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

[Anonymous]

You poor dear.

[Anonymous]

I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

Yeah, I checked one shelter, multiple times. I'm not going to be driving all across the DMV checking shelters.

You can try to make me feel bad, but I have nothing to feel bad about.

[Anonymous]

My sister wanted a dog for her kids. She went to a shelter many times. Dogs got scooped up fast. They finally got a shelter dog who got spooked easily - very easily. In the first two weeks the dog bit the 7 year old. They tried to work it out. Kids was scared to be in the house with the dog. No kid should live like that. She took it back and got a dog from a breeder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:1) Because the rescue market has created some strange incentives, and it’s not as straightforward a transaction as it may seem.

2). Because I prefer to minimize the variables by getting a breed of dog I’ve selected after doing research on what’s best for our family.

This. I also research the heck out of breeders. There is no guarantee with any dog, but you have a lot more knowledge with a puppy from a reputable breeder about the likely temperament, its genetic history, what its earliest life was like, and so on.

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BTW, I'm against buying any kind of doodles, they are mutts, so nothing is predictable about those dogs

This also. Quite frankly, I don't like dogs very much and only got one so my kids' sake. I wanted to know what I was getting temperament wise. I didn't want to take a risk and end up having a dog I wanted to get rid of. Everyone I know when a rescue dog ended up with a lab mix that turned into a pit mix. I'm not willing to own a dog that's part pit, I think they're dangerous.

Ignorant statements

1. Every rescue “turns into a pit bull?”
2. Pit bulls are dangerous
3. Breeder dogs have great temperaments.
4. Breeder dogs are never surrendered.

I work at a rescue. We get more pure breeds that are given up. Some after they stud them out to make money, but most because people are beyond lazy and do not train their puppies. Then by age 1-2, they deem them a lost cause. Then we spend the time to train them or get them a foster who will and then a loving family adopts them and keeps up with training.

Lazy entitled people who thinking puppy mills and breeders produce ready made dogs for a family to enjoy are so ignorant.

Purebred dogs no matter what the lineage will have more health problems and die younger than an average mutt. Cross breeding cousins is nasty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My sister wanted a dog for her kids. She went to a shelter many times. Dogs got scooped up fast. They finally got a shelter dog who got spooked easily - very easily. In the first two weeks the dog bit the 7 year old. They tried to work it out. Kids was scared to be in the house with the dog. No kid should live like that. She took it back and got a dog from a breeder.

Why wouldn’t your sister rescue a puppy with no potential background issues if she had kids that young? She did not do her homework. There are thousands of available puppies in this area. Petfinder.com. All are rescued puppies and dogs. You pick age, breed, sex, likes kids, cat friendly, likes other dogs, etc... Most rescues are in foster homes, not shelters. I am fostering 5 border collie mix puppies tonight. None of them have homes yet.

Homeward Trails
Pet Connect
Mamas on the Move
Puppy Haven

These are all reputable rescues in the area that rescue and then treat and train dogs in foster homes. It is amazing that people spend the time to find “reputable” dog breeders but then comment on how people randomly went into a shelter and just chose a dog and it didn’t work out. You have to do your research! No different.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

Yeah, I checked one shelter, multiple times. I'm not going to be driving all across the DMV checking shelters.

You can try to make me feel bad, but I have nothing to feel bad about.

You realize only 8-15% of dogs that need homes are in shelters, right? Did you check www.petfinder.com and put your zip code in? I guarantee you will find hundreds of dogs in fosters within 15 miles of your house. I out in 20854 and over 2,000 are within 25 miles. 300 of them are puppies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

Yeah, I checked one shelter, multiple times. I'm not going to be driving all across the DMV checking shelters.

You can try to make me feel bad, but I have nothing to feel bad about.

I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but own it that you wanted to go to a breeder because you don’t give a shit. Don’t tell us how you went to a shelter and couldn’t find a good fit and that justifies it. You could have checked Petfinder or dozens of rescues that don’t require you to “drive all across the DMV”.
BTW, no dog can be trusted “around any child”. Such an ignorant statement. They are still animals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

Yeah, I checked one shelter, multiple times. I'm not going to be driving all across the DMV checking shelters.

