My husband and I took our granddaughters in to the Super Pet Store in Salisbury last night after eating at a nearby restaurant. They always enjoy looking at the pets. The store had more pets in cages than they normally do.......rabbits, cats, dogs, etc. It was extremely warm in the store - the front doors were left open, as they were several months ago when I was in there last....so I assume the A/C was not working. There was a small fan blowing air, but it in no way cooled the area. The conditions the dogs were exposed to were terrible. The cages were nasty, with over-turned bowls and feces in with the dogs. The odor was absolutely unbearable. While I know it must be difficult to keep areas like that clean at all times, seeing these dogs was heartbreaking. Aside from the horrible conditions of their cages, a few of the dogs were unresponsive. My husband went to the cage of the dachshund and could not rouse him at all. He was lying there on his side with his eyes wide open, breathing, but not moving. It was almost like he was ill or sedated. There was a yellow lab that I spoke to who seemed to have trouble getting his hind legs up to stand. He was just dragging himself around. After a few minutes, we had to take our granddaughters out of the store because of the heat and smell. When we got home, my husband even changed his clothes because he felt like he could smell the odor in his clothes. I felt extremely sick when I left the store......part because of the odor and part because of the conditions of the dogs.
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