Comments on: Oprah’s puppies, and HSUS deals Petland another blow

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:05:54 +0000

Use Teh Googles. Mr. Lani is a very busy ranter, on all kind of subjects. Supporting evidence optional.

By: The OTHER Pat

The OTHER Pat — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:16:52 +0000

Comment by Rachel — March 27, 2009 @ 8:54 pm

Petland states they do not “allow” people to register the dogs in CKC or AKC because they don’t want their prized puppies to be used for showing purposes.

That is an interesting angle. Does it say that somewhere in the store? (I don’t go into their stores, and I can only stomach so much cruising around on their website).

By: The OTHER Pat

The OTHER Pat — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:12:32 +0000

Comment by Jack Lani — March 29, 2009 @ 11:58 am

HSUS has marketed puppies from their trucks parked in parking lots of pet stores.

They have? Sources, please.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:08:51 +0000

Jack, you might want to wake up and check your information. You can check you ageist attitude at the door next time, too.

There are some underlying philosophical differences between the HSUS and PETA. We’ve been extremely critical of HSUS here at some times, and supportive at others. They’re a mixed bag of programs, to be sure.

Most of your points are really about PETA.

By: Jack Lani

Jack Lani — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:58:21 +0000

Wake up folks. HSUS has marketed puppies from their trucks parked in parking lots of pet stores. Stop and think how many “slipping celebrities” tie their names with HSUS because it saves the no longer attractive celebrities, the overly plump for tv, those with age wattles, and those whose ratings are slipping—with hundreds of millions of $$ worth of free publicity. That’s publicity the greedy don’t have to pay millions of bucks to ad agencies to get their names out before the public again. If you want to pay your taxes due APril 15, why would we want celebrities NOT having to pay taxes on free advertising received? In its own right HSUS IS the largest of animal hoarders. HSUS wants all domestic animals eradicated It slips in after disasters stealing privately owned animals gonad gutting them then shuffling them to shelters hundreds of miles across country so grieving owners can’t find their lifestock or pets. Shelters get free pets and sell them for $200 up each. Too bad for the legal owners who have lost their homes and lost their pets or farm animals. Did we all have collective amnesic and forget HSUS primary agency is to totally eradicate all domestic animals in the lifetimes of those already born? Who could ever trust any group that upfront says it is out to eliminate all animals pets and all farm animals as food?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:54:09 +0000

Well it’s obvious that Petland doesn’t get their animals from “good breeders”
Why do you think it says “type” at the end of the breed on the glass? Because they are NOT pure bred dogs, if they were purebred it would say so.
Also, if the puppies WERE purebred, they wouldn’t be sold at Petland, because uh…GOOD breeders, CKC, AKC would NEVER sell their puppies to a pet store.
Petland is in some serious denial here…
Petland states they do not “allow” people to register the dogs in CKC or AKC because they don’t want their prized puppies to be used for showing purposes. That’s the biggest load of bull I’ve EVER heard. Petland A: doesn’t really give a hoot what you use the dog for, and therefore…that’s false.
and B: the reason they say that is because the dog is obviously not pure bred, has no papers, and is NOT physically capable of being registered. It’s all just one big lie…I feel horrible for the 100000’s of innocent people that get their dogs from pet stores only to find they are sick, injured, and probably coming from inhumane sources. But on the other hand COME ON PEOPLE - what are you doing going to a pet store to get an animal in the first place??? Where is your thinking going with this?
Reputable breeders is the only way to go!…or rescue of course!!
And…a reputable breeder is not one your find in the classified AD in the paper…

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:13:26 +0000

Will-
Your comment is a perfect encapsulation of the attitude that needs adjustment in this country: Who cares where the dog comes from as long as I don’t have inconvenience myself or, gasp, wait awhile to get it?

Who cares if the mothers are bred to death and never know a moment of kindness?

Who cares if the puppies are confined in wire cages and forced to soil their “living space”, making them that much more difficult to housebreak, which can mean a one-way ticket to the pound and being killed, oops, sorry, given a “good death”.

Who cares if the beloved family pet store puppy, no argument there, needs thousands of dollars of unplanned for medical care because of the health problems it suffers from because it had the misfortune to be born in puppy mill?

Oh, and do you define “normal” as people who don’t care about animal cruelty once they’re made aware of it? I don’t.

That’s my “little world”.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:54:59 +0000

And the vast majority of the parents of those pet-store puppies will live in puppy-mills, in horrendously cruel conditions.

Sorry, Will, but your “convenience” isn’t worth their suffering. Work for Petland, do you?

By: Will

Will — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:12:16 +0000

If people want to buy a pet at a store, who are you to criticize them? You are free to live in your little world and feel superior to everyone else, but normal folks want the convenience of pet stores and the vast majority of pets purchased will be beloved family pets.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:45:08 +0000

Not to mention, some states have actually promoted “puppy-farming” as a way to boost income on small family operations. And if I recall correctly, over the years a couple of puppy-mills were actually owned/run by the “dog warden” in some rural jurisdictions.

So sorry, your HSUS hate doesn’t cut it for me. I agree with their policies on some issues, and disagree (sometimes vehemently) on others. But they can bring down the hammer on animal cruelty, and more power to them for doing so.

HSUS can and (I think) will evolve its stand on pit bulls, no kill communities and perhaps even reputable breeders.

PETA will not, as long as Ingrid Newkirk has anything to say about it.