Do you like going to pet shops?

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#1 lightleggy
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Even if you dont plan to buy any animal at all? I kind of like it just to look at the animals :lol: and then I dont want to leave because I want to take them all with me.

they are nice places really, but some of them makes me very sad...like those which have the cages piled up on top of others and they have literally no floor, just a grate, so the animals above suffer a lot because their paws dont have a solid plain surface to lay on, instead they have to endure having them being cut by a grate. also when the dog does his necesseties, it pretty much showers the dogs below.

which is a very sad thing.

but yeah I think its fun to go to a pet store

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#2 Truggly
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I used to love going as a kid, but I would always stop to pet the animals and I grow a bond with animals VERY fast so I would often leave feeling sad that I got their hopes up at having a new home. I'd rather not go and hurt their feelings, but bunnies. God help my selfishness but I will run in and pet those things like mad and then walk out like I own the damn place. :cool:

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#3 Detroit222
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No. Too painful.

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#4 Fightingfan
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No because there's always that person who has to go buy live gerbils to feed their snake.
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#5 LJS9502_basic
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Nope. Never bother going in pet stores.
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#6 comp_atkins
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no. imo people shouldn't be buying dogs/cats from these types of places.
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#7 Kcube
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I like the pet shop boys but not animals.
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#8 megagene
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The animals are cute, but pet shops kind of depress the hell out of me.
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#9 junglist101
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no. imo people shouldn't be buying dogs/cats from these types of places.comp_atkins
The "imo" isn't necissary here. People shouldn't buy dogs or cats from these places when there are very nice dogs and cats available for adoption at shelters across the country. The dog and cat population is way to high as it is and pet stores generally encourage the business of breeding which further adds to the population when again, there are great pets at the rescues that need homes.

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#10 BrianB0422
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[QUOTE="comp_atkins"]no. imo people shouldn't be buying dogs/cats from these types of places.junglist101

The "imo" isn't necissary here. People shouldn't buy dogs or cats from these places when there are very nice dogs and cats available for adoption at shelters across the country. The dog and cat population is way to high as it is and pet stores generally encourage the business of breeding which further adds to the population when again, there are great pets at the rescues that need homes.

Amen brother (or sister). Testify!
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Animals peeing on animals below them? What the hell kind of pet shops do you frequent, TC?
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Animals peeing on animals below them? What the hell kind of pet shops do you frequent, TC?Engrish_Major
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#14 comp_atkins
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Animals peeing on animals below them? What the hell kind of pet shops do you frequent, TC?Jandurin
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located in ohio.. recently shut down...
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Animals peeing on animals below them? What the hell kind of pet shops do you frequent, TC?Jandurin
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Better hope they don't get loose. Ohio will come and shoot them all.
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#16 raven_squad
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Never have I been to a pet store like the one described. :P But even still, no, I'm not a big fan of pet stores. They're depressing and overpriced.
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#17 UprootedDreamer
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I have to be in the mood to go to a pet shop, some days I just rather not.
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#18 slamminjammin69
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I love pet shops but it depends on the right kind of pet shop.

I went to this one pet shop and itcreepd me out. People that were running the pet shop they had a freakin tarantula to sell off as a pet. Even a freakin snake. Yeah.....

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#19 Goddess_of_Game
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Pets are cute, I'm getting one next month! I can't wait! :D

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#20 lightleggy
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Animals peeing on animals below them? What the hell kind of pet shops do you frequent, TC?Engrish_Major
not every pet shop is like that :P but we do have some like that here and its very sad, the animals are in terrible condition and we dont have many laws that can force the owners of the store to improve the conditions for the animals
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#21 lightleggy
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[QUOTE="comp_atkins"]no. imo people shouldn't be buying dogs/cats from these types of places.junglist101

The "imo" isn't necissary here. People shouldn't buy dogs or cats from these places when there are very nice dogs and cats available for adoption at shelters across the country. The dog and cat population is way to high as it is and pet stores generally encourage the business of breeding which further adds to the population when again, there are great pets at the rescues that need homes.

some of the animals from pet shops come from shelters. and also the animals from the pet shops that are not bought in a few months are sacrificed, even if they are pure breed
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#22 Overlord93
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It's like a free Zoo. Hours of entertainment for NOTHING!
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#23 Talldude80
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Yeah, I love to look at the little kittens and puppies. It's kinda sad that they just sit in there rolling around and/or sleeping all day, but you can play with them if you ask the people that run the store. I think my city has like 2 pet shops though, a lot of the malls don't have pet shops anymore.

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#24 zeldaluff
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1) I've never been to a pet shop that lets puppies shower other puppies with pee. Where the hell do you go?

2) Yes, I love visiting pet shops. Although it's kind of depressing to see the puppies that are almost well, not puppies anymore because they've been there so long.

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#25 Bluski
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When I was a kid yeah. I used to want a leopard gecko so bad because my friend had one, but you have to feed it gross squishy yellow things.

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#26 Allicrombie
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no, its kind of sad to see animals all locked up and in cages and tanks. Oh the humanity!
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I hate it. The stench is overwhelming.

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Oh the humanity!Allicrombie
... I don't think you've been going to pet stores o_O
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#29 Necrifer
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It's like a free Zoo. Hours of entertainment for NOTHING!

Overlord93

Well, **** At least you're getting your money's worth.

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#30 WSGRandomPerson
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I tend to go the pet shop every time I'm near one. I love animals; just makes me sad I cannot buy them (the animals). :(
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#31 KiIIyou
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I like watching the little blue crabiies sittin on the tall rocks pinching at all the food flakes floating by.
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#32 Kcube
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I like watching the little blue crabiies sittin on the tall rocks pinching at all the food flakes floating by.KiIIyou
That wasn't a pet shop bro :shock:
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#33 KiIIyou
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[QUOTE="KiIIyou"]I like watching the little blue crabiies sittin on the tall rocks pinching at all the food flakes floating by.Kcube
That wasn't a pet shop bro :shock:

Aquarioid was its nameoh.
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#34 Kcube
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[QUOTE="Kcube"][QUOTE="KiIIyou"]I like watching the little blue crabiies sittin on the tall rocks pinching at all the food flakes floating by.KiIIyou
That wasn't a pet shop bro :shock:

Aquarioid was its nameoh.

To bad it has crabs
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no. imo people shouldn't be buying dogs/cats from these types of places.comp_atkins
Well, they shouldn't. Many puppies from pet stores come from puppy mills and if you buy a pet from the pet store, you're supporting mills.
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#36 Dogswithguns
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Hell no. I'd rather go to BestBuy get me some cool stuff.
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#37 Drakes_Fortune
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I used to like going to the zoo here in the city. Its a totally different world when you get in there. I get this Africa vibe to it altought iv never been to Africa. But i havent been to the zoo since i was a kid.
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#38 Raeyi
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Nope. Because if the store has animals for adoption it makes me sad. So... I tend to avoid them. We have enough stray animals to come adopt us. -__-

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Only when I'm hungry.