The Puppy Spot

Ok people. There are so many negative reviews about this place that I think they are all intentionally visiting in order to complain and feeding on each other.
The bottom line is that if you want a lifelong family member that will love you unconditionally, then there are plenty of puppies out there that will fill your heart with joy. Whatever «conditions» people say this place has and doesn’t have, just see for yourself. If you are one of those people that look for things to complain about, then don’t go! If you are serious about actually purchasing a puppy and your goal is to find the perfect pet for you, then I highly recommend giving it a shot. We are picking up our adorable, scruffy, mixed/​designer puppy from them after they have treated her for the common «puppy cold» and she seems as happy and healthy as ever and have no complaints!!!

DO NOT GIVE THIS PLACE BUSINESS!!! after standing outside for 30mins after their opening «hours» they put a sign in the window to tell us they are closed for the day. Looking through the windows the place had trash all over the floor, there was a puppy randomly running around, the cages are rusted! It’s unsanitary! I’d be worried about the health issues if you end up buying a puppy from here.

Do not buy dogs from a pet store, it continues the cycle of puppy mill torture!

I wish I could give less then 1 star! This place is awful! The puppies are all sick and there are even kittens wandering around driving all the dogs crazy wanting to get out to them. Oh and the kittens are sick too and covered in fleas! The employee is clueless. This place should be shut down. Puppy stores in general suck and you should adopt a dog that really needs a good home but if you insist on buying one… Please drive 3 more minutes down the road and go to «Just Puppies». Adopt! Don’t shop, especially from this place!

PLEASE adopt. One of these puppy stores in Orlando was shut down because they found a dead puppy in the trash. All of these places are the same, these puppies come from puppy mills where the parent dogs are mistreated and not fed. Please do your research before buying a dog from a store, you are supporting the abuse of dogs. Please do your research before buying from these puppy stores.
Go to your local animal shelter and I promise you’ll find a dog that’ll accommodate to you and will only cost 50 $ or even sometimes free, dogs in the shelters come with all their vaccinations, neutered and a microchip inside of them. SAVE A LIFE BY ADOPTING!

I got my miniature Aussiepoo from here in April 2013. Having worked for vets for 15 years, I generally would never buy from a pet store since I know where the puppies come from. No matter what the owners tell you, pet store puppies come from puppy mills. AKC papers mean nothing. No reputable breeder will ever sell to a pet store. Regardless, my daughter developed an allergy to dogs, and the best way to see which ones triggered her allergy was to go to the pet stores where she could handle the dogs. I will say that at the time, The Puppy Stop was the best as far as taking care of their puppies. Another store just down the street had sick puppies with green discharge coming out of their noses. I brought this to the attention of the owner, he pulled the puppy and then immediately placed it back in the pen as soon as I left. Anyway, I fell in love with this Aussiepoo. He was 12 weeks old and was $ 499. I visited several times until I decided to place a deposit on him. He’s the one dog that I couldn’t leave behind. Janice was the manager at the time, and when we picked him up she even gave us her cell number in case there were any problems. At the time, I likes the way they ran the store. The puppies seemed healthy and happy and the employees would get them used to things like nail trims. They were also very fair with the prices, especially if the puppies were older. One dog that was there was crazy in the playpen. She was a lab/​border collie mix and they finally had to move her off the floor due to being too big and excited. She would play bite and scratch. The nice thing is that they gave her to a family for free. Our personal dog has had zero issues health wise, and is a super smart boy. The only thing negative that I have to say is that he’s food aggressive. I’ve worked with him from day one on this, and nothing helps. This is the only time he has issues. Because of this, he is fed alone and made to sit and wait for his food. My only guess as to why this behavior occurs is because he was in a pen with other dogs and had to fight for his place for food. The last time I went, most of the dogs were on sale because they were too «old». They would still make good pets, but they aren’t the cute, tiny ones that everyone wants.

The puppies are terribly cared for and handled with. The employees obviously do not even care about the happiness and well being of these puppies. I wish I could give them a lower rating because it is just heart breaking to see all these puppies. Your best bet is buy a dog from the shelter! Stop supporting the business, educate yourself and buy dogs from shelters. It’s honestly the best thing you and I’m sure the dogs from a shelter will give you better loving. Humans can be so cruel sometimes… The lady would carelessly pickup the dogs and I could see all of them shaking out of fear. Never going back nor would I in hell buy support them. Hope the business shuts down…

The staff is nice. Not very knowledgeable on the ancestry of the puppies but does tell you about how big they grow and what breed they are. The place is kept relatively clean. The puppy cribs have wire cage bottoms. There’s no play pen but there is a wired fence in the back corner that you can use to interact with the puppy.

Walk in to see puppies without food and on barred cages with no paper to rest on. My heart sinks for these little guys, this place is very over priced and smells horrible. The puppies look Sick honestly «Just Puppies» is right down the street and gives you a night and day difference for these guys.

