fridzalone
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I know that most of you would be shocked when read the title of my thread...but yes, I do want to open a petstore someday.
I realized that one good and effective way to promote pets welfare is via petstore. Most people asked help, and guide from petstore, unfortunately not all petstore are really thinking about animal welfare (more likely they thinking about : money, money, and more money). And I have to admit that having animals in the petstores are another charms so the people would come and visit the petstore. By having animals in the petstore, there are more chances to open people's mind about animal welfare.
So I have 3 things in my mind that I have to solve :
- open petstore
- having pets in it-without selling it (because it would be against animal welfare)
- promote animal welfare
After thinking for soooo long to, then I came up with the conclusion :
If one day I'll get my chance to open a petstore, then it would be a petstore with my pets in it. Maybe many of you would ask me "How would that happened to help you promote animal welfare?". Good point. I'll use several space in the petstore to make a proper cage for my pets. Example : for my guinea pigs I would make a C&C cage, maybe in a different room, soundproofed to make sure my pigs would not distract with the business of the petstore and have a good ventilation system. People can see from outside the room, and maybe wondering how great is that to have such a beautiful cage in their house. And when they ask me or one of my staffs (which need to trained to make sure they understand about animal welfare and everything that sold in the petstore), we'll explain about C&C cages and suggest them to use C&C cage as well. I would also sell coroplasts, grids, fleeces, cage toys and accessories so the buyer can get them easily. And I won't sell any small cages, unless it's pet carrier. The same thing goes for my cats as well, something like"dog boarding facility luxury" in this article (Luxury Boarding Hotel for Paws) seems nice, but maybe with more toys in it. And maybe I can make the rooms look like this : (broken link removed)
So when the buyer come to me and ask me if she/he could buy pets in the rooms, I'll would proudly say "No, those are my pets. We don't sell pets here". And the buyer would see how happy me and my pets are, how healthy they are, and how adorable they are. Of course my pets won't be there 24/7. My cats are set free in the petstore, the room would probably used for them to take a rest, eat, drink, pooping and stuff. And the guinea pigs are mostly in the cage, but they do have their floor time area there too to make sure they get enough exercise. And they can accompany me in the petstore some time, having a nice lap time with me. And when it's time to close the petstore, they'll come home with me too. I won't leave them there alone in the petstore.
Oh yeah, and I would only sell acceptable-good range of pet food and accessories, and make notes in every shelves of products explaining why is it acceptable, and why this is categorized as a good product. And I would make a list about any products that I do not sell and why. Example : Vitakraft Menu for Guinea Pigs > contains seeds that's not good for guinea pig. I'll make brochures about proper treatment of each pets as a guide. Perhaps it would be all about proper cages, proper food, proper daily treatment, diseases and the treatments, and of course there should be a "why adopt is better than buy pets" in every brochures.
Personally, I think my idea would be great to open a petstore (at least until now). But I also need some comments and critics if there's something that I missed or something bad about this idea that I don't realize yet. So it would be a great if you give one...
Thanks for reading.
I realized that one good and effective way to promote pets welfare is via petstore. Most people asked help, and guide from petstore, unfortunately not all petstore are really thinking about animal welfare (more likely they thinking about : money, money, and more money). And I have to admit that having animals in the petstores are another charms so the people would come and visit the petstore. By having animals in the petstore, there are more chances to open people's mind about animal welfare.
So I have 3 things in my mind that I have to solve :
- open petstore
- having pets in it-without selling it (because it would be against animal welfare)
- promote animal welfare
After thinking for soooo long to, then I came up with the conclusion :
If one day I'll get my chance to open a petstore, then it would be a petstore with my pets in it. Maybe many of you would ask me "How would that happened to help you promote animal welfare?". Good point. I'll use several space in the petstore to make a proper cage for my pets. Example : for my guinea pigs I would make a C&C cage, maybe in a different room, soundproofed to make sure my pigs would not distract with the business of the petstore and have a good ventilation system. People can see from outside the room, and maybe wondering how great is that to have such a beautiful cage in their house. And when they ask me or one of my staffs (which need to trained to make sure they understand about animal welfare and everything that sold in the petstore), we'll explain about C&C cages and suggest them to use C&C cage as well. I would also sell coroplasts, grids, fleeces, cage toys and accessories so the buyer can get them easily. And I won't sell any small cages, unless it's pet carrier. The same thing goes for my cats as well, something like"dog boarding facility luxury" in this article (Luxury Boarding Hotel for Paws) seems nice, but maybe with more toys in it. And maybe I can make the rooms look like this : (broken link removed)
So when the buyer come to me and ask me if she/he could buy pets in the rooms, I'll would proudly say "No, those are my pets. We don't sell pets here". And the buyer would see how happy me and my pets are, how healthy they are, and how adorable they are. Of course my pets won't be there 24/7. My cats are set free in the petstore, the room would probably used for them to take a rest, eat, drink, pooping and stuff. And the guinea pigs are mostly in the cage, but they do have their floor time area there too to make sure they get enough exercise. And they can accompany me in the petstore some time, having a nice lap time with me. And when it's time to close the petstore, they'll come home with me too. I won't leave them there alone in the petstore.
Oh yeah, and I would only sell acceptable-good range of pet food and accessories, and make notes in every shelves of products explaining why is it acceptable, and why this is categorized as a good product. And I would make a list about any products that I do not sell and why. Example : Vitakraft Menu for Guinea Pigs > contains seeds that's not good for guinea pig. I'll make brochures about proper treatment of each pets as a guide. Perhaps it would be all about proper cages, proper food, proper daily treatment, diseases and the treatments, and of course there should be a "why adopt is better than buy pets" in every brochures.
Personally, I think my idea would be great to open a petstore (at least until now). But I also need some comments and critics if there's something that I missed or something bad about this idea that I don't realize yet. So it would be a great if you give one...
Thanks for reading.