The Town of Clarksville, Indiana has filed formal charges against Puppygram, the controversial pet store operating inside Green Tree Mall, accusing the retailer of three separate violations tied to veterinary care, breeder disclosure, and pricing transparency. Case records detail the allegations following a wave of consumer complaints and a newly toughened local ordinance aimed squarely at retail pet sellers.
According to case records cited by WHAS11, the town charges that Puppygram failed to have every dog examined weekly in person by a licensed veterinarian, failed to post visible signage disclosing breeder or broker source information, and failed to display pricing information. Those are the same three categories of alleged misconduct WLKY reported the town is pursuing in its case against the store. Clarksville has scheduled a pretrial conference for September 2, and it remains an open question how Puppygram intends to plead.
A Fast-Tracked Ordinance Aimed at Retail Pet Stores
The charges follow directly from action Clarksville took just weeks earlier. In July 2026, the town approved an expanded pet store ordinance addressing veterinary health certifications, enclosure sanitization, quarantine isolation for newly arrived animals, medical treatment logging, breeder-identity disclosure, and puppy pricing, according to the animal welfare outlet Lady Freethinker. The ordinance was enacted just weeks before the town initiated enforcement proceedings against Puppygram, the outlet noted.
The timing tracks closely with a consumer complaint that intensified scrutiny of the store. The station’s earlier report detailed how, in July, a Louisville family paid $3,500 for an 11-week-old Corgi puppy at the Clarksville store, only for the puppy to test positive for canine parvovirus — a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease — just hours after the purchase, triggering emergency vet visits and public health inquiries…