Debbie’s Pet Land

I’m actively involved in Great Pyr pet rescue. My group is presently dealing with a dog that was purchased from Debbie’s Pet. The dog came down with serious skin, eye and other problems that prompted the owners to bring the dog to the vet for euthanasia. We got called to see if there was someone in our rescue who might be able to save the dog, and arrange for the expensive vet care required to give this dog a good life. The dog is sick, petrified, and in pain.
These stores buy their dogs from puppy mills who breed dogs haphazardly in filthy, inhumane conditions. These dogs have great prospects for future health, temperament, and behavioral problems, and often end up abandoned, in rescue or dead.
Please don’t buy from a pet store. Adopt a dog through rescue, or through a competent local breeder who will stand behind the dog.
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I took a walk in the Mall yesterday and it was closed, yaaayyy, hopefully forever! Two years ago, I drove 500 miles to pick up a dog that my son fell in love with at school, best thing I ever did, I will never forget the ride home with that spunky little pup. If you really love dogs you will do what it takes to get them home safely, not buy one from stores which use breeders that ship them in trucks. Think what it would have been like for a dog in the recent heat wave if they hadn’t been cared for properly.
It might sound extreme to drive that far and the gas cost me more than the dog but that dog knows how much I care for her and vice versa. BTW she has been a very healthy dog since the day I got her and not having been stressed as a pup may have had something to do with that.

I really wish someone can close these stores down! every now and then i would walk in and take a look to see if they have improved anythings. NOT! dogs look sick, no energy and buried in their own Poo… place smells. u can smell it 10ft b4 u walk to the entrance. I don’t know why SSP dont tell them to clean up.
Please dint support them by buying their pets or supplies. But what worries me is, if no one buys them do they put them to sleep?
If anyone knows how we can get together to close them and other puppy mill stores down… hit me up!!!

i made the mistake of wandering into this pet store the other night… the puppies had no energy, some even had crusty crud in their eyes… some people were holding a maltese puppie, she hung there like a dish towel… there were a couple who wanted to buy a schnauzer puppy… the sales team (all looked about 12 years old) were playing lets make a deal with the puppy like it was a used car, in the end one of the women left in tears without the puppy… it was all very upsetting… this store puts huge mark-​ups on their puppies, then mark them down like they are working with the customer, they cut the price to something that is still too high, but act like they’ve given a big discount… the average age of these puppies is 4 months… that means they’ve spent the entire first 4 months in a cage… this is way too cruel… i think places like this should be banned from selling living creatures because the get they same compassion as a bag of dog food or a squeak toy

I wish there was a zero star option for this horrible place.
I almost never go to the Braintree Mall, but I was there last year shopping in real stores and happened to see rabbits. I always knew the place was a puppy mill horror store, but I didn’t know they sold rabbits as well.
As someone who has had three rescued rabbits and who knows how overwhelmed the local rabbit rescues are, I am absolutely appalled. I’m sure quite a few of the cute bunnies I saw there ended up in rescue or something way worse.
I Googled them and I guess they are quite infamous.
Stay. Away. Even you, mall mom, take your kids to volunteer at a rescue for the day instead, plenty of cute and furry there.

I run a breed rescue group for American Eskimo Dogs, and Miniature Pinschers, and Debbie’s Pet Land has been a barnacle in my behind for over a decade. The arguments against Pet Shops and the forgone conclusion that they acquire puppies from unsavory Puppy Mills are now common knowledge. All of the shock and horror aside, the reason that Debbie’s is utterly awful and ethically challenged, is that they will finance any mope for dog ownership — and the «teenagers» that work there are most certainly not knowledgable. This creates the impulse purchase mentality that is directly responsible for the huge numbers of dogs in rescue — the secondary market for ex-​puppies. I have lost count of the numbers of American Eskimos that we have taken from Debbie’s customers — none of these folks whom we would have approved for adoption. There are times in one’s life when owning a puppy is questionable… teenagers, college students living in dorms, disabled seniors, pregnant families, all have life priorities that preclude them from focusing on the training of a puppy. And yet, they have all been financed to the tune of $ 1,500 to purchase an American Eskimo dog… and all have dumped their dogs with us within two years. Just a few examples…
The tide is slowly turning agains Pet Shops who sell dogs — Debbies is a perfectly fine establishment for pet supplies, and in this anti-​puppy mill climate, they had better stop selling puppies, or run the risk of being targeted by legal action as well as widespread protest — as is occuring in Pennsylvania.

I can only speak to my experiences of visiting frequently with a tot who is obsessed with anything that has legs and stands under 2′ high. I suppose this makes me the Michael Vick of mothers, but yeah, I take my kid to the pet shop to play with the pups. The staff here are knowledgable and accommodating and the shop in itself seems pretty clean, well-​stocked with toys of all kinds. Yes, I do think it is wack to keep animals caged in spaces that are the size of Cheez-​It boxes, and no I wouldn’t purchase an animal from this or any pet shop as I believe in the ARL. Until the day comes when we add a Fido to our family, though, I will continue to visit the pups in prison, knowing I am probably a walking hypocrisy that is yet to reconcile for all the sins I will commit in a shopping mall.

DON’T BUY FROM DEBBIE’S PET LAND!!! They get their dogs from puppymills, not breeders as they say. My friend got two dogs from Debbie’s that were both infectiously sick and caused sickness with other animals. Debbie’s vets lied about the health care … when the vet was finally threatened by my friend of a lawsuit, Debbie backed down and offered to pay for free dog health care, but the dogs were chronically sick and in pain. It also confirms that Debbie’s uses disreputable vets. They are cashing in on high profits by selling puppy mill dogs! Stay away!!!