Comments on: Pug Puppy Mill http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/pug-puppy-mill Dog and Cat Health: natural, holistic solutions for healing your pet at home. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:52:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Cleta http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/pug-puppy-mill/comment-page-1#comment-22038 Cleta Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:38:57 +0000 http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/?p=513#comment-22038 I have a small shelter and I am always asked to take in owner relinquish older pups. They were gotten when cute and cuddly then they begin to become teenagers they are no longer wanted. It totally exhausts me to see "letters to Santa" wanting a puppy. When I speak to people about adopting a shelter pet I get the response "I want a puppy not somebody's reject that has problems. The dog wouldn't be in a shelter if it was a good pet." Even people who I thought were smart are answering that way. The dogs I have placed are loved and have made great pets. I have a small shelter and I am always asked to take in owner relinquish older pups. They were gotten when cute and cuddly then they begin to become teenagers they are no longer wanted. It totally exhausts me to see “letters to Santa” wanting a puppy. When I speak to people about adopting a shelter pet I get the response “I want a puppy not somebody’s reject that has problems. The dog wouldn’t be in a shelter if it was a good pet.” Even people who I thought were smart are answering that way. The dogs I have placed are loved and have made great pets.

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]]> By: Susan Boscola http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/pug-puppy-mill/comment-page-1#comment-21999 Susan Boscola Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:15:24 +0000 http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/?p=513#comment-21999 I purchased my pug JJ through a pet store that was later sited for purchasing their dogs through puppy mills. Jay lived a full life and was loved dearly until he died in my arms. I'll never know for certain if he was born out of a puppy mill but am grateful though for the time he was in my life. Only someone lucky enough to have a pug could know the love these dogs have for their gardians. It will be a year next month since Jay was put to rest and while he is truly missed he is carried in my heart...so I smile often. Puppy mills are not uncommon in the Lancaster area here in Pennsylvania. Fortunately through increased publicity more and more of them have been forced to shut down. Susan I purchased my pug JJ through a pet store that was later sited for purchasing their dogs through puppy mills. Jay lived a full life and was loved dearly until he died in my arms. I’ll never know for certain if he was born out of a puppy mill but am grateful though for the time he was in my life. Only someone lucky enough to have a pug could know the love these dogs have for their gardians. It will be a year next month since Jay was put to rest and while he is truly missed he is carried in my heart…so I smile often.

Puppy mills are not uncommon in the Lancaster area here in Pennsylvania. Fortunately through increased publicity more and more of them have been forced to shut down.

Susan

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/pug-puppy-mill/comment-page-1#comment-21993 Marilyn Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:55:35 +0000 http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/?p=513#comment-21993 If people could be educated to STOP BUYING DOGS then there would be no more puppy mills, because there would be no profit in them. I suggest Petfinder.com to EVERYONE I meet who mentions they want to get a dog. Most of them say that no, they'd rather buy a dog because they want a particular breed and they want a puppy. I always explain that you can get particular breeds and sometimes puppies on Petfinder, only you're getting one that needs a home rather than potentially supporting a puppy mill. The only time I seemed to be successful was with a guy in a pet store who was about to buy a puppy but then left when I told him about Petfinder.com. Spread the message people!!! If people could be educated to STOP BUYING DOGS then there would be no more puppy mills, because there would be no profit in them.

I suggest Petfinder.com to EVERYONE I meet who mentions they want to get a dog. Most of them say that no, they’d rather buy a dog because they want a particular breed and they want a puppy.

I always explain that you can get particular breeds and sometimes puppies on Petfinder, only you’re getting one that needs a home rather than potentially supporting a puppy mill.

The only time I seemed to be successful was with a guy in a pet store who was about to buy a puppy but then left when I told him about Petfinder.com.

Spread the message people!!!

]]> By: Nancy Cleveland http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/pug-puppy-mill/comment-page-1#comment-21992 Nancy Cleveland Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:45:18 +0000 http://www.theinternetpetvet.com/?p=513#comment-21992 This is sickening, frustrating, you name it. When can we see all puppy mills shut down and the owners prosecuted? And yet, it's not just puppy mills. We get indiscriminate humans buying puppy after puppy, cat after cat until they tire of them then just dumping them on a whim. We have sixteen wonderful companions...three of them (birds) we did buy years ago, the others are rescues/adoptees and comprise of five dogs, five cats and three other birds. One of our dogs is a Pug. He came to us at the age of 2 and 1/2 years. Had been bought as an eight week old pup. His owners then decided he 'didn't fit', 'was destructive' (he chewed paper...that was IT) and since they were planning to redecorate, he didn't now 'fit in'. They were taking him to the pound. The three nights after he came to us, sitting by the window whining, crying, waiting for 'his people' to come for him were heart-breaking. Months later, my partner encountered one of his previous owners who then asked her "We want another dog...what would you recommend?" My partner said "For you, a stuffed one (toy!)" Several months ago we heard they had bought another puppy a so-called "Designer Dog". Now we hear they are irritated and frustrated with this little guy, barely four months old and have to wonder how long before they are looking at the pound for him. (And no...they are NOT friends or even acquaintances...customers in my partner's pet supply store (no animals sold but SPCA adoptions pursued). This is sickening, frustrating, you name it. When can we see all puppy mills shut down and the owners prosecuted? And yet, it’s not just puppy mills. We get indiscriminate humans buying puppy after puppy, cat after cat until they tire of them then just dumping them on a whim. We have sixteen wonderful companions…three of them (birds) we did buy years ago, the others are rescues/adoptees and comprise of five dogs, five cats and three other birds. One of our dogs is a Pug. He came to us at the age of 2 and 1/2 years. Had been bought as an eight week old pup. His owners then decided he ‘didn’t fit’, ‘was destructive’ (he chewed paper…that was IT) and since they were planning to redecorate, he didn’t now ‘fit in’. They were taking him to the pound. The three nights after he came to us, sitting by the window whining, crying, waiting for ‘his people’ to come for him were heart-breaking. Months later, my partner encountered one of his previous owners who then asked her “We want another dog…what would you recommend?” My partner said “For you, a stuffed one (toy!)” Several months ago we heard they had bought another puppy a so-called “Designer Dog”. Now we hear they are irritated and frustrated with this little guy, barely four months old and have to wonder how long before they are looking at the pound for him. (And no…they are NOT friends or even acquaintances…customers in my partner’s pet supply store (no animals sold but SPCA adoptions pursued).

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