I enjoyed shopping at the store for about a year until the owner ticked me off the other day. While I was searching for a Christmas dinner for my dogs, she approached me and said ""My name is Karen, I'm one of the co-owners. Its been brought to my attention that you've been asking how to kill animals..."" She mentioned the fact that I had asked about getting rid of cats and I corrected her along with pointing out the fact that I asked once A YEAR ago! First of all, my young kids enjoy playing in the sand area of our backyard. Second of all, every neighbor owns dogs. No cats. A feral cat began wandering into our yard on a daily basis and would use the sand area as its litter box! I also have a toy dog that weighs 4lbs. That cat wasn't the least bit frightened off by our tiny dog. I've heard numerous stories about feral cats harming dogs and even scratching out the eyes of dogs. I even watched a program about a boy who once ate dirt and wound up consuming a parasite that eventually ate a part of his brain and caused him to completely lose vision in one eye. One of the store employees showed me a product that was supposed to discourage unwanted animals from using your yard as their bathroom. When that failed to work, I was feeling angry enough to think I wanted that cat dead. I phoned animal control about the situation but that cat stopped coming to our yard once we bought a big dog. Karen had the audacity to act as though I didn't have the right to protect my children or small dog from that cat!!!! If she's stupid enough to keep feral cats in her home, that's her problem. But as a business owner, she should know when to keep her opinions to herself. Thank goodness there are other stores that carry the brand I feed my dogs and those stores are run by people that don't have a problem with others protecting their children and small pets. I'd much rather do business at the competition than At Your Service Pet Supplies.
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