With so many different breeds of puppies, how can they possibly have enough time to be vigilant with their health, cleanliness, social skills etc, etc!
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With so many different breeds of puppies, how can they possibly have enough time to be vigilant with their health, cleanliness, social skills etc, etc!
dawns2shelties
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The woman who started this site is doing a good job of trying to make people aware. If you already have a pet shop pup you can have her do a puppy report and she'll send you any info on that pet store and inspection info on the breeder your dog came from. I found her searching Gypsy's background.
http://www.petshoppuppies.org/
http://www.petshoppuppies.org/
When Smudge first came home I was in the market for a new crate. I decided to try a favorite store of mine from when I used to keep tropical fish. This store had moved to a new location, and it was now in a much larger building. I brought my Dad with me, because you didn't really think I was going to load a crate into the back of my truck did you? 
So we stop by the pet store's new location. They were still setting things up. I don't like the fact that pet stores sell any animals to be honest with you. Their rabbits, gerbils, hamsters, ect. go through the same things that dogs go through. I was looking at the crates when the woman from the back announces rather loudly that EVERYBODY MAKE WAY WE ARE BRINGING OUT THE PUPPIES!
Then I turned to my dad and just as loudly announced that I DON'T BUY FROM STORES THAT CATER TO PUPPYMILLS SO LET'S GO GET OUR CRATE SOMEPLACE ELSE BEFORE I GO OFF ON SOMEBODY. We left ASAP.
But, like I said. Hamsters, birds, fish, and every other animals sold at a pet store goes through the same horrors as dogs do when they are bought at stores.
There is nothing wrong with a "mutt" for a pet, and I have had mutts for most of my life. However, I'd rather rescue a mutt from the pound than to put money in somebody's pocket that does not need it. Labradoodles, goldendoodles, cockapoos, ect. you can call them a designer breed, but I've had heated arguments with people I know about how you can't breed for any kind of a temperment, and about how puppies can look totally different between two different litters.
If I have a sheltie I want people to know he/she is a sheltie. People might ask if I have a collie, and that doesn't bother me so much. But if you walk down the street with a "goldendoodle" nobody knows what the triggerfish your dog is, because half of them look different and there is no set look to them.
So we stop by the pet store's new location. They were still setting things up. I don't like the fact that pet stores sell any animals to be honest with you. Their rabbits, gerbils, hamsters, ect. go through the same things that dogs go through. I was looking at the crates when the woman from the back announces rather loudly that EVERYBODY MAKE WAY WE ARE BRINGING OUT THE PUPPIES!
Then I turned to my dad and just as loudly announced that I DON'T BUY FROM STORES THAT CATER TO PUPPYMILLS SO LET'S GO GET OUR CRATE SOMEPLACE ELSE BEFORE I GO OFF ON SOMEBODY. We left ASAP.
But, like I said. Hamsters, birds, fish, and every other animals sold at a pet store goes through the same horrors as dogs do when they are bought at stores.
There is nothing wrong with a "mutt" for a pet, and I have had mutts for most of my life. However, I'd rather rescue a mutt from the pound than to put money in somebody's pocket that does not need it. Labradoodles, goldendoodles, cockapoos, ect. you can call them a designer breed, but I've had heated arguments with people I know about how you can't breed for any kind of a temperment, and about how puppies can look totally different between two different litters.
If I have a sheltie I want people to know he/she is a sheltie. People might ask if I have a collie, and that doesn't bother me so much. But if you walk down the street with a "goldendoodle" nobody knows what the triggerfish your dog is, because half of them look different and there is no set look to them.
In the UK there are very few shops selling puppies and kittens as there was a massive education campaign to make people aware this was wrong and an animal bought from such a place was likely to have problems. Regrettably we have had some dog selling superstores open in the North but there has been a steady campaign against them.
The problem here is that now the 'puppy farmers' have got round this by getting dealers pretending to be genuine breeders but in reality buying in batches of puppies from them to sell. It's very hard to tell the difference to the uninitiated. Anyone with a pet shop license can do this quite legally but there are many of us working towards a day when this will no longer be the case.
Of course we have the problem with 'designer' crossbreeds here. IMO give anything a catchy (stupid) name and people will be daft enough to fall for it I cannot begin to understand the point of crossing a sheltie and an aussie
Some of these crosses are downright dangerous in the wrong hands, someone near me was selling rottie x akitas as good family pets (but they forgot to mention the daily gym workout necessary to handle one!)
