Baaaa vs. Ruff! Ruff!
I heard a rather funny story today. Too funny that I can’t believe some people would think of this scheme to begin with.
Apparently buying dogs off the Internet is a popular thing to do for Japanese people. It is supposedly cheaper than buying it at your local store. While I don’t know which site people use for this type of service, there has been more than one case where buyers had complained that their toy poodle that they purchased online was not a dog, but in fact a lamb.
Baaaaa, you just got burned!
Customers realized that their “toy poodle” was not a dog when their newly arrived pet did not bark, nor ate any dog food.
It seems as though the seller took lambs, shaved the hair in such ways that it looked more like a poodle. Then, he/she sold them online to unsuspecting customers thinking they would be getting a toy poodle as their new pet.
I’m not sure what happened to the store now, but all I have to say is, make sure you buy your new pets from a legitimate pet store or breeder, and one where you can actually see which one you are getting.