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In article <421cee$2di@panix.com> algreen@panix.com (AlGreen) writes:


>Well, they should be delighted to take Molly back then. I would think 
>that such a place would have given you some sort of written assurance 
>that if the puppy didn't work out, they would take her back. After all, 
>if the breeder is Missouri takes her back, he'll know what happened to 
>the puppy that he hand-delivered only what, 9 weeks or so ago? If you 
>sell her on the Net, who knows where she went to? I would call the 
>breeder and tell him that you can't keep Molly, and that you would like 
>to return her. Since she came from a concerned breeder as you said, he 
>should take her back. Of course if he DOESN'T take her back, you may have 
>just learned a littl more about pet stores and puppy mills...

How about you try to educate instead of humiliate?  This guy is remorseful and 
clearly  reads this group occasionally, as he took care to point out that he 
thought he had bought from a reputable breeder (this was not the standard "I 
just got this dog from Petland and he is purebred and he is really too big 
for my studio apartment even though he is a mastiff and aren't mastiffs 
supposed to be toy size dogs, 'cause that's what Petland told me when I 
bought him?).  You could have just said "I have to disagree that she 
definitely didn't come from a puppy mill (or even from a backyard breeder)" 
and then give your reasons.  THEN, how about giving the guy some USEFUL advice 
about placing a dog he clearly loves very much?

Put these posts in context for goodness sakes.  There are three types of 
people who post things like this: 

	1.	Trolls ("I want to give away this cool puppy I got from this place where 
there were hundreds of pups to choose from and I'm looking for a good 
sausage factory to give him to...")
	2.	People who think the Internet is "Cool" ("I have this puppy that won't 
quit peeing on my great aunt's carpet, so since there are all these dog 
lovers on this newfangled internet thing, I'll just give him to one of them 
so that I can get a puppy that respects carpet a little more" and/or "I have 
been severely allergic to dogs since I was born but this puppy in the pet 
store was so cute that I just had to have him, but my sneezes are upsetting 
the people in the apartment next door and they might tell the landlord and 
I am not supposed to have pets anyway, so how about one of you nice 
people in cyberspace take him off my hands?")	
	3.	People who made a mistake but did not realize they were 
making it at the time, realize it, are remorseful about it, will not do it 
again, and sincerely want to place a loved pet with people who will love it 
and care for it.

This guy is a number 3.  There is nothing to indicate that he is going to go 
get another dog anytime in the near or not so near future.  Come on you guys - 
educate him with KIND words, not sarcastic ones, help him place his animal if 
you have the ability to do so, and who knows - maybe, just maybe, he will 
think before he recommends that his friend who is searching for a dog should 
go to the same place he got Molly.  Or, you can make him so mad with sarcasm 
that he says "to heck with these people" and goes off on his own with 
Molly, recommending her breeder to anyone who might tell him they are thinking 
about getting a puppy.

Oftentimes, the sarcasm from people on this board drives away the very people 
(the category 3's) who might actually be willing to learn from their own 
mistakes and might help spread the word about responsible animal ownership.... 
     

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