Not exact matches
If the Animal Rights groups win, shelters and
pet shops will
not offer purebred puppies and
prospective dog
owners will have no choice!
In addition,
pet stores don't properly screen
prospective pet owners.
A LETTER writer thinks that a Humane Society could find more homes for
pets rather than having to destroy them if the agency didn't worry so much about having
prospective pet owners «measure up.»
A note to all
prospective dog
owners: Do
not adopt a dog without gathering enough information about what it takes to keep a
pet, what type of
pet would fit in best with your family, whether your family is inclined towards accepting one, what are the costs and efforts involved and lastly, whether you are ready to put in the kind of commitment required to love and cherish a loyal companion.
Much to the surprise of
prospective pet owners, the OES does
not shed, and elicits far fewer allergic reactions than most breeds.
I wonder how many animals are destroyed at shelters each year because
prospective pet owners choose
pet stores over humane societies in order to forgo investigation as to whether or
not they «measure up.»
They also said
prospective pet owners can disappoint them and that people are
not totally predictable.
Also, unlike humane societies and shelters,
pet stores do
not screen
prospective owners.
Any breeder who sells to
pet stores is
not an ethical breeder, since good breeders want to personally interview and educate
prospective owners of their carefully bred puppies.
It's deceptively easy to say that John Jones or Mary Smith runs a puppy mill or that
pet store puppies come from puppy mills, but the label is tossed about so frequently and with so little regard for accuracy that each
prospective dog
owner should ascertain for himself whether or
not he wishes to buy a dog from John Jones, Mary Smith, a
pet store, or a hobby breeder.
One of the primary reasons that some designer dogs end up in rescues is because the
prospective pet owners didn't know they were allergic to dogs.
Although ethical breeders inform
prospective pet owners about these diseases, there should
not be too much emphasis put on them.
Today, these programs are
not only helping
Pet World engage the next generation of
prospective pet owners, they are actually contributing to the store's bottom line.
i.e., if the
owner doesn't want
pets, and the
prospective tenant has
pets, the system would just say something generic, like:: We are sorry, but this unit does
not allow
pets.