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[quote=Anonymous]Don't feel bad. You can responsibly get a dog through "rescue" or through a breeder. The best outcome for everyone is that a dog is a good match with its family. I'm on my 3rd "rescue" dog but am part of some breed specific communities and enjoy purpose bred dogs.

Purpose bred meaning the breeder carefully breeds their dogs to improve or perpetuate the breed standards, NOT just to make money. I do side eye the designer hybrids like doodles, but not out of pettiness. It's just that no one with a high quality Poodle would allow their dog to be bred outside the breed. Same with the other purebreds used to make these hybrids. So you're left with subpar examples of the breeds being used who care about money more than the breeds, and you're not getting the best of either breed. It is concerning from an animal health perspective. However I recognize that most are probably fine and make their family happy. :)

Again I love my rescues but I scoff at the militant dog people who insist adoption is the only way and a purebred is evil. I fell down a social media rabbit hole of young women adopting hounds and raging against hunters, dog hunting, and everything related and insist that THEY are the ones who love hounds and know best. It's like, ladies, without those hunters who created those breeds, you would not have them! How can you love a dog and hate why it exists? Make it make sense.[/quote]

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