Puppy Experience

New York State’s ban on the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits by pet stores takes effect today, after a Suffolk Supreme Court judge Friday ended a last-minute effort by pet store owners to block it.

A pet store owner suing the town over its new pet dealers law, claiming the law will put him out of business, is simultaneously petitioning a court to dissolve the company and appoint a referee to liquidate its assets and wind up its business affairs.

The law, which would ban the sale of commercially bred dogs, cats and rabbits by retail pet dealers in Riverhead, would have taken effect Jan. 1, but remains suspended by a temporary restraining order issued by a judge in November.

A Farmingville woman was arrested today on a grand larceny charge in connection with the theft of a puppy from an Aquebogue pet store.

With an eye toward raising awareness and cooperation, animal advocates who had planned a protest outside the Puppy Experience in Aquebogue decided to cancel...

The shop may have changed owners but the scene outside Puppy Experience in Aquebogue will feel like deja vu this weekend, as animal advocates...

Plans for the future include boarding, grooming, an expanded line of puppy products and possible training classes, the Lewin brothers said.