Do pet stores care to whom they sell their puppies?
Not usually. Many pet store salespeople work on a commission basis – the focus is the selling of the puppy, not the future happiness of the dog. That is why ethical, reputable breeders don’t sell to pet stores. Good breeders want to know the people to whom their dogs are sold and they want to screen buyers to ensure a proper home. Good breeders don’t want their puppies exposed in pet stores to commercially bred dogs, which are frequently ill with infectious diseases or heavily infested with parasites. Conscientious breeders also want their dogs to be socialized in a home environment, not confined in a small cage, exposed to the public all day. Therefore, pet shops are the commercial outlet for the product of puppy mills. In short, pet shops and the people who buy from them enable puppy mills to be profitable, and contribute to the continual suffering of the dogs and puppies in puppy mills. Aren’t the dogs bred in these puppy mills purebred animals? Don’t some have American Kennel Club