Dirty! I feel really bad for all those poor puppies in there. Friends that have bought puppies here took them home only to have them be put down a few days later because they they were so sick doctors could not save them :/

Please do not support this place! The conditions these dogs are in are deplorable, unacceptable, and heartbreaking. The dogs are kept in cribs at all times (and sometimes they’re only twice their size) and they have to drink water out of bottles designed for small animals (guinea pigs. Rabbits, etc. they are not designed for dogs and should not be used for them!). The bottom of the cribs were wire which can’t be comfortable for the animals. The place absolutely reeked as well because it was not kept up well. Two dogs I saw even looked like they had some fecal matter on their fur. Everything about this place is absolutely terrible. I left in tears because I feel so bad for the pups. I hope it gets shut down soon!

A star pains me It needs to be shut down And my year goal is just this Sick animals sick people dogs sick in the back I am disgusted I live mile from this Who owns this place??? Why is the city not shutting this animal anise down? I will I will shut you down you horrific humans Smile now You lost we will win we are the voice for those poor animals Bye by

I wish there was a way to give a place zero stars. I and my family went there yesterday to look at the puppies. My kids like to go to puppy stores to pet and love on the baby dogs they have. We usually go to Petland, but we saw this place right next to where we ate and decided to go in. This place should be shut down. The smaller animals seem to be getting the proper nutrition, but the larger dogs looked as though they are being starved to prevent them from getting too big too fast. There wasn’t one large dog in the bunch that didn’t have exposed and protruding rib cages. I was disgusted. I wanted to cry. I wanted to call the cops. The poor larger dogs not only had protruding rib cages, they were also very lethargic and seemed to have trouble lifting their heads much less moving around. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS PLACE. IT IS A PUPPY MILL!!! We won’t be back, and I plan to find out where best to lodge a complaint against this business. Also, I recognized the larger man in the store from a puppy store in Casselberry that got shut down for their improper care of animals. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!

I bought my dog here after seeing hes been there for atleast five months. Poor buddy has never even stood on the ground before. I cant say the pets are mistreated, because i honestly dont know what goes on behind the scenes, but from the looks of it these puppies are bought from puppy mill auctions in texas and driven to orlando in this suspicious black van, where the prices are jacked up like these puppies are full bred. They provide no information whatsoever on these puppies backgrounds and you have to order it yourself for $ 25, who knows how truthful those are. It smells ratchet when they suck the puppy poop up with a vacuum cleaner. Its sad these places exist, but i saved my puppy from here for less than half of the original starting price they were asking, so do not fall for their outrageous prices. Poor puppies

Do NOT go here to buy a puppy. These dogs are in terrible, disgusting and smelly living conditions. You are supporting a billion dollar industry that is profit-​driven and has no regard for the welfare of the animals. They sit in their own filth, have no paper down to comfortably walk around in their «cribs» and are shivering in fear. DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PLACE OR ANY OTHER PET STORE, GO TO A SHELTER AND GET A RESCUE.

The staff is great, but really… How do you support a place like this if you care about the animals? They get their puppies from puppy mills, people just keep buying and feeding these kinds of places, something is wrong with you if you care about animals and are buying pets from places like this.
The prices… outrageous. If you are looking for a specific breed there are plenty of rescues where you can find puppies for ¼ of the price. You would be contributing to a good cause.
If puppy mills had glass walls you would never go here, these puppies are transported from long distances, they are so stressed they sometimes die… stop doing it.

These poor dogs look so mistreated. They sit in their own filth and the small dogs are in too tiny of cages.

Still… months later… I have not recieved breeding paperwork. I have still not heard from the owner.
They are opening a new location and I’m betting that all of the protesting has really hindered their business at 2515 E. Colonial Dr…
They are now moving to 1922 E. colonial dr, their NEW location for the same business.
Information for their upcoming rally
Shady as ever!

This place can’t be good. I have gone in there twice and have seen two puppies in the same crib fighting each other. The last time I went in there the german shepherd had a big sore on its ear where all the hair came off. She/​He was whimpering when the guy in medical uniform came up to massage it. A german shepherd shouldn’t be whimpering…
After reading the reviews below, I will no longer go there. If they cannot provide their paperwork then that sounds like a puppy mill. Plus $ 1000 for a blue pitbull you better be showing her family line and paperwork. This place is just getting their pups from prob backyard breeders.
I suggest spca go into this establishment or authorities to see the health and well being of these dogs. Some are so skiddish you know they aren’t being treated well.
Puppies are cute but adoption saves. Places like this make me sick.

I’ve been to the Puppy Spot a few times, and guiltily I regret that I only went to get my fix for some puppy time. I would never buy a dog from a place like this, just for the fact that I feel uncomfortable purchasing a pet without knowing it’s history. The staff is friendly and they always have a good amount of dogs, but I always come away with a feeling of pity for the puppies.
The Puppy Spot is a decent establishment for getting your puppy fix, but I would do my research before buying a dog from them as the health and history of the dog seem a little hard to find.