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Puppies In A Pet Shop

When most people decide to adopt a puppy or kitten into their family, the first thing they do is march on down to the local pet store to find their new friend. This is done because it is a convenient location to not only pick up the puppy or kitten question, but also all the food and accessories that will also be required. The second reason for the choice of the pet store is that most people have a lot of warm, happy memories of pet stores from their own childhoods. Still, even though most pet store owners care very much about the animals in their care, the pet store environment has many disadvantages when it comes to adopting puppies and kittens.

The same problems that apply to small pet stores that serve small communities are also true when it comes to pet care superstores. It all comes down to the fact that despite everything, they are still retail establishments, and retail establishments are dependent on consistent sales in order to be successful. When it comes to pet stores, the sales that they are dependent on are the sales of pets. Whether the staff of the store cares for the animals in their store or not, and most of the time they do, the puppies and kittens must still be displayed in such a manner as to encourage as many sales as possible.

This is done primarily by getting the customer to want very much to take the puppy or kitten out of the cage and take it home. The way that pet stores get people to want to free the animals is to induce as much sympathy as possible, and that sympathy is encouraged by placing the puppies and kittens in small cages or bins that are quite confining and make the animals appear to be unhappy, whether they actually are or not. This presentation makes people feel sympathy for the animals and want to release them.

Keeping many animals in a small area comes with its own problems, mostly associated with the health of the animals. Diseases are normally very easily transmitted between young animals, but it becomes even moreso when they are all confined to a small space and are left in constant contact with each other. Most of the time, an animal will be quarantined at the first sign of illness, but by that time, all the others will have also been exposed.

Finding quality sources of newborn kittens can be difficult, but it is never impossible. Kitten rescue societies and animal shelters are filled with a great number of animals just waiting to be adopted into a loving family.
By Hideshi Tanaka

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