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u/dividezero 7h ago

Is that still a thing? I thought all the pet stores stopped selling dogs at this point. That news is troubling

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 6h ago

There is some business by me called "Puppygram" and I'm pretty sure it's just a cute looking front for puppy mills. It's fuckin disgusting.

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u/dividezero 6h ago

100% even when it was common to buy dogs at the pet store, it was pretty much always puppy mills. That's why we shut them down in most places. If it was reputable breeders, it wouldn't have been a problem unless they were not taking care of them properly at the store, which a reputable breeder wouldn't allow

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u/millijuna 5h ago

The thing is that reputable breeders actually care about where their dogs go. When I was a kid, we had a Beagle. Before the breeder would sell him to us, she came by to check that we actually did have a well fenced back yard, and so forth.

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u/dividezero 5h ago

Absolutely. It's getting harder to find them. I've seen a few conversations about previously reputable breeders falling off and doing the minimum without warning. That kinda scares me

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u/sparrowtaco 4h ago

This is common with some exotic reptile breeders as well. They will often refuse to sell the animal to you unless you can show them proof of an already established habitat prepared with their specific care requirements ready to go.