Do you refer to this shameful pillorying of a fine upstanding researcher, author, motion picture consultant thingy, humanitarian and puppy merchant?
(He really could save himself a lot of trouble by spinning that last one better - just advertise them as UnPuppies<SUP>TM</SUP> - "The Puppy For When They Just Won't Let You Have A Puppy").
It could be time to branch out into not selling ponies.
PS. As I was enumerating his many achievements I was struck by a certain resemblance to the claimed biography of one L. Ron Hubbard.
...which is a good example of why consumer protection episodes like this one are both appropriate and necessary. Sociopathic lying conmen if allowed to ply their trade unhindered can grow up to be cult leaders.
did i miss one ? just in case there were 6, .........Heinous
puppies.....
i have a mix of pure bred and mongrel, and some came from breeders and some are pound pups, using the internet to source a pup is really only something a breeder should do, and its usually done to import a bloodline.
for example in the rottweiller circuit down here breeders will source a pup from england or sweden or germany or the USA, this will be used as a gene source to revitalise a local bloodline.
the internet is actually very helpful in terms of improving bloodlines.
but thats for breeders who are experts, the average joe should always take the time to go and look at the animals on offer either at a shelter or a breeder.
what drives me nuts is pet stores in shopping malls with live pups in the window, this is just disgusting. these stores are usually supplied by shonky breeders/brokers like Knell, and are a primary source of shelter dogs.
people who had no intent to purchase a dog will impulse buy these animals because they look soooo cute and sad in the window, and then 6 months after they have bought them, realise they dont fit in with the lifestyle and its off to the shelter they go.
people should never buy a pup from a shop window, anyone wanting a dog should sit down and decide if they want a pure breed or a mongrel and then source one from a registered breeder or a shelter, doing the homework and legwork as required
i seem to have an unnatural affinity with animals, and my house is often called "the zoo" in addition even wild species seek me out, i have wild animals that will seek me out and eat out of my hand, and even let me touch them, some even bring their babies to meet me. perhaps its because i resemble grisly adams, it can get strange sometimes, i taught a few of the wild cockatoos to say "hello", and now if i walk the dog to the shops i get followed by the whole flock calling "hello" as we go.
