My brother in law got a pet store gsd puppy :(
 

So my brother in law got his puppy from a pet store. He refuses to believe that is probably came from a puppy mill. Does anyone know how he could find out where the pup came from?

I really like his puppy but am worried it will have severe problems. Has anyone ever owned a pet store shepherd?

many people get there first gsd from pet stores. many are just as healthy as from breeders. imho, whats done is done, let him enjoy his puppy and learn along the way. you could suggest some pet insurance.

Do you know if it is possible to track where the pup comes from? Hes really attached so returning it is out of the question

Re: My brother in law got a pet store gsd puppy :(
 

And sometimes they come from breeder that have "left covers" they want done with and sell to the stores for a discount. Not all come from puppy mills. Some stores actually do make sure the puppies come from good backgrounds.


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should be on the papers he rec'd with the puppy, but i haven't a clue. does it really matter at this point.

Is he microchipped? Does your brother have his Pedigree? If not, he can contact the Pet Store and ask for the name of the breeder.

My Lab was a Pet Store puppy, healthy, beautiful with an amazing temperament. He lived with me for almost 11 years, and I couldn't have asked for a better dog. I did get the breeder info and Pedigree for him, and he was easy to track down.

Well at this no it doesn't really matter but both he and I want to know for sure.

The information:

Store: All About Puppies
Sire: Banjo #GS04012100
Dam: Shanna Sovix #GS04017312

Breeder: Donna Smith

he should have gotten some kind of registration papers / pedigree from the petstore , that would list the breeder/background of the dog.

oops you were posting when I was posting.

Well that info right there , looks pretty much puppymill to me:( "Smith" is a pretty generic name, could be anybody.

The reg'd dogs name are pretty generic as well..All he can do is hope he's got a healthy one..

He can also reg'd the dog with AKC ( presume it's akc, most petstores around here have ACA reg'd dogs which is an org that will register "anything" which = not good)
and pay for a 5-10 generation pedigree to see what's behind the parents.

No pet store puppies come from good breeders - if they were good breeders, they would never allow their puppies to be sold in a pet store where it simply takes a visa card to buy a puppy.

What's done is done :-(