How do you justify buying from a breeder instead of rescuing a mutt?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do I sleep at night? That's a pretty extreme perspective on this issue.

Are ALL rescues dangerous and unpredictable? No, of course not. Nor are ALL puppies from breeders safe and predictable. But we have three small kids and are not going to expose them to unnecessary risk by bringing a rescue home. Adopting a rescue can present safety issues (and many rescue organizations won't place dogs into families with small kids for this very reason).

If we didn't have little kids, things would be different. But we do, so there it is.

Also, I sleep just fine at night, thanks, in part because I'm not judging the heck out of people over an issue that, in the grand scheme of our dumpster fire of a country, is small potatoes.

Ha ha 2:39 was spot on then! This IS how you justify it! Pathetic. If you truly feel this way, the safer option is not to get a dog at all when you have kids. But keep making your excuses . . .

Uh, okay. And you keep being angry at strangers for no reason?

Republicans and breeders are the worst. Not necessarily in that order.

[Anonymous]

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Pitbulls.

It is hard to trust shelters who try to pass off obvious pitbulls or pitbull mixes as "mixes", "labs", "lab mixes" "terrier mix"

Avoiding a pitbull in the bloodline makes a breeder super appealing.

I used to be pro mutt back in the day, but with the number of rescued pitbulls appearing in my child filled, suburban neighborhood has made me very anti rescue.

I suspect your antipathy towards mutts increased along with your income.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1 word:

Pitbulls.

It is hard to trust shelters who try to pass off obvious pitbulls or pitbull mixes as "mixes", "labs", "lab mixes" "terrier mix"

Avoiding a pitbull in the bloodline makes a breeder super appealing.

I used to be pro mutt back in the day, but with the number of rescued pitbulls appearing in my child filled, suburban neighborhood has made me very anti rescue.

I suspect your antipathy towards mutts increased along with your income.

No.

It increases every time a child is mauled or killed by a gentle family pitbull nanny dog.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1 word:

Pitbulls.

It is hard to trust shelters who try to pass off obvious pitbulls or pitbull mixes as "mixes", "labs", "lab mixes" "terrier mix"

Avoiding a pitbull in the bloodline makes a breeder super appealing.

I used to be pro mutt back in the day, but with the number of rescued pitbulls appearing in my child filled, suburban neighborhood has made me very anti rescue.

Pit mixes are the best. Gentle, lovable, and caring. Nothing like them!

[Anonymous]

The anger of pro-shelter people is unreal. You really don't want to understand, and are unwilling to accept any consideration that people have valid reasons for making different choices.

[Anonymous]

they are either ignorant, think other people will fix the problem so what's "just one more puppy" or they just don't care

Puppies are cute and adorable but I will never own another in my life. I have 3 rescue dogs who are amazing and vow I will never purchase a dog from a breeder

[Anonymous]

Stories like this make me suspicious of rescues.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/investigations/dog-auction-rescue-groups-donations/?utm_term=.e5724d0f6b8a

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 word:

Pitbulls.

It is hard to trust shelters who try to pass off obvious pitbulls or pitbull mixes as "mixes", "labs", "lab mixes" "terrier mix"

Avoiding a pitbull in the bloodline makes a breeder super appealing.

I used to be pro mutt back in the day, but with the number of rescued pitbulls appearing in my child filled, suburban neighborhood has made me very anti rescue.

I suspect your antipathy towards mutts increased along with your income.

No.

It increases every time a child is mauled or killed by a gentle family pitbull nanny dog.

Exactly how often has that happened in your "child filled, suburban neighborhood?"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently no one is allowed to post any opinions against buying from a breeder on the labradoodle thread, so I'm starting a new thread here. I'm seriously interested in hearing how anyone can justify buying a designer dog when so many beautiful dogs are available for adoption in shelters. How do you sleep at night?

After we had more than two kids and moved to a large new house in the suburbs zoned for top-ranked schools, buying a dog from a breeder was a piece of cake. Have a great day!

What kind of SUV do you drive?

Did you mean minivan? Honda Odyssey.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1 word:

Pitbulls.

It is hard to trust shelters who try to pass off obvious pitbulls or pitbull mixes as "mixes", "labs", "lab mixes" "terrier mix"

Avoiding a pitbull in the bloodline makes a breeder super appealing.

I used to be pro mutt back in the day, but with the number of rescued pitbulls appearing in my child filled, suburban neighborhood has made me very anti rescue.

Pit mixes are the best. Gentle, lovable, and caring. Nothing like them!

Like the one that killed its owner in DC last week? No thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The anger of pro-shelter people is unreal. You really don't want to understand, and are unwilling to accept any consideration that people have valid reasons for making different choices.

Valid reasons? Try selfish reasons.

[Anonymous]

I buy the purebred dogs I like. I could not care less whether you or anybody else looks down your righteously indignant snotty nose at me. And I sleep just fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wanted what I wanted and paid for it. Simple.

Exactly. Had a rescue had what I wanted then I would have rescued.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The anger of pro-shelter people is unreal. You really don't want to understand, and are unwilling to accept any consideration that people have valid reasons for making different choices.

Valid reasons? Try selfish reasons.

What's selfish? Wanting to have some understanding of what I'm committing to for the next 15yrs? If so, then yes I'm selfish for wanting to make the best decision for my family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I paid my dues growing up, during which time my family rescued a total of six dogs from the shelter. Most were great, but two had to be euthanized after developing rage syndrome and viciously biting in totally unprovoked situations.

We took a break from dogs for a while as adults, and when we finally decided to get one, we wanted sweet and predictable and, since the standards of dog care have risen so much and dogs are expected to be indoors all the time now, non-shedding. So we bought what we wanted.

How selfless of you.

See, this is where you're doing more harm to your [admittedly very noble] cause. I gave a pretty honest answer of my lifetime experiences with dogs, the good and the very sad and unfortunate. And you can do nothing but take that and shlt on me for it.

Are you hoping to convince people of your way of thinking?