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what do you think happens to puppies who don't sell in petshops? URGENT!?

this is what i heard You may have asked yourself “What happens when Pet Stores do not sell the puppies?”, I am going to tell you the true answer, but first let me tell you the wrong answer. The wrong answer is one given when somebody recently posted this question on the Internet (no surprise getting the wrong answer on the Internet). The question asked “What happens to the puppies that Pet Stores cannot sell?”. One person replied that they had asked this at a store and were told “We take them back to where we get them and they euthanize them.”. Now, I have to tell you, in all my years in the pet industry I have never once heard of this happening – and logically it wouldn't ever happen, here is why: Pet stores pay for pups, then pay to have them vaccinated, checked and dewormed. Pet stores then greatly inflate the cost of the puppies, knowing that if one doesn't sell quick they can lower the price many, many, times before reaching a point where they are not making profit. Some pet stores are part of a chain, if a pup doesn't sell in one location, they can move it to another. If they could not sell a pup, even for a break even price, they would rather give it away, than return it to their supplier, because eventually a supplier would not be willing to work with that store if they kept getting unsold pups returned. If they needed, for any reason, to return the pup to their supplier (generally a Puppy Mill) the supplier would NOT euthanize it, they would use it as a breeding animal themselves. The suppliers are in the business to make profit by breeding animals, euthanizing animals is not profitable. A veterinarian would not be so willing to euthanize puppies left, right, and sideways, simply because it did not “sell”, there are plenty of rescue groups that willingly take small dogs, which most pet store pups are. Even in cases where pet stores get pups from animal shelters (see below) they are not automatically euthanized when returned to a shelter. Shelters give puppies a long time to get adopted, the stay at the pet store might only be a small part of their time up for adoption. Once a shelter has had a puppy vaccinated and so forth, they are in no rush to kill it. Very likely the pet store employee was telling the girl this fib in an effort to get a sale. By making the person feel like pets' life is in danger, they force the person to make a rash decision, “Buy the puppy.”. Pet Stores are not highly ethical, they don't do home checks to make sure the animals are well placed, they let people pay for pets on “credit”, they seldom talk people out of buying a breed not suited for their lifestyle or one with loads of health problems, and they buy from unscrupulous breeders known as “Puppy Mills”. Puppy Mills breed over and over for the purpose of profit, in some of the worst cases the dogs live in cages stacked on top one another, breeding over and over, living in filth, until they can no longer reproduce. A reputable breeder would not sell to a store, nor would they need to hide anonymously, using a store to sell the pups. A reputable breeder always has a waiting list of names of people wanting pups before even breeding their dogs, and potential buyers can see, at least, the mother dog. Pet Stores deny using puppy mills, but who else would sell to a store? Who else would need to? When people buy from stores they support the industry of breeding dogs (or other animals) only for profit. You can not truly be assured of the facilities the animals come from, no matter what the store says, again who else would sell to the store? Any one who has invested money into the pup would not sell it cheap enough for the store to make decent profit. So to put an end to puppy mills people are being told to stop buying pups from pet stores. Equally they are told to stop buying other pets too, most of whom are bred in mass warehouse type situations. So if everyone stopped buying from pet stores what would happen to the puppies? Cute Puppy, picture from Wikimedia. Here is what will really happen to pups if nobody buys them: The price is lowered, and lowered, and eventually the store will give it away. That is it. One thing, one stop, a Store isn't going to pay to have it put to sleep. If nobody buys it, they will give it away. If this happens enough, the store will realize that selling puppies just is not profitable,and stop. However, typically some person thinks they are “saving” the puppy, and buys it. Thus the cycle continues. Some stores have already discontinued selling pups because of public outcry, to keep up their image, and save expenses, many have turned to housing animals that are owned by the local animal shelters. While in theory this is good, and hopefully the animals get homes. It is stressful for the animals to be in a store situation. Sometimes, although Pet Stores often get the food donated, they even charge the shelter for providing this service, all the EDIT: sad stuff

Public Comments

1. it is sad what people can do to animals is unspeakable.
2. This is why no one EVER "rescued" a puppy from a Pet Store. Buying a puppy so it won't be euthanized is just going to force the poor mom-dog to have yet another litter. If the breed doesn't sell fairly quickly, the store doesn't buy any more of that breed. The puppy mill stops or cuts back on breeding that particular breed.The mom dog is given to a breed rescue group. A win/win situation.
3. People should never buy a puppy from a pet store. You are right, they are more than likely from a puppy mill. We have a purebred black lab we got from a rescue. If you have your heart set on a purebred, make sure you do your homework in terms of the breed's suitability for your lifestyle. Then, contact a rescue organization OR responsible breeder with references. Always make sure to spay or neuter your pet. Pet stores are one of the main causes of suffering, misery and death for dogs and cats because they keep unscrupulous breeders in business. We shouldn't look at our companion animals as commodities but as sentient beings. If everyone took this attitude, there would be no need for rescues or shelters. Please do not shop at pet stores and get your pet spayed or neutered. If you do not, you are NOT a responsible owner.
4. Sure is very sad. I wish the law could ban those bad type of breeders in warehouses and the ones you mentioned above where there stacked up on top of each other till they can't produce anymore. so Sad. I'd love to have a sanctuary for all these dogs out in the country. I also bought a french poodle from a pet store back in 1991 and your right you feel sorry there stuck in a little 2by 4 cage and you want to save them. I was lucky however mine was very good not over breed or wingy like some dogs i have seen. Some have seem to have lost there mind. he lived to be 17 and a bit just past away this past march. thank you for the information i didn't know alot about this. So then a breeder is better I guess is what your saying rather than a pet shop.
5. Not only should people stop buying pets from pet stores (puppy mills), but they should just Stop shopping at those stores, period. Instead show your support to pet stores that allow rescue groups to use their stores for pet adoptions instead. And for those people who want a "pure-breed", should look at the "Breed specific rescues" instead or a reputable breeder (if looking for a show dog). If you don't have the intention of "showing" your dog, then a breed specific rescue is perfect.
6. People should also stop buying from BYB who want to produce because they like the idea of puppies but refuse to do it ethically. Such as not breeding unhealth tested dogs, breeding pet quality dogs, and breeding mutts. All of which causes pups to die and moms to die. Stop the breeding of mutts and poor quality dogs.