You can try to make me feel bad, but I have nothing to feel bad about.

I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but own it that you wanted to go to a breeder because you don’t give a shit. Don’t tell us how you went to a shelter and couldn’t find a good fit and that justifies it. You could have checked Petfinder or dozens of rescues that don’t require you to “drive all across the DMV”.
BTW, no dog can be trusted “around any child”. Such an ignorant statement. They are still animals.

Pet finder is full of puppy mill dogs

[Anonymous]

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Fine, it's mostly OP versus everyone else. I think all you've managed to do here is solidify the stereotype of rescue people as crazy people.

This X100. Plus I have never known anyone who has gotten a dog from a breeder decide to re home it or get rid of it. I have known several people who got a dog from a rescue and had to get rid of it due to behavior problems. Dealing with a large dog that has behavior problems is very exhausting and often dangerous. The rescues really need to stop passing along pit mixes as labs.

Yes.

If they stopped passing pits as other breeds then people would be more willing to get a rescue dog.

[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 think this is actually a big deal for a lot of people. The breed is literally putting all the other shelter dogs a huge disadvantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

Yeah, I checked one shelter, multiple times. I'm not going to be driving all across the DMV checking shelters.

You can try to make me feel bad, but I have nothing to feel bad about.

I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but own it that you wanted to go to a breeder because you don’t give a shit. Don’t tell us how you went to a shelter and couldn’t find a good fit and that justifies it. You could have checked Petfinder or dozens of rescues that don’t require you to “drive all across the DMV”.
BTW, no dog can be trusted “around any child”. Such an ignorant statement. They are still animals.

If you listen to pit bull advocates, you would know that pit bulls are "nanny dogs" designed and bred to watch small children and babies, even when adults aren't around.

That stupidity is why people don't want rescue dogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1) Because the rescue market has created some strange incentives, and it’s not as straightforward a transaction as it may seem.

2). Because I prefer to minimize the variables by getting a breed of dog I’ve selected after doing research on what’s best for our family.

This. I also research the heck out of breeders. There is no guarantee with any dog, but you have a lot more knowledge with a puppy from a reputable breeder about the likely temperament, its genetic history, what its earliest life was like, and so on.

This

BTW, I'm against buying any kind of doodles, they are mutts, so nothing is predictable about those dogs

This also. Quite frankly, I don't like dogs very much and only got one so my kids' sake. I wanted to know what I was getting temperament wise. I didn't want to take a risk and end up having a dog I wanted to get rid of. Everyone I know when a rescue dog ended up with a lab mix that turned into a pit mix. I'm not willing to own a dog that's part pit, I think they're dangerous.

If there's one thing worse than someone who buys from a breeder, it's someone who buys from a breeder when they don't even like dogs. This is really sad. I feel so sorry for your designer dog.

Pit mixes are the most lovable dog around, fyi.

Until the kill your toddler or eat your grandma.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have 3 kids, the youngest was 8 months old when we wanted to get a dog. I visited the shelter many times. (Fairfax Co on West Ox Rd) I rarely saw a dog that wasn't a pit bull or a pit mix. One time I saw they had puppies (unclear about the breed), and all the puppies were adopted immediately.

I think the rescues come and take all the non-pit dogs as soon as they come in. The only dogs that weren't pit usually elderly or had behavioral issues and couldn't be around small children. So I found a breeder.

I wanted a young dog that would grow up with our kids knowing it's place in the pack order, and that's what we got. A loving, sweet dog that was super easy to train and can be trusted around any child.

Wow. You checked ONE shelter. There are so many more options.

Yeah, I checked one shelter, multiple times. I'm not going to be driving all across the DMV checking shelters.

You can try to make me feel bad, but I have nothing to feel bad about.

I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but own it that you wanted to go to a breeder because you don’t give a shit. Don’t tell us how you went to a shelter and couldn’t find a good fit and that justifies it. You could have checked Petfinder or dozens of rescues that don’t require you to “drive all across the DMV”.
BTW, no dog can be trusted “around any child”. Such an ignorant statement. They are still animals.

Pet finder is full of puppy mill dogs

+1 I don't want a puppy mill.or auction dog. Full stop.