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what happens when puppies grow up? - 08-24-2011, 08:27 AM

Talking with my friend today I came to a rather horrific realisation.
Those puppy/kitten cafes in Tokyo....what happens when the animals grow up?
Seriously, anyone know?
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08-24-2011, 08:44 AM

Find the person whom the shop receives.
When nobody receives.........
Because it is unsold stuff of the pet shop, it can be said second base chance.


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"Puppies grow up to be dogs that get old and die."
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08-28-2011, 05:45 AM

I think they take care of them. That's for my opinion, when they grow, maybe they train them too. I don't know to other pet shops.
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08-28-2011, 05:56 AM

With the dogs; Most of the time they are adopted out. Dogs in Japan are incredibly expensive, so offering a purebred dog at a low price, even if they are a bit past the tiny puppy stage, can usually find an owner. For those that don`t... They either move to different cafes or go on to places like this;
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Where tons of dogs accustomed to being messed with by countless people wander about getting attention.

For the cats - kitten cafes are not nearly as common as full grown cat cafes (at least in my observance) so I would assume they just move to a cat cafe.


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08-28-2011, 06:09 AM

what do you mean by expensive? in comparison with west?

my family always has had pure breed animals.
first we had Giant Schnauzer for 10 years, just awesome dog. smart and really powerful. we got lucky and got it like for just 100$ and it even had a mother with all kinds of decorations.
now we have Bernese Mountain bitch. very energetic. this one was 400$.
Persian cat was bought also for some 100$. when it passed away we got Saint Birman cat for 400$. he was huge, like 8kg, but passed away after 5 months from disease. then we got a (can't remember the name but looked a lot like the previous, only the name was different) for 300$.

ou. and i had a Chinchilla for 100$. the single most cute, fluffy and with greatest personality thing you will ever find

so. are the prices in Japan even higher?
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08-28-2011, 06:18 AM

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what do you mean by expensive? in comparison with west?

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so. are the prices in Japan even higher?
I would be surprised to see a dog on sale for less than about $500.
Pure breeds here are usually around $1500. Obviously it does depend on the breed, and some are cheaper than others, but dogs are expensive. The smaller breeds are the highest - I regularly see puppies on sale for close to $3000.

I can`t imagine $100 for a dog. That is guinea pig territory.


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08-28-2011, 06:38 AM

3000$ - damn. i know some cost here the same but usually those are bought by rich people who don't know the right people to find them cheaper as we did. or want them with papers. maybe that is why we got them so cheap - they are the real breed with pure blood lines but we didn't ask for papers since we know they can get expensive around here.
or could the high price be because it is hard to import them in Japan?
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08-28-2011, 06:43 AM

The price is high in Japan because the prices are high in Japan.
They aren`t imported - they`re bred in the country. There is no real reason other than that they are expensive to begin with, so everyone expects that price and stores sell at that price.

If a store were to sell for cheaper, they actually risk not being able to sell the animal as a highly discounted price implies that there is something wrong.

The average price is just high. This goes for pretty much all breeds other than the native Japanese breeds - Shiba in particular - that you can find for dirt cheap if you look around.


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08-28-2011, 06:50 AM

so, in Japan owning a nice dog is like owning a European car? like a BMW or Aston? more or less a symbol of your status?

here animals aren't like that unless you have some really rare breed. but usually average families (like ours) can have some nice breeds also and that wouldn't imply them being rich.
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