Or any of the Kardashians

You can check with stores though - my local pet store works WITH the local rescue centre to as a sort of halfway point for adoption. Store =/= bad automatically. It very much depends on location.

Also never buy dogs in a reeder that a) sells many breeds and b) doesnt have the parents available to see. Most pretend to be breeders but also use puppy mills. Sadly here in the north of belgium there are many. It disappointed me a lot seeing how little the authorities care

Breeders as well. My daughter works at a rescue and 90% of their intake is breeder dumps. Either the puppies didn't sell fast enough, they have medical issues and (because the breeder didn't do genetic testing). The heartbreaking ones are the females that have been so overbred they have prolapsed uterus and are in such poor condition that they are considered geriatric by the age of 3.

This is also true of many other pets offered for sale in shops.

I agree you can buy dogs from responsible breeders. Many service dogs, especially for disabled or elderly (or even for bomb sniffing) are usually taken from certain breed or hybrids for a reason. In other cases sometimes people want a specific hard to find breed for various reasons (like the climate and environment where they live), which those breeders are good for as well. Look for which agencies certify them, the American Kennel Club certifies responsible breeders that meet a very long list of criteria and get regular inspections.

Agree. I have my two cats from two lovely families who's outside cats went on a date 😁. Perfectly socialized, healthy and loved kittens. They are my pride and joy.

I'd never ever buy a pet ... now, I'm clearly a cat type of a guy, I ... adopted one last january. Needed a new home, I had no cat at that moment, so she moved in and ... is loved, finally. But untraining the stuff her stupid humans before me have tought here is quite a load of work...

They should all be banned!!!

cant meet the pups where they are bred, huge red flag. Never pay before you have the pup.

I have a ding butt Golden Retriever/Yellow Lab mix that came from a puppy mill.A woman paid 200 dollars for her, then when she broke up with her boyfriend she left the dog behind. He tossed the dog outside to live with a bag of torn open dog food and posted her on Craig's list. I was looking for a companion for an older Lab mix and we rescued her after a two drive. Dumber than a box of rocks but gorgeous, and a sweetie to boot! She's now 11 and sleeps with me every night. My other dog is still salty about it, lol.

Or adopt from a shelter! Those animals need it the most. Please!

Unfortunately it's not just puppies. Me and my partner specialise in offering a forever home to special needs and disabled animals. The amount of issues caused by bad breeders and back yard breeders is honestly shocking.

always ADOPT! NEVER GET FROM STORES! There are too many babies that need loving homes!!

Very well said. And this year, animals who had been purchased during lockdown have been abandoned by thousands and thousands, all shelters are completely full. So if you really want a pet, think it hard because it's an important decision, and at least for the moment, instead of looking for a breeder and "order" an animal as if it was a product, please go to a shelter, rescue one and keep them safe forever.

The government has laws about this that they can't be bothered to enforce.

Ads on Kijiji or Craigslist are often equally suspect. Especially someone who wants to deliver to your door or meet you in a parking lot somewhere - anything to keep you from seeing where the parents are housed.

Not a product.

This is so horrible! I heard they do this to market the purse industry

I feel like many are moving away from a diamond as an engagement stone.

Speaking as an American, about every 2 years, I order an 5kg block of Callebaut dark chocolate from Belgium. (We do have quality artisanal chocolate makers in the US, but Hershey is just disgusting. It's too sweet and the texture is off-putting.)

Regardless of what it may say on the label, they aren't actually recyclable. The ones that look like a little bag with a plastic ring at the top are just as bad, there's as much plastic in that ring as there is in an entire cup.

If I could upvote this a million times... And then there are those 'flat tummy teas' that are really just diuretics

Never heard of it, had to google. Apparently not working well in Sweden.

Big thanks to all the corporate jerkwads who got our grandparents hooked on nicotine several decades ago! (This is sarcastic lol)

I am not 100% sure about that one. Yes plastic isn't easy to recycle. (Although HDPE (Lids) and PP (bottles) can be recycled quite well. IF you recycle).. but: It is a lot lighter than glass. Less weight means less energy/fuel for transport. And that means less CO2 (for transport). So.... if you look at the facts and add up the numbers (instead of just going: "Plastic is Evil) you might be surprised. Could be that, as enviromental bad as they are, they could still be better than glass

Starbucks isn't even good coffee.

B. I. D. E. T.... I want one so bad

They are facing a problem im the EU now. They cant be labled by what they are working against (because they don't) and they can't be labled by what's suposed to be in it... because there is almost nothing of it left. So soon they will habe to be labled as what they are... sugar

One of the techs at my dialysis unit just started this. She's only in her 20's and has no idea how long it's been around. She was going on and on about it and I just rolled my eyes.

Fashion, which is nothing more than a "gotcha."

All Nestle products sadly

I'm gonna be the one - What is an "MLM" product?

Other excellent headphone manufacturers include Sennheiser, Klipsche, Audio Technica, Sony (they have a wide range including some very good stuff) and Bose (overpriced, but better than Beats).

I think they're illegal in Europe as well?

It’s a scam up there with razor blades.

Aka caffeine and other diuretics.

Say it with me, plastic gambling

For me ideally there shouldn't be any but i understand the cosmetic ones in free games. But microtransactions in a paid game? Bullshit

Thank you so dang much for sharing this

Fruit does not “have” to be repackage individually!

There is absolutely no reason to have cable anymore. I have Netflix, Disney+, Amazon prime, Hulu and Funimation subscriptions and all of them combined cost a fraction what cable does,. Include limitless on demand content (much of which is better than anything on cable) and without 30% of the air time being commercials. Cable is dead. It died a horrible and well disserved death and it will not be missed.

And then hit it with the empty gun

And games that cut the ending so you need to buy DLCs. I am looking at you EA...

Like American football, where is the money going?