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[WOOF1@att.net]

Cindy and all,

Pet stores prey on the impulse buyer, or those who just 
don't know any better.  Take it from one who's "been 
there, done that."  Back in the dark ages, before I got 
really into the dog world and learned a ton, I got three 
pet store cockers over a space of a couple of years.  
Suddenly, their health collectively went south.  Over 
the years we've dealt with cherry eye, knee surgery 
(twice), tumor removals, cataracts, glaucoma, epilepsy, 
immune-related dry eye and Cushings Disease.  But at 
that time, I had no idea where you got a dog other than 
at a pet store.  And talk about impulse!  See the cute 
puppies!  Don't they look sad in their cages?  Wouldn't 
they be much happier at your house?  And of course the 
usual sales pitches about the wonderful breeders.  Later 
research shows that they all came from some of the 
biggest puppy mills in the midwest.  So now we do 
rescue.  And boycott any store that sells "AKC" 
puppies.  

We all have to learn some time, and those of us who 
learn the hard way are sometimes the most fervent 
promotors and educators of responsible breeding and 
rescue.  

Now, what really amazes me is all the people I see come 
in the vet's where I work with $400 "terri-poos" 
and "schnoodles" and "lhasa-tzus."  You can get dogs 
like that for free in the paper, or for $50 at the 
shelters.

Lori Whitwam
WOOF1@att.net

--
Ripley's Retrieve-It-Or-Not
http://www.geocities.com/~goldendog
North Star Humane Society
http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/MN04.html
or http://www.northstarhumanesociety.org
Dad's Memorial Page
http://www.geocities.com/~goldendog/JWC.htm
Retrieve A Golden of Minnesota http://www.ragom.org
			
Why did you pay such an
> exorbitant price for a pup out of the pet store, is the part I can't
> understand.  Are the prices that much more expensive elsewhere?  For what
> you paid I am sure you could have gotten a super pup from a really good
> breeder.  I am constantly amazed that pet stores manage to do business at
> all with those kind of prices.  Cindy
> 
> Cindy Henke
> clhenke@juno.com
> Ennis, Texas
> 
> "All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained
> in the dog."  ~ Franz Kafka
> 
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