WTF @ CA APBT Association???

[RealPitBull]

From their FB:

“The ban against pet stores will not decrease or eliminate ‘substandard breeders’ but in actuality do the opposite. Shutting down good, legitimate pet stores that work with highly regulated, legitimate breeders will only force good breeders out of business. And the already ‘substandard breeders’ that sell through the black market (i.e. online pet sales, swap meets, Craigslist) will continue to flourish, causing even more of a problem.”

www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/07/tp-retail-pet-sales-are-abuses-widespread-or/

Soooo...they are ok with selling puppies through pet stores??? Ok, another org checked OFF the list. Sigh.

[hammer]

Being that you are talking about cali, and APBT's, I thought you folks may like to see what we in cali, and I'm sure the rest of the good ol US have to put up with these days. Link is to CL here in the L.A. area


Whats wrong with this picture..? losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/pet/3924208279.html

CL is full of ad's similar to this. As for the pet stores, it was learned, from what I gather is that most pet stores bought pups from puppie mills, the objective was/is to put the puppie mill's out of biz here in cali.

[megan]

Ain't that some crap. I've only ever been to ONE pet store that sold pets that came from legitimate breeders, and they no longer sell pets (haven't for a long time, several years).... because it's near impossible to find legitimate breeders that will sell their dogs in pet stores anymore.

[RealPitBull]

It's too bad they are promoting this like any "good" breeder would sell in a pet store when truly ethical breeders have pups that are sold before they are even conceived some of the time. What do they need a pet store for? What's wrong with these people? Sigh.

And that ad above is sickening.

[catstina]

Wow!! I'm stunned to see that!!!