Comments on: What do you do when you see puppies for sale on the side of the road?

By: Laura ♥

Laura ♥ — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:20:59 +0000

I’ve never seen this, but I’ve heard about it. I’ve advised others who have seen this sort of activity to contact the police — peddling "wares" on public property without a permit is against the law.

I would never go near puppies in this situation. I would heed my own advice and contact authorities. Chances would be slim to nil that any of this person’s dogs would be vaccinated and I’d be very concerned about spreading parvovirus and other diseases.
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By: Shadow's Melon ©

Shadow's Melon © — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:32:59 +0000

The one time I have seen this, I called the police and turned the guy in. Unfortunately, they did not seize the pups, only told the guy to move on
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By: dragon_wolf_999

dragon_wolf_999 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:01:59 +0000

i have seen them at flea markets. most are at min age and i want to say something. i don’t i look and shake my head in disappoval. the price is 10-50 bucks most of the time. no shots…grrrrr.

however my dogs came from nieghbor of a friend of mine who had a huge litter of 5 week old puppies with out shelter but a porch in -5 deg. at night. i went up to his house and asked if i could have ever last one of them. and he gave them to me! sadly one had already froze to death. I told him to get the female fixed. he must have casue there was no more litters.
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By: xephras

xephras — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:49:59 +0000

cringe in fear for 1. where they came from(backyard puppy mills) 2. what may be wrong (see #1) 3. who may be buying said puppies to continue the trend
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By: Honeysadsam

Honeysadsam — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:33:59 +0000

I will do nothing because I don't want to help any backyard breeders although the puppies have nothing to do with it.
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By: Believer ©

Believer © — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:20:59 +0000

I think – what would HOT DP do. And then I do it

Actually – sadly, I have never done anything. There was a guy down the street from us selling puppies along the road – well – ok – he lived on the road and was selling them out of his house, but same idea. I just shook my head sadly everytime I drove by and hoped that his cute mutt puppies found homes where the owner was smart enough to spay and neuter them. I don’t know that I would ever do anything. What could possibly be accomplished by stopping and chastising them? Maybe, the most I would ask if they said something to ME first was – "I already adopted 3 mutts from my local shelter, I hope you consider spaying and neutering your dog so your puppies don’t end up there." But that would be about it. If they didn’t speak to me, there’s no point walking up to them and harrassing them.

(Just like I would never walk up to a Yahooer and yell at them for accidentally or purposefully breeding their mutts/dogs – but wait they DO ask me first!!)
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By: 2Westies

2Westies — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:57:59 +0000

Drive on.
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By: ♥PomMom♥™

♥PomMom♥™ — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:29:59 +0000

When I was a child I used to see boxes of puppies for sale at flea markets and always walked away broken hearted. I was too young and ignorant so I didn't do anything. I haven't seen that in years. Could be the area I'm in.
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By: Bones

Bones — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:12:59 +0000

It depends on the kind of mood I was in. I would probably stop, and talk to whom ever was giving them away…..before I assumed they were some sort of backyard breeder.

The reason I say this is because I had a friend that worked for a local animal rescue group. She took responsibility of a litter of pit mix pups that were confiscated for being neglected. While she didn’t try and sale them on the side of the road, she did have a hard time finding homes for them after they were rehabilitated.

Everyone has a different story folks. Why don’t we take the time to listen before we jump to conclusions?!
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By: bad1998vette

bad1998vette — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:52:59 +0000

just keep on driving unless they are mastiffs or danes then i stop and look
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