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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get a puppy, from a reputable breeder.  If you're not experienced with dogs, you aren't prepared to deal with the nonsense that comes with rescues. You can maybe get a pup from a rescue, but I advise a lot of caution. Corgis can be a little hardheaded, btw. Get a decent sized dog:  golden, lab, a show bred Aussie, Brittany.....no doodles or such nonsense.

It's easier to train a pup, you can hire a dog walker who will help you train the pup, and you know what you're getting. [/quote]

WRONG. Adopt, don't shop.[/quote]

Retail rescue is a very real thing. Get a pup from a reputable breeder, with health guarantees and a lifetime return policy. There's nothing wrong with a purpose-bred, healthy pup from someone who socialized it appropriately. A new to dogs owner does not need to cope with a shelter or rescue dog. [/quote]

Now CBS has published the downside dirt on what happens when save rates are prioritized over safety.  This is Fairfax County VA's taxpayer funded county animal shelter.  A few years ago it relaxed pit bull and mixes adoption rules as well as other standards.  It is described as a climate of fear for employees [and volunteers??]  who whistle blow or complain.  Look at the pit at about 1:49 dressed up in festive attire to appeal to families etc.  Then go to about 1 55 an see the chunk taken out of a worker's arm.  It's so bad they don't even tell adopters about dogs who have fear of cars and get aggressive and an adopter was bitten leaving with the new "pet."  I've known nice German Shepherds but Fairfax County was marketing for adoption a biter.   http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/fairfax/multiple-dog-attacks-inside-animal-shelter/293740749[/quote]

We had a bad experience with a reputable rescue. Nothing this severe, but they lied. We know this because we started to investigate after the dog bit our daughter (broke skin, but mild and doctor was not concerned). We spoke with someone at the shelter the dog was at prior to the rescue. The info in writing from that shelter was different from what someone shared only once I pleased and explained the dog had bitten our daughter. My repeated calls and emails to the rescue asking them to give full disclosure were mostly ignored except I was assured the dog would not be placed with children. The director /founder of the rescue gives zero contact info. Everyone reminds you they are "volunteers" as though that instantly puts a halo on their lying heads.[/quote]

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