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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The idea of paying money for a mutt is mind-boggling.

You have to be a pretty unethical person to BUY a dog, but if you're going to go that route, at least get a purebred.[/quote]

You buy a dog from a shelter or rescue too. [/quote]

No, you literally don't.

You might make a donation, but no one is making a profit, and so no one has an incentive to create more unwanted dogs. If you keep buying dogs, breeders will keep churning them out, and we already have too many dogs.[/quote]
Agreed. My $100 fee got my dog neutered, pain meds for  3 days , up to date vaccines, dewormer, flea treatment (1 month), heartworm test and heartworm prevention (1 month) and a haircut. I don't feel like I paid for the dog. I don't feel like I paid enough to cover the services either. The $100 seems like a token to ensure that you value your new animal enough to pay something towards their care.  [/quote]

You still bought your dog.  Mine from the breeder had vaccines, etc.  [/quote]

And is probably not a pit bull. If all the "rescuing" didn't happen in this country maybe pit bulls would die out or at least be as abundant [/quote]
My rescue dog isn't a pit bull, not that it matters, but he's a standard poodle cross, a pit would not have needed a haircut. People pay breeders for Apbt, Am Staff, American bulldogs etc too.  The incentive to breed them is profit as much as with any other dog. The difference on the way the fee is structured at the shelter vs at the breeder is 
inconsequential, I suppose, but,  nobody made a profit on my dog.[/quote]

Many rescue dogs come with baggage and other issues.  If people were better matched vs. being pushing into what ever one is available at the shelter, maybe there would not be as many shelter returns and dogs in shelters.  Yes, the rescue or shelter made a profit as they got the dog for free and donations/grants to care for that dog.  It should have been free to you.[/quote]

Many dogs end up as "rescues" because their previous owners had no idea how to raise the adorable little puppy they bought, sometimes on a whim. Maybe there wouldn't be as many shelter dogs if people realized that there's no magical breed of dog that trains itself, and that their untrained/improperly-trained/insufficiently-trained whateverbreed is a potential liability.

Dogs aren't born with "baggage and other issues" (even if the pit bull hater tries to convince you otherwise). They got those things from owners who probably should've gotten a cat or a turtle or a book on how to raise puppies/train dogs.[/quote]

Most dogs come from rescues and shelters who should provide support. [/quote]

I've never heard of a shelter that didn't provide support. What they don't provide is free, unending, level 1 to level 100 dog handling training and 24/7 consultation services for life.

You're expected to prepare yourself/your home for any new family members you might be adding. A shelter can/will help you with any specific concerns that might arise in the first few weeks/months of your dog's life with you, but they're not your personal dog trainer just because you adopted a dog from them. You're expected to train and maintain your own animals once they're yours. If you don't want that responsibility, fostering might be a better fit.[/quote]

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