puppies at Harrods! :(

I have just seen a Dogs Trust newsfeed on my facebook about their Christmas campaign to stop retailers selling puppies for Christmas. I must have been living under a rock as I had no idea Harrods sold puppies and kittens

It made me feel really sad as I do wonder if they come from puppy farms

Yes they have sold puppies for a long time,follow this link and send them a christmas card asking them to take puppies off the christmas wish list,

http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/az/c/christmas2011/hononocampaign.aspx

Thanks for the link, I have already sent mine and ill post the link on my facebook too x

I sent mine a few days ago too,they are hoping to send at least 2000 cards this Christmas.

At least they have stopped selling lions!

I've seen a lot of adverts for puppies on gumtree too, saying they will be perfect christmas gifts, ready to go on the 24th of December A puppy would be a great gift if you had researched the dog, prepared for it's arrival and had loads of time off to look after it and settle it in (not to mention time to look after it for the rest of it's life!), but as a surprise gift that the recipient might not even want?

They sold lions?! I guess I'm not really that surprised :/

Agree regarding Gumtree .... I guess the shelters will be pretty full mid January

Btw super cute avatar you have there

Irene wrote:They sold lions?! I guess I'm not really that surprised :/

Agree regarding Gumtree .... I guess the shelters will be pretty full mid January

I saw a tv show about it - 2 guys bought it, then they ended up taking him to the wild, but when they went back to visit him years later, even though he was a fully grown, wild animal, the lion walked up to them and hugged them - he must've remembered them!

Irene wrote:

Agree regarding Gumtree .... I guess the shelters will be pretty full mid January

Unfortunatly yes.

I didn't have a clue Harrods sold animals either.

Compared to most pet shops Harris dog pens are amazing! They're like a little house and the puppies are all together but the cats have their own space. They're not really little they are usually almost full grown. People who can afford to pay 2k for a chihuahua or a moggy usually have lots of time and pamper them a lot lol

linzy wrote:

Irene wrote:They sold lions?! I guess I'm not really that surprised :/

Agree regarding Gumtree .... I guess the shelters will be pretty full mid January

I saw a tv show about it - 2 guys bought it, then they ended up taking him to the wild, but when they went back to visit him years later, even though he was a fully grown, wild animal, the lion walked up to them and hugged them - he must've remembered them!

Thats pretty amazing that the lion remembered them .... it made me smile to read this

I still wonder where the puppies and kittens come from in the first place ... do breeders sell them onto Harrods? I cant see that a responsible breeder wouldnt want to know what kind of home their puppie/dog was going into? Therefore I wonder do they come from puppy farms?

What does everyone else think?

Hayley wow thats a lot of money

I personally wouldn't even consider buying a dog. If you have thousands of pounds to do so, donate that to an animal shelter and rehome one!


IMO I would only ever rescue and the thought of them being sold in Harrods for thousands makes them a luxury, not just a part of a family. I don't care how pampered they are.

Sadly thats fashion and money for you! Xx