There are pet stores and then there are pet stores, if you get my drift 3 of the 5 were aquired from a local owned pet store that does not deal with puppy mills. All dogs have their AKC papers as well. Two of the cats were aquired from the same pet store. The Mainecoon was a rescue at 4 weeks old from a Albertsons parking lot. The Idiot that was givivg it up didn't know what he had.