katamari

usually pet shops like pet hxbitat, supxr bet etc got their dogs from puppy mills, I'm not surprised if pet woxderland got their pups from puppy mills too. Not 100% sure but I don't think pro breeders they sell their dogs to pet shops. I got mine directly from a breeder, sorry mine's not a poodle so I dun have any helpful info on that.

have you looked into petfinder.com?

katamari

原帖由 吳孟達 於 2009-3-9 21:53 發表
Pet wonderland got puppies from breeders...
Maybe breeders don't know that they are a pet shop.....

maybe you info is more correct, I had my guess because when I bought my dog, the breeder needed us you sign a contract for no reselling the purchased dog, and the dog has to be neutered. Maybe different breeders have different policy?

And just curious, are home breeders = certified breeders or puppy mills? So many people they breed their own dogs and selling them on craigslist, do they also consider as breeders?

katamari

原帖由 sko 於 2009-3-9 22:43 發表

Same concerns/inquiries over here. And since there are no well known local Toy Poodle breeders in town (not according to the internet anyway..), how can I tell if a particular so called 'breeder' is  ...

Did you check on pet habxtat's policy too? Because I knew they have this kind of money back policy even they sell puppy mill dogs...

That's why I drove all they way to buy my dog from a certified breeder, I don't trust any of the home breeders at all even if they claimed themselves pro breeders, I don't want to take any risk

I understand adopting one from SPCA is the best idea, however if the dog size is sko's concern, I don't think she can take care of a big dog at all. It's good that sko already know how much effort she could make in a long run, rather than take one home from SPCA and then dump him/her once again when sko found that she cannot take care of a big dog afterwards.

[ 本帖最後由 katamari 於 2009-3-9 22:56 編輯 ]

katamari

Why do you guys think the dog is ugly? It's ok la and most important of all is the health of the dog, not the outlook.

I've told my dog, even if he becomes a 3 leg dog I will still love him, outlook does not matter to me at all.