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Her son, Matthew, who lives in Norwalk, and his girlfriend came across a puppy at a store in the area that they insisted Lu would fall in love with.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never bought a dog from a store before,\u201d Lu said of her initial reluctance, adding all the dogs she previously owned were bought directly from breeders.<\/p>\n
Finally, she stopped in the pet store and met Brooklyn, who was four months old. She negotiated the price to $1,800 and walked out the store with her new companion.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we stepped outside he put his feet up,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019d never been outside.\u201d<\/p>\n
It upset her to know that he had never breathed fresh air. That\u2019s when she became educated about puppy mills, or commercial dog-breeding facilities where a puppy\u2019s health is often overshadowed by concerns about profits.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then I started to say I saved this dog,\u201d Lu said. \u201cI feel like I saved his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lu, who was born and raised in Mexico, pointed out that Brooklyn understands both Spanish and English. \u201cHe goes everywhere with me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lu Gass introduces her dog, Brooklyn, a Brussels Griffin, by way of reference to a 1997 movie. \u201cEver see \u2018As Good as it Gets?\u2019\u201d she asked. \u201cWith Jack Nicholson? That\u2019s the dog.\u201d On a visit to our Wilton store, Lu was accompanied once again by her trusted canine, whom she carried in her arms as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1938],"tags":[691,690,688,689],"class_list":["post-11056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-life","tag-customer-stories","tag-customers","tag-dogs","tag-puppy"],"yoast_head":"\r\n