another issue with the pet shop puppies is they are not probably vaccinated... am not sure is you are aware but there has been some newspaper articles recently about the perils of having unvaccinated puppies.... i picked up a puppy recently and he was unvaccinated...... and he came down with parvo, i almost had to pts him........ but thankfully he made it. His vet bills have topped out at over 12k - and that was with charity discounts. If you are on Facebook check out his story on Dogs of Dubai page - his name is Knut........
all because he wasn't vaccinated....
another issue with the pet shop puppies is they are not probably vaccinated... am not sure is you are aware but there has been some newspaper articles recently about the perils of having unvaccinated puppies.... i picked up a puppy recently and he was unvaccinated...... and he came down with parvo, i almost had to pts him........ but thankfully he made it. His vet bills have topped out at over 12k - and that was with charity discounts. If you are on Facebook check out his story on Dogs of Dubai page - his name is Knut........
all because he wasn't vaccinated....
Please adopt don't shop. There are NO ethical breeders in the UAE. All the dogs in pet shops come from puppy mills, mostly from eastern Europe. So many have fudged paperwork, are brought in too young and aren't vaccinated properly.
There's a massive issues with shop bought dogs at the moment.
I understand that people have a preference for certain breeds sometimes. But why not pop along to one of the rescue organisations adoption days - they happen virtually every weekend. You never know a pup you never even considered might just steal your heart.
Rescue organisations to look at:
K9 Friends
Scads
Animal Action UAE
SNIFF
Dubai Senior Dogs Project
Dubai Animal Welfare
To name just a few.