Andrea Rosebrock 
I’m a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and small
I live inside a cage, you see at a Pet Store in the mall.
I’m not an only puppy, my sisters are all here.
My brothers, too, except for Ralph who died coz he was scared.
It’s lonely here at nighttime when all the lights go dark,
We tremble in our cages and we whimper and we bark.
But no one comes to hold us or pet our fears away.
We sit all night in terror til the store opens next day.
We don’t remember mama, left so far behind.
She did the best she could for us til Man said “It is time.”
He crammed us all in cages too small for us you see.
We rode for hours; we could not help but lay in poop and pee.
And now we sit in a Pet Store where kids come taunt and squeeze.
They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas.
We’re miserable and it’s scary here we all would rather die.
But since we don’t we do our best to run away and hide.
I know you think my story too sad to leave me be.
You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will.
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by taking us home.
You must be strong and leave us here, unsold and all alone.
For if you do not take me, then another pup won’t come.
And maybe he will not be shipped so far away from home.
Tho some of us may not survive the cycle ‘ere it falls.
If we don’t sell they will not need more puppies in these halls.
And if they need no puppies then the Man will not bring more.
Eventually it can all stop! You CAN close the door.
So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small.
In a cage at a Pet Store at your neighborhood shopping mall.
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there.
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.
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i understand your point but some people might want a dog too take home
and if we take one home that can live for a bit at least were saving one dogs life and being a good person
where else can we get dogs from?
you wild want too make some dogs happy wont you?
why dont you just sell things
why do you have too make this website sad?:(
“Where else can we get dogs from?”
What about ethical breeders?
What about the humane society?
then you say: “why don’t you just sell things?”
BECAUSE puppies are NOT “things”!!!!
ALL pet shops get their puppies from pupply-mills (google that).
Why? Because no ethical person would allow a puppy to go through the pet-store experience and ethical breeders want/need to know EXACTLY who has their puppies and if they are well.
Some countries don’t allow shops to sell live animals AT ALL. This has done wonders to combat puppy-mills and all people who think animals are “things”.
I hope they outlaw it in America soon. It will even help reduce the stray dog populatiion (the pet stores will sell to just “anybody”, the breeders are more careful, because they CARE about the dogs).
In the meantime: NEVER buy a pup from a store, as much as it may hurt. If you REALLY want to help a pup, go visit your local shelter.