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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a relatively new dog owner and am concerned. Will having a dog cause me to become unhinged like so many on this thread?[/quote]

I'd hardly call being passionate about the humane treatment of helpless animals being "unhinged."  With so many perfectly healthy and lovable dogs available for adoption from so many legitimate sources -- rescues and shelters alike -- it's quite legitimate to ask why in the world is it so important that people pay thousands of dollars to have a designer dog created for them?  It's just such a selfish and showy thing to do.   [/quote]

No, PP's right. You sound unhinged. No one is advocating for puppy mills or pet stores, but normal people realize that ethical breeders are a humane, reasonable choice. [/quote]

I really don't think there is a world in which it is ethical to breed something for which there is more supply than demand and where the extra supply is killed by the hundreds of thousands every year.[/quote]

You're awfully close to suggesting that no one should have their own children, given the thousands of children in foster care and abusive/neglectful homes.  Which, if that's your position, is yours to own, but you really are extreme.  There is SO much else in the world to be extreme about right now.  SO MUCH ELSE.[/quote]

Just because there are other things to worry about doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do what you can where you can.  Are you suggesting that with all the problems in the world I should just go ahead and litter on a whim, for example?  Or that just because you can’t solve all the problems in the world means you shouldn’t try to solve any?

Excuses excuses excuses.[/quote]

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