07/25/2024
They will tell you otherwise and swear up and down it's not the case. DO NOT FALL FOR IT!!!!!
When you buy a puppy online or from ANY pet store, no matter how "boutique" it looks, you are absolutely, positively buying a PUPPY MILL DOG. You are overpaying for a (usually extremely) unhealthy pet and you are supporting animal cruelty. PERIOD.
DON'T LET THEM FOOL YOU!!!
I've talked to far too many people who bought a dog at Land of Paws, Petland, or some other store, saying, "well those dogs need a home too!" NO. This logic only keeps Puppy Mills in business! Puppy Mills, brokers and pet stores bank on the fact that it's hard for people to walk away from a darling pup needing a home. Please, don't buy these dogs.
PUPPY MILLS ONLY CLOSE WHEN THERE ARE NO LONGER BUYERS FOR THEIR DOGS.
(And yes, this goes for the kittens as well!!!!)
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