Petland has always been a dirt bag operation from its very start.
If you are buying a cat or dog from Petland, you are really buying from a puppy mill.
No reputable dog breeder sells through Petland.
If you want a dog or cat, go to your local animal shelter or rescue.
If you are set on a pure breed, go to a reputable breeder.
Don’t buy from Petland, whether an animal or any supplies. You are directly supporting puppy or kitten mills and could end up with thousands of dollars in vet bills.
I shouldn’t have to even say this, but people just aren’t getting the ■■■■■■■ message.
“If you want a dog or cat, go to your local animal shelter or rescue
It’s noble but not as easy as it sounds. My Anabel passed last year at 13 from kidney failure. I had my vet help her along and it was a quick and peaceful experience with me next to her until it was over.
Before I adopted her, I dealt with everything from a no show to my home from a local rescue “wanting a permanent home for my foster” to unreturned phone call from a pet foster parent.
Shelter in a very insular town, Hopkinton, turned down a lady with 10+ years experience with large, high energy dogs, even disparaged the breed they had available that she liked. Weeks after the encounter it was still available. Gee, I wonder why.
Now Petland sounds disreputable, but as someone willing to give a few other shelters the benefit of the doubt when I decide to get another cat or two, I really don’t blame anyone who gets an available animal from a friend, breeder if there’s a particular breed they like, local news advertisement or even Craig’s List.
I’d like to add that those on social media probably mean well, but can hurt animal shelter adoptions with pleas in this manner that have shown up on my FB page from time to time:
“This puppy will be euthanized at Miami Dade Animal Services if you don’t act NOW.”
I’m in rural Massachusetts. Would you like me to swoop down by helicopter into that shelter and announce “I’m here for the puppy on Facebook!”
These individuals post one animal on social media, generating numerous calls to save the day for usually that dog, which really does nothing for other animals available.
The road to Hell is paved by those who meant well.
You make a good point. There is no consistent adoption policy in shelters, and some of them make the requirements so stringent that it puts people off. I recently found out that there is a site where people are allowed to directly adopt from owners who need to rehome a pet - of course, use extreme caution, but it is an option.
We have adopted our dogs from all three of our area’s shelters, and one was a direct adoption from the owner. The shelter experiences were all very different. Two of them were seniors that had been dumped and left to fend in the middle of winter, and the shelter got them in the best health possible before adopting them out. Great dogs, all of them.
That’s one, and I think there’s another one called “Rehome” that is run by a site called Adopt-a-Pet. That site’s similar to Petfinder, but apparently it also facilitates Rehome.
Two of my senior rescues, with age issues and treatable health problems cost me $10 each.
This week, I read in the NY Post about some NYC shelters where the dogs were badly neglected. A few volunteers came forward with stories that would just break your heart. I do wonder why there isn’t more cooperation among shelters - our local shelter, not a large one by any standard, always looked to make kennel space available and has brought in dogs from out-of-state, high kill shelters where there’s a prospect of adoption. They recently arranged to take a couple dogs from Puerto Rico, and were able to find adopters. Our gal was brought up from Georgia, one of a couple transferred from the south.
into that shelter and announce “I’m here for the puppy on Facebook!”