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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

The same is true for me. I have never known anyone to re-home a dog from a breeder. I have known several who had to re-home dogs from rescues for aggression and other terrible behaviors.[/quote]

I have known lots of people who rehomed dogs from breeders.  I don't care what you do, but don't spread lies.  Every rescue dog I've had (4 total) were originally dogs acquired from breeders that the owners gave up to shelters.  None of them were pit mixes, by the way.  They all had information provided by the previous owners.  All of them were good dogs, but in all cases, the owner underestimated the level of care necessary and wasn't willing to put in the energy to exercise them appropriately.

Yes, there are a lot of pit mixes.  I think it's wrong of shelters to try to downplay that by calling them a "terrier mix" or whatever.  If they truly don't think pit mixes are dangerous, then just admit that they suspect the dog is a pit mix.  I agree that it destroys credibility.

But that said, local animal control and SPCA shelters tend to be pretty good at giving you whatever information they are able to get on the dogs at their facility.  And there are plenty of clearly non-pit dogs.  There's also usually plenty of dogs that are owner-surrenders and the shelter has a lot of detailed information regarding personality, etc.

All of the dogs I adopted were 4-plus years old, so the personality of the dog was already pretty clear.  I suspect that at that age, they were clearly no longer cute puppies, and that played into why the owner surrendered them.

I don't in theory have an issue with breeders.  I do have an issue with viewing dogs as commodities, and that's where it gets sticky.  I also think that it's a shame people get in their head they want a specific breed of dog before even visiting their local SPCA or animal control.

I am suspicious of the breed-specific rescue groups or any rescue group that charges a high fee.  SPCA facilities have very low adoption fees, as do most animal control facilities.  I also know of people who have had issues with breed-specific rescue groups, especially the ones made up completely of foster people.  I know of several cases where as soon as a person applied for a particular dog, the person fostering the dog suddenly decided to adopt the dog.  Things like that deter people from adopting, and it makes me sad.  But, again, that's why I like using SPCA or even animal control facilities.

The next dog I get, I might actually take a drive down south and visit some animal control facilities there.  They tend to get a lot of dogs who are bred for a specific purpose (hunting, retrieving, etc.) but aren't good at doing that thing and are just abandoned.  Or they are abandoned once they get a little bit older.

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