WOW!!! So you want a dog!!!

Okay Cane Corsos are around my area quite a bit so I never realised they where almost extinct, exspecially as I know a guy not near me who has seen quite a few come thru the shelter he works at. But either which way I do feel it is adding to the problem,if the dogs are offered to the general public at large. Cane corso's should IMO continue to be breed as they make excilent pets train fairly easily in shuntzhund and protection and where even used by the Germans for police matters at one time if I remember correctly. But that does not mean the should be available to the public at large. To say exaclty weither I agree with the breeder you got your dog from I would have to know what the terms and conditions are to become pre-aproved. Since they are not just selling to anyone I would not say automaticly that they are selling to the public.

BTW Have you seen www.fightingbreeds.com yet??? Great place for dogs like yours and mine!! I have the same screen name there if you stop by!!
 
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The thing here that needs to be remembered is...it IS a personal choice that ppl make. The key to that choice is to make an informed one. However...we all have to resepct ppl's choices on what they decide to do, so long as our part is done by supplying information.

The video was created with the shock factor in mind, while the majority of it is true, as I have seen with my own eyes on puppy mill in particular. (that puppy mill wasnt originally started as that, the animals just got out of control for the breeder, thus irresponsibility on the breeders part for continuing to breed them).

Just really think about what you do, before you decide to do it, look at all aspects , and above all, BE RESPONSIBLE !

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Quite true. it is a choice. All I am trying to do in this thread is open a few eyes and show people that even though puppies are cute, cuddly and **** near imposible to not take home there is an evil side to this machine we call breeding. Persons like Rbishop that get a dog that is purebreed, and displays good breed qualities to breed one time to carry on the breed are great and needed. It's idiots that breed litter after litter to make a few bux that need stoped. I even feel like an A hole for not getting my male nuttered earlier and allowing my female to have a litter. But in order to make sure I don't do that again I now have all male dogs, no puppies that way. I guess in the end I just wanted to show people that there are dozens of thousands of great dogs that need rescued, and there will always be some jerk willing to buy a puppy so why not save a life if a rescue dog will fit in your lifestyle.
 
I did see the video. It was odd timing that you posted that, actually. One of the pet stores in my area just began an advertising campaign announcing that they are now selling pedigreed puppies which makes me LIVID. It's not really a place I shop anyway, so it's not changing the way I do things at all, I had just hoped that consumers were now educated enough that there was not a market for pet store puppies anymore.
 
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I did see the video. It was odd timing that you posted that, actually. One of the pet stores in my area just began an advertising campaign announcing that they are now selling pedigreed puppies which makes me LIVID. It's not really a place I shop anyway, so it's not changing the way I do things at all, I had just hoped that consumers were now educated enough that there was not a market for pet store puppies anymore.
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Try posting fliers in that area (not on their property) with info and websites. Won't make a big difference at first but over time as word of mouth spreads it may help shut down their puppy business.
 
I think actually that I am going to contact the area spay/neuter group and talk to the rescues and see what is being done to educate potential buyers already and see what I can do to help. Pet overpopulation here is a serious problem. We have five or six no-kill shelters and several purebred rescue groups that are chronically packed, and a humane society with a 52% euthanasia rate. so I'm sure I'm not the only one with concerns about this development. I wrote the store a letter a few days ago, but I haven't received any sort of response.
 
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Before we bought our dog back in 83, I had never heard of puppy mills, until I moved to a suburb of MPLS and decided to go to Vet Tech school and we had to do written presentations on animal cruelty....and then I saw the puppy mills in all the books I read...and it made me very mad...all I can say is I am glad we got our dog just in time...he lived a long happy life for 19 years...and now a days people ask me where they should go and I directly tell them to go to breeders or the humane society....for those animals in the puppy mills are either very ill or underfed and so on...but I can say I am glad we saved our puppy from him not having to end up somewhere horrible, because who knows where the puppies and kittens go if they aren't bought from the shopping mall animal store. .....and the country is overppopulated with stray animals and there really is no way of controlling humans who diregard the life of an animal....spay or neuter is the best and it doesnt take away from the dog...or cat....it actually makes them calm down more...less testosterone...we can help educate people about the travisty of animals....if only we could see through the eyes of the animal....
 
A lot of people had no idea about puppy mills back then. Several of my friends had pet store puppies. I'm just shocked that after so many years of groups like the humane society and the AKC working to educate people on how to go about bringing a dog into the family that there is still a market for dogs in pet stores. I seriously haven't seen that for years. I wonder how many of the dogs they sell will be to guilt buyers, people who just hate to see a puppy in a cage.
 
yah the pet stores i usually go into with hubby :eek3: dirty kennels dirty water and dirty newspaper the babies lay in...i want to say something but i just walk out....:eek3:
 
Unfortunately, that's probably just as effective as saying something to one of the clerks. I always write a letter to businesses with which I am displeased. Partially because I have crazy old lady tendencies, and partially because I think at least you have the chance of changing something when you let someone know what you find unacceptable.
 
I want to preface this by saying that I COMPLETELY agree that pet stores shouldn't be allowed to sell dogs and cats. However, I do have one dog that was purchased at a pet store. It's a little mom and pop shop where I used to live, and they take great care of the animals. I don't think that their animals come from puppy mills. Kittens have large, tall cages with toys, scratching posts, and platforms. They are handled regularly and they live with their littermates. Puppies are walked multiple times per day and the cages are all pretty clean. Small puppies are kept in cages in the front window, large puppies are kept in pens on the floor. The store's owner is a vet tech and they really seem to care for the animals.

I was looking in the store soon after my beloved Akita (a shelter dog) had died. I found a 6 month old pom/eskie mix that a family had brought in- for one reason or another they could no longer keep him. Since he was older than the other dogs, he had been there for a while. I fell in love and bought him- he was so much sweeter than the pure bred dogs I had been looking at before I saw him. Yes, I feel guilty about buying a pet store dog, but he has the most wonderful personality, and is in perfect health other than occasional bouts of colitis, which I'm told is common in small dogs. He exhibits none of the unsocialized behaviors or congenital defects that are so common in puppy mill puppies. Sometimes you just know that a dog will be the perfect match for you.

Also, I just wanted to reiterate that, for the folks like me that can't bear to go in an animal shelter, remember adoption programs and rescues if you're considering a dog! Every pet that gets adopted from these programs frees up another spot for a dog in a shelter. I got my second dog from the Petsmart adoption center, and my third from a toy breed rescue. The second dog is a shepherd mix and has done really well with us other than some food aggression issues. The third one, a pom mix, was rescued from a puppy mill, and the resulting lack of socialization was painfully obvious when we got him. It took him a couple of months to really warm up to us, and now he's very clingy. It took this dog over 4 months just to play with a toy! He's still very slow to warm up to new people, but is the sweetest dog you could ever hope to have.

My point is, even a "damaged" dog can be a perfect match, and can turn out to be a better friend to you than a pure bred dog. And if you must have a pure bred dog, check breed rescues through Petfinder before you make your final decision to buy from a breeder. Most even have pure bred puppies!!!
 
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