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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did it become OPs job to rescue a dog in a shelter? Dogs are a lot of responsibility. Research and get one you like. [/quote]
Agreed but the title of the post was why people object to using breeders. Nobody will say this in person but when someone says they have breeder dog most people look down on that choice as something objectionable.[/quote]

Depends on the company you keep.  I'd wager that 1/2 my acquaintances would silently look down on my purebred dogs, and the other 1/2 would not.

Totally anecdotal but, I've noticed that baby boomers and millennials are far more likely to have shelter dogs, at least in DC.   In fact I can't think of a single millennial I know in DC who went out and purchased a dog.  Whereas most of my Gen X peers have dogs from show breeders.  And all my baby boomer neighbors in upper NW have shelter dogs that are part hound, from West Virginia

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Could be related to having young children in the home.

Singles and retirees will be more open to a rescue or shelter mutt than will Gen X parents with young children looking for specific breeds, dogs whose entire history from birth to when they come into their permanent home has been supervised and accounted for.[/quote]

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