Puppy mill dogs at Polaris?
https://polarisfashionplace.com/store-directory/
What the fuck? Puppies in a mall??? This business has been at Tuttle for a while now apparently, do we know when they’re setting up shop at Polaris? I like Polaris and have been happy to see it thriving, but this is super trashy and just wrong.
They have a Facebook and Instagram, and maybe it’s just the shitty Tuttle lighting but the puppies all look filthy and unbrushed, almost sickly. They’re being sold for alarmingly cheap, and Pawsome Pups is registered as a dog broker as well as a pet store, so I have to assume they’re being bought directly and cheaply from local mills. It looks like the business makes a habit out of not properly documenting where their puppies come from, too…
It’s insane to me how little information on these sorts of businesses and where they source their animals is publicly available in the digital age. Having a bunch of Petlands around Columbus is bad enough, we don’t need shady mom & pop “dog brokers” getting in on this too.
Is there anything I/we can do beyond contacting Polaris through their site or giving them a call? I can’t imagine there is but maybe somebody here is more knowledgeable on all of this than I am :(