How do you go about opening a pet shop that sells puppies only?
dawnybear003 asked:
“I am interested in opening a puppy store that sells puppies from private breeders AND offers adoption. I cannot find ANY books about opening a pet shop, does anyone have experience in this area? I am currently a manager in a shop similar to this, and would like to offer this type of service to people in other areas that really care about where and how these puppies are treated.”
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Hi there, I don’t know of any books on that issue; I can say, however, that you can have a successful pet shop without selling puppies. A very profitable and growing trend for pet shops is halting the sale of dogs in favor of only offering dogs for adoption by working with local rescues and shelters. This kind of humane business model attracts customers who want to spend their money at a store that is doing the right thing. 3-4 million animals are euthanized every year in shelters, and this would allow you to be a part of the solution to saving animals’ lives. Its also important to keep in mind that really good breeders do not sell dogs to pet shops. They want to screen the people and make sure their dogs are going to the best possible homes. Good luck in your venture!
If you currently work in a pet shop that sells live companion animals you well know that most of these poor puppies come from puppy mills – once in a while from bad back yard breeders.
NO responsible, ethical breeder would sell their puppies through a pet shop – so your ambition in life is to help puppy mills and byb churn out more pitiful, badly bred dogs to sell in scuzzy pet shops.
You want to “provide a service” join a rescue and save homeless animals because selling the puppies bred like livestock in hell hole conditions is anything BUT “a service”, except to yourself to make a few bucks off the suffering of animals.
Yuck!!!
Not possible.
Reputable breeders are not interested, and would refuse to hand their puppies over to anyone else to place.
Pet shops are “stocked” by mill puppies and byb’s, and are a part of the problem rather than the solution.
no reputable breeder would give you a litter to sell,responsible breeders have a list of people waiting for there puppies
you actually think your gonna have quality puppies,all you’ll get is BYB and puppy mill owners wanting you to get rid of their poorly raised sick puppies
where do you get the puppies you sell now?have you ever seen their living conditions before they come to your work place?
There is no manual for supporting neglect and abuse and no one in their right mind would help you do so.
“Private breeder” is pet shop slang for “puppy mill.” ALL pet stores say “private breeder” because they don’t want to bother figuring out where the dogs actually come from and don’t want to scare away potential customers by saying “we don’t know” or “puppy mill.”
Pet stores get their dogs from puppy mills and BYB scum. NO good, responsible, reasonable breeder would leave it up to a total stranger to sell their animals. PERIOD. End of discussion.
If you want to open a store of your own, do NOT sell puppies. Offer your local shelters the chance to use your store as an adoption site – house their puppies and a few adults and have one of their people work with those animals AND for the actual adoptions.
I would suggest a business course or two at a local college.
That is called a puppy mill.
Step 1 – buy a tiny stable or something for them to stay in, make it as uncomfortable as possible
Step 2 – find two strays or buy two dogs from a BYB at a cheap price
Step 3 – Breed the dogs
Step 4 – Sell the pups to idiots who honestly think you look after them or to a pet shop who sell them on.
This happens all over every country. Do you honestly wanna be a part of it?
The private breeders you are talking about are puppy mills and byb’s. Pet stores say “private breeder” to make themselves and their pups seem more desirable to uneducated people. When in all actuality puppies from puppy mills and byb’s end up with health problems often. A reputable breeder would have nothing what so ever to do with selling their pups to a pet store. My advice would be to NOT open a pet store and go volunteer at a shelter for awhile. Then you’ll see first hand the products of puppy mills and byb’s. All those homeless puppies and dogs and the health problems some of them have to face because of greedy people.
Why would you want to when no one with any sense would buy a puppy from a pet store?
These pups are puppy mill pup’s. The law is clamping down on this kind of thing WOO HOO very happy about that! So starting this kind of business is a bad idea as you may be shut down and in an awkward position.