I think it just points to placing too high a value on pets.