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Originally Posted by Lasereth
I don't get it. If Puppy Mills are horrific, wouldn't buying a puppy from the store be SAVING the puppy, giving him/her a better home? They've already had to live through that crap, why leave them in a store to be molested by 4 year olds?
-Lasereth
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The issue isn't rescue (you're better off "rescuing" a dog from euthenasia at a shelter), it's supporting the continued existence of puppy mills. If the demand dried up - if people stopped buying cut-rate puppy mill dogs from pet stores - they places would cease to exist.
If you are dead set on getting a puppy from a store, ask the store who their supplier is and check them out thoroughly. Chances are, though, that it's a puppy mill.