Petland

Stores like Petland will continue to sell puppies if people continue to buy them. They’re cute as hell. And they come from mothers who are nothing more than breeding machines. The next time you think about buying a cute little puppy in a pet store, think about the mom that gave birth to the puppy, the condition she is probably still living in.
Please consider a rescue first. (Go to Petco, or Chuck and Don’s or any other store that offers adoption. Or one of the awesome rescue groups in the cities. many of them help with any veterinarian costs, etc.

I am torn. We got a fabulous puppy here and we love her soooo much! The owner talked at great length about how they do not get their animals from puppy mills but from reputabable breeders. I do feel like I rescued her from a tiny glass cage with several other puppies in each one! So although I should not support pet stores I do truly love our snorkie. SO go rescue one if you can afford it.

UPDATE #2!!!
After getting 3 attack messages from Cindy D from Lakeville about my Petland review, I will be adding additional Puppy Mill info that I had left out of the prior review. Due to the obvious astro-​turfing with bogus fake reviews as evidenced by the attack messages that I received and the the clear effort in flagging reviews that has caused several of the former negative reviews to end up in the «not recommended» page (the link to read them is located further down the page) it is clear that the truth has caused upset.
Again, I stand by my review and I stand by the information that I was able to find doing the most simple Google search on the terms Petland and Puppy Mill. Try it for yourself and see the results that you find.

We, have, bought our, last to dogs from petland. The 2 were different in a way of color. Not your normal color puppies. But we had never had these 2 types of smaller dogs before. We were black, yellow lab & golden retriever owners. Our 1^st was a black, white & brown female king Charles caviler, she has been the best dog, she is now 3yrs. happy & healthy. Everyone wants to know where we bought her because of her colors. You don’t she all those 3 colors. The next was a Boston terrier, male. After the 2^nd day, my husband went to wrestle, the puppy freaked out, got nasty, almost thought we would have to bring him back, no way, he is the families favorite boy. He’s spoiled. We learned how to work with him, & would never bring him back. Petland has brought 2x’s the joy. The last time we were in was this last nov. 2013. Would very recommend. The Boston terrier is brown & white, usually there black & white. When I come home he runs across the house or yard to see me. I love them dearly. We would go back but my husband said 3 is a enough for now.

People that work there are mainly pushy, unfriendly, and rude. Besides that I feel so bad for the puppies that are put there. We should all be familiar by now about where these puppies come from, and the type of place PETLAND is. The pups are all made to stay in little kennels, with grates for flooring. I’m assuming because they are too lazy to clean the cages everyday. Maybe for some of the bigger dogs that are there it’s ok. But I felt so bad for this little white puppy (among others), that was all alone and it looked like his paws were barely the size to fit before falling thru the cold gates…:(

I am so grateful for the Shakopee petland! we had been looking for a puppy for sometime, and had heard through word of mouth to try this shop. the staff was so friendly AND helpful! rosemary worked with us to make a flexible payment plan. and now we are the proud owners of a lovely english bulldog named Lucy! thank you so much petland! you will definately be seeing us again!