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I haven't poked around too much yet, but was wondering how the members here obtained their boxer pups? I had first looked on rescue websites, but saw none young enough, and wanted our boxer to grow up right alongside our brand new amstaff. I then looked into breeders, but didn't like the idea of having my puppy sent to me on an airplane. I thought it might traumatize him/her.
So...passing by a pet shop after dinner one night, my boyfriend and I decided to go in and buy some treats for Sasha. And there was Ophelia, peeking out of a cage with this sad look on her face. We hadn't planned on taking any dog home that night, nor did we plan on buying from a pet shop (especially the one she was from) but she was a no-brainer, we'd have been crazy to pass up such a sweetheart. She bounced right up and was more concerned about kissing us than anything else. We brought her home that night....was quite expensive!
The first two weeks of owning her, she was under-weight, and had a terrible cold and cough. The pet shop reimbursed us for the charges. A week after we brought Ophelia home, that pet shop was on the news for buying from puppy mills, and was shut down.
You can see how thin she was in this video, and you can see on her face (in the puppy pic I posted on the introduction board) just how sick she was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfdw0-SKWE8
Even though I was dead-set against buying a pet from the pet shops in my area, I just could not pass this lovely girl up. And I am so happy to have her....
How did you get your pup?
So...passing by a pet shop after dinner one night, my boyfriend and I decided to go in and buy some treats for Sasha. And there was Ophelia, peeking out of a cage with this sad look on her face. We hadn't planned on taking any dog home that night, nor did we plan on buying from a pet shop (especially the one she was from) but she was a no-brainer, we'd have been crazy to pass up such a sweetheart. She bounced right up and was more concerned about kissing us than anything else. We brought her home that night....was quite expensive!
The first two weeks of owning her, she was under-weight, and had a terrible cold and cough. The pet shop reimbursed us for the charges. A week after we brought Ophelia home, that pet shop was on the news for buying from puppy mills, and was shut down.
You can see how thin she was in this video, and you can see on her face (in the puppy pic I posted on the introduction board) just how sick she was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfdw0-SKWE8
Even though I was dead-set against buying a pet from the pet shops in my area, I just could not pass this lovely girl up. And I am so happy to have her....

How did you get your pup?