The problem here is that now the 'puppy farmers' have got round this by getting dealers pretending to be genuine breeders but in reality buying in batches of puppies from them to sell. It's very hard to tell the difference to the uninitiated. Anyone with a pet shop license can do this quite legally but there are many of us working towards a day when this will no longer be the case.
Of course we have the problem with 'designer' crossbreeds here. IMO give anything a catchy (stupid) name and people will be daft enough to fall for it
I cannot begin to understand the point of crossing a sheltie and an aussieSome of these crosses are downright dangerous in the wrong hands, someone near me was selling rottie x akitas as good family pets (but they forgot to mention the daily gym workout necessary to handle one!
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Emmasmom
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I feel sorry for these puppies. When I lost Noah and told my boss I was getting another Sheltie, he asked me why and why wouldn't I get a mutt? I told him mutts were okay but that I knew the Sheltie breed and that is was worth the money to me to have a good stable dog. Emma has been all that and more.
We have had mutts in the past and all but two were good. One you couldn't house/crate train at all (she was half hound) and the other we had trouble with going in the house right around the dining room table and I mean all the way around it.
We have had mutts in the past and all but two were good. One you couldn't house/crate train at all (she was half hound) and the other we had trouble with going in the house right around the dining room table and I mean all the way around it.
Justicemom
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Its because people think mixed breeds are healthier that designer have so much interest.
It is of course a total myth. Every dog breed on the planet has some type of genetic problem. Combine two breeds with the same problem and you don' get rid of it. Some of the most unhealthy dogs I've known have been mixed breeds.
My roomate in vet school had a mix breed- 1/2 chessie, 1/4 springer and 1/4 lab. Her boyfriend found her as 8 wk pup in the back of a doghouse on a farm call.
That dog had hip dysplasia, allergies, focal seizures, Addisons dz(hypoadrenalcortism), hypothyroidism, fear aggression issues(now I think it may have been from the seizures-rage like syndrome) and Immuned mediated polyarthitis. She was euthanized at only 2yrs due to aggression issues and her poor health.
It is of course a total myth. Every dog breed on the planet has some type of genetic problem. Combine two breeds with the same problem and you don' get rid of it. Some of the most unhealthy dogs I've known have been mixed breeds.
My roomate in vet school had a mix breed- 1/2 chessie, 1/4 springer and 1/4 lab. Her boyfriend found her as 8 wk pup in the back of a doghouse on a farm call.
That dog had hip dysplasia, allergies, focal seizures, Addisons dz(hypoadrenalcortism), hypothyroidism, fear aggression issues(now I think it may have been from the seizures-rage like syndrome) and Immuned mediated polyarthitis. She was euthanized at only 2yrs due to aggression issues and her poor health.
Since I teach dog obedience classes I usually talk to alot of people about where they got their dogs. Something I hear often is my purebred maltipoo or pekapoo or goldendoodle or labradoodle. . . Then I say I'm sorry but it's not a purebred, its a mutt. Sometimes I get really ticked off looks like 'how dare you' others I get no, it's a purebred the breeder told me. Alot of people don't realize they are mutts that they are paying 1500 for.
You want a 1500 puppy? Ok, call me in a year and I'll sell you a purebred shetland sheepdog for 1500, granted I usually only sell them for 1,000 but for you, I'll make an exception.
You want a 1500 puppy? Ok, call me in a year and I'll sell you a purebred shetland sheepdog for 1500, granted I usually only sell them for 1,000 but for you, I'll make an exception.
I had the same experiance when we lost Katie and started looking for another puppy. A friend said "there are so many dogs at the pound".
Weeks ago I was at Petco and they had a photographer there doing pictures and I watched them do a couple of puppies that this couple owned. I asked the man what they were and they were a blend of some type and I thought Hmm do I ask were they meant to be or where they a mistake! You honestly don't have a clue anymore. How sad that people make money off of them.
Weeks ago I was at Petco and they had a photographer there doing pictures and I watched them do a couple of puppies that this couple owned. I asked the man what they were and they were a blend of some type and I thought Hmm do I ask were they meant to be or where they a mistake! You honestly don't have a clue anymore. How sad that people make money off of them.
Justicemom
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Yeah I hear that too. It is a new breed a "fill in the blank" I have made quite a few people mad over the years especially when they tell me they wanted to bred the mutt.
yea, I tick some people off too doing that. I also get alot of people mad when I tell them they should not breed there dog. They ask why and my first response is Does he/she have a Championship? no, do they have any obedience titles, no, what does your breeder think? I got her from a puppy store. . . there is your answer, you really don't want to breed a puppy mill dog from a puppy store. *storm off while giving e a dirty look* Course I only do that when I know I'm not going to get a dog training sale out of them.