The customer says the pet store offered to pay the vet bill after FOX 26 got involved. A pet store in the Woodlands is stepping up for a customer who says his puppy was put down one day after he bought him. Pet put down: Woodlands pet store stepping upWhat they're saying:Taylor Rhodes says he and his girlfriend connected right away with the nine-week-old puppy he named Maverick. Rhodes bought the pup at Pet Fair at the Woodlands Mall. SUGGESTED: Abandoned pup with tragic past rescued after being stranded for days on Ohio riverJust hours after purchasing the pup, Rhodes took him to Blue Pearl Emergency Animal Hospital.