New Pisces Location

[EmilyB]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

Thanks for the advice champ. If you re-read my post you would know that I am not ready for one at this time. For the past 7 years I have had my heart set on one and yes I know about issues with the dog.

I did read it. I was only making sure, trying to save you heartbreak my friend.

[lorenz0]

Originally Posted by EmilyB

I did read it. I was only making sure, trying to save you heartbreak my friend.

sorry my first comment I made was a bit arrogant on my part. But I see where you are coming from. People should know about common issues with dogs. Like boston's and bulldogs with respiratory issues which can be a costly vet bill.

[Jamieh]

I would bet that most puppies in Petland get more human interaction than most of the kijiji ad puppies. And again I will ask the question, if it's pet store puppies causing all the shelter problems why are almost all shelter dogs medium to large in size while pet stores sell almost exclussively small dogs?

Originally Posted by Aquattro

This is the part I don't agree with. Once a puppy is isolated from either it's littermates or it's human's direction, and spends any extended length of time in this isolation, it misses out on critical cognitive and behavioural development, that may be impossible to fix. Which creates a dog that invariably ends up in a shelter, or PTS.
Early interaction is critical in canine development, and this isn't acheived in most pet store environments.