Reply #12: Sorry about your sister's peke. However,

[flvegan]

99.99% of petstores get puppies from mills. Mills out west, mills in PA, or mills in their own locale. To say local breeders are fantastic, is...well, I don't know about your area, but Florida is famous for it's backyard breeders. They don't know crap about the breed nor the laws to protect the consumer. They want a quick buck, and this is the only animal industry they can get away with.

That, and every dog bought in a store kills 2 shelter animals. The one whose place that puppy took, and the one that was euthanized because he didn't have that space open up. That's a big part of the 6 million or so animals we euthanize in our shelters each year.

Don't breed or buy while homeless animals die.