"I never thought I'd buy a dog, but if they didn't get sold, they were going to the shelter," said 31-year-old paralegal Krisjan Polonia, who made off with a black and white 'teddy bear dog' from Astoria Pets in Queens.
"This wasn't the plan," Rodriguez told The Post. "I was walking by with my mom... you know, holding the dog up to her chest..." She said she had "mixed feelings" about the law but hopes it will discourage people from breeding dogs illegally.
But the pet-shop owners cutting the tail-wagging deals for customers couldn't disagree more with the law - insisting countless small businesses following ethical practices will have no choice but to close their doors over it.
The Puppy Mill Pipeline Act - intended to curb the flow of animals coming into the state from abusive puppy-mill breeding practices and instead encourage adoption from overwhelmed shelters - took effect Sunday, two years after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it into law.
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