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

2). [b]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. [/b] [/quote]

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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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