Puppy Superstore......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess they think keeping all those poor little pups in cages is OK because they have a couple of play rooms???

That is soo sad!! I can't belive how many puppies they have, that is just awful. 

I am going through something similar, a new pet store just opened in my town and turns out they are selling puppies !![:'(] I could not belive it.  I live in a very small town and was excited at the thought of a new pet store.  I went into the new store the day before their "official" opening and was excited when they had NB dog food as well as other high end foods.  I walk in the next day and the first thing I see is a pen with 2 shitz zu puppies!! Needless to say I will never go into that store again.  Luckily, the other pet store in town is owned by a fellow kennel club member and she carriers all the high end food there.  I just wish I had known this was coming, I would have gone to the town council to at least voice an objection.  And apparently the store is owned by the parents of a Vet!! (Its a franchise called Pet Depot)

It's not too soon to picket the front of the store, and give em some bad publicity.  Jules

Where in NJ is it?  My parents are up there and I am curious if my dad may know someone who could help.  He has a lot of friends that just seem to be able to get stuff done and own shopping centers and stuff. 
 

There's one in Union and one in Green Brook.

hmph... my parents live in Monmouth county... I think it is south of Union.  Probably not too helpful.

ORIGINAL: stevem
There's one in Union and one in Green Brook.

 
If it's Shake A Paw, there's one in Flemington, too.  You should see their ads in the paper- they really show that these pups are just merchandise to them. 

If you want to get the local media involved, give them this info....
 [linkhttp://www.trenton.bbb.org/nis/newsearch2.asp?ID=1&strBCode=02210000&ComID=0221000009002815&ComName=Shake+A+Paw+Puppies]http://www.trenton.bbb.org/nis/newsearch2.asp?ID=1&strBCode=02210000&ComID=0221000009002815&ComName=Shake+A+Paw+Puppies[/link]
 
Thats the link to the BBB of New Jersey....Shake A Paw has a horrible track record. Unfortunately, the types of people who buy puppies from pet shops are generally not educated consumers to begin with, so they are not sophisticated enough, (or maybe they don't care enough), to go after the pet shop when they end up with a sick or dying puppy. Here in Boston, all you would need is that BBB record, and a handful of consumers to call one of the local investigative reporters that handle consumer issues; you could practically guarantee it would end up on the local news. A few years back, the Boston Herald did an investigative report on Debbies Petland, it was republished on several anti-puppy mill sites.
 
I would also contact the ASPCA and the St. Bernard clubs he claims to be a member of, and see if he actually is; I'll bet not. I would think they have a code of ethics that doesn't include selling sick puppy mill dogs. He also claims to be a member of the BBB, which is a lie, acording to the BBB site. He lists a lot of organizations and dog clubs, you could check them all. Take the BBB report, and any info you have about the misrepresentation of his credentials, and contact a local reporter and see if you can sell them on the story.

I find it biting irony that while he is operating a puppy store that buys from "hobbyist" breeders (read that as byb's) he is also stating that he is a member of the ASPCA. Isn't that an oxymoron (mutually exclusive terms)?

I think the ASPCA would love to know that this guy is using the name of their organization to help sell dogs from puppymills/BYBers, as would a lot of these other organizations.

An update on the situation. An enforcement officer from the SPCA called me back today and said he was sending someone to investigate the situation. He said this concept of a puppy superstore was new to him and he wanted to go see it himself. He did add that complaints against pet stores are common: he had investigated five of them in the last 48 hours. And he said that the number of stores selling pups seemed to be on the rise again; he mentioned several others that had recently opened.

I asked him a few questions about NJ animal law and retailing, such as are stores required to take back pets if families decide they can't handle them, and are there limits on the number of live animals that can be sold at a particular store, based on square footage or other criteria. He said that animal welfare laws generally didn't cover these areas.


He promised to call me back with results of the investigation.

ORIGINAL: fizzlbriches

was it possibly "shake a paw", I did a google search on  NJ Puppy Superstore and what I found was [linkhttp://www.shakeapaw.net/]http://www.shakeapaw.net/[/link].

Edited to Add: I am looking at their website and am appalled. It is completely incredicable, disgusting 

 
OMG, I went to the link u provided and took the "virtual tour"..... How can they operate such a business???? Isn't it basically like a puppy mill??? 

OMG they have "budget" pups?  What the heck?  Maybe they're the puppies that are returned for health or behavioral problems? Their prices are atrocious (sp?)!  But wait, they have coupons!   UGH.  This is disgusting.

Ahhh, but they don't take back puppies (except, apparently, pups with dysplasia)

The sale of Puppies are final sale. You cannot return a puppy for any of the following reasons: allergy problems, landlord problems, change of job, bought the puppy as a gift, not getting along with other pets, can't train the puppy, your husband or wife wants to kill you for not asking or for any other reason. There will be no exceptions.

^ One sign of a NON-reputable breeder... the refusal to have anything to do with the pups if the owner is unable to keep them. >X.x;<