Petland

Brooke of Fairfax, VA September 17, 2006

Brooke of Fairfax VA (09/17/06)
We fell in love with our boy, Charlie, a longhaired dapple doxie. We payed over 1,00 dollars for him. When we purchased him they had another doxie and told us to get her too, because they would make cute puppies. Upon getting him home he had some guarding issues with his food and his testicles did not drop. Our vet did the surgery and found he had no testicles. I called the store and they said he was neutered, and after much search a small "nu" on Charlies paperwork was all that identified this.

A few months later we spent another 600 dollars for a lump to be removed which was not cancerous. The real heartbreak came when the aggression started. Charlie sent me to the emergency room with seven puncture wounds, next up was my nephew who also went to the emergency toom with a mangled finger that required stitches, than me again, this time 5 puncture wounds and an IV drip. We spent 1,000's of dollars working with every behaviorist and nothing could help him. He would snap, for no reason, and attack.

Charlie had to be put to sleep when he was only a year and a half old. We fought so hard for him but he became so violent and so unpredicatble we could no longer live with him, and no one could take him. As he fell asleep for the last time all I could think about was how wrong this all was. Aggression is a sign of inbreeding as well as being taken from the mother too early. I will never forget him, I cry for him every day, and I will never stop hating the people who did this to me, to my boy.

Sara of Baraboo, WI September 3, 2006

Sara of Baraboo WI (09/03/06)
I was in Illinois trying to waste some time before going to an event in Schaumburg. I have a dog so I visited two pet stores. I believe the first one was PetCo. Great store with two yellow labs to adopt. Obviously had gone through a lot, but getting healthy. Needing to waste more time, we traveled around and found Petland. As soon as I walked in, I gasped and said Oh no and walked over to the cages of puppies. I had heard of puppy mills when I was trying to looking to buy a dog (I got her from the Humane Society). I knew as soon as I went in that that's what it was.

Some of the dogs were playing, others were just lying there. I would have never bought any of these animals from the pet store directly. I did see signs that said they were looking for locally raised pets...but I'm afraid to know how many people run puppy mills in their garages/homes. I saw one puppy separated from the rest saying that it was sick. And boy did it look it. I was sick to my stomach just looking at all of these adorable little animals knowing what the mother had gone through. What made me even more sick was the people buying them. I realized they may not know about puppy mills and I hope that if they did, they wouldn't support such a thing. I hope that one day pet stores such as these are shut down or at least have the selling of these kind of animals banned.

Lynn of Whitewater, WI August 16, 2006

Lynn of Whitewater WI (08/16/06)
I purchased a very sick puppy that met the health screening provided by a contracted vet. The puppy turned out to be very sick. Vet/manager gave a different song and dance after implying that I was a competent/researched purchaser. I am devestated and irate and feel horrible for the puppy. I am also irate that this business can continue. I am at a loss of what to do regarding the unethical treatment of animals and dishonest service to consumers.

Alison of Acworht, GA February 26, 2006

Alison of Acworht GA (02/26/06)
We purchased a puppy on Friday Feb 17th. My husband had orginally gone by himself to look for a puppy. He came home and said he found a Boston Terrier/Bassett Hound Mix at Petland. We decided to go see the puppy. She was adorable. We got her out and she was very playful. We decided to put 100 deposit on her for 1 week so we could get things together for her at home. This puppy was for my 6 year old son. He was very excited that he named her right away" HARLEY". We went about 4 times to see her before we got her so my son could play with her. She was always so playful and sweet. We finally did pick her up on Friday.

I took her straight to the vet. She had a fecal done and I was told she had worms. She was given meds for the worms and I was told that she might get sick. That night she played for a while then she started to get very sick. She got sick all over our house. She wouldn't move. The next morning I called the vet. We took her in. She ended up having Parvo. She was half dead. She had to be put on fluids right away. I called Petland and told the manager that we had just gotten her yesterday and that she had Parvo. I told him that all the other puppys were probabaly infected too. Because we did notice that everytime we went to see her she was in a different cage. Parvo is a very serious, contagious illness for puppies.

The manager wanted us to bring her to him so his vet could check her out. We told him it didn't matter what vet she saw as long as she was getting treatment and to take her off fluids to bring her to him she could die. She stayed at our vet from Sat to Mon night. We did bring her home Mon Feb 20th. She didn't move all night.

We took her to their vet Towne and Country on Tues. She has been there for 6 days so far. She is still there. I called 2 times on Tues to see how she was doing. Didn't get much info. Called Wed they never called back. So basically we need to decide what to do. We need to talk to the vet and the manager. I want all my vet bills paid for and I want full remeinbursement for the puppy. She was 400.00. I feel that this is only far after what trauma my family has been thru. My 6 yr old son keeps asking me why we got a sick puppy and is she going to die. He talks about her all the time. If she doesn't get better we can't get another puppy for at least 6mos to a 1yr because of the Parvo in our house. 

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