[BaldElephant]

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The one major problem I had before went shopping around was that we are gone probably 4 months out of the year and would have to put the dog in some pet hotel

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This should be a deal breaker for anyone. Don't get a dog unless you can take care of it nearly all the time. To do otherwise is just mean.

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Ok, we went to petland

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I am skeptical of these pet stores... I've heard lots of stories about them getting the dogs from puppy mills etc... Although, admittedly, I don't know if these kind of shenanigans still go on today, but I know that they used to just a few years back.