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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rescue dogs

Why mention you have rescue dog or get a bumper sticker? The only purpose is so others think well of you. [/quote]

No, that's not the only purpose. I am actually in dog rescue (as in I volunteer for a dog rescue in a variety of ways), and I don't talk about it and don't put a sticker on my car. But I am always glad to to hear someone adopted rather than shopped for their dog--it's generally a good thing. The one thing I find annoying is when people use the verb "rescued" in relation to how they got their dog. Unless you stopped your car at the side of the rode to grab a stray dog, you didn't "rescue" your dog--you adopted it. [/quote]

This. It helps normalize adoption. Not a single person where I live adopted a dog. Every single dog is an expensive designer dog from a breeder. [/quote]
[b]How do you know this? We adopted both a poodle and a doodle from a rescue. Don’t make assumptions.[/b] [/quote]

I adopted my toy poodle from the rescue I foster dogs with. She spent the first four years of life suffering in a puppy mill cranking out maltipoos. Poor thing was a mess and needed a lot of rehabilitation. She is very fancy looking now what with all of the poofy grooming and bedazzled sweaters (she was a matted dirty mess when rescued), and people assume I bought her and make nasty comments to me about how I should have rescued. Got a comment like this last week when we stopped for a pup cup on the way to pick up my latest foster dog. [/quote]

I’ll take this opportunity….

There is absolutely [i]nothing[/i] wrong with doing research and buying from a responsible breeder. (I know that [i]responsible breeder[/i] has become somewhat cliché, but they are usually found by word of mouth because they don't often advertise on sites.)

I have two breeder dogs, and I find the [i]adopt-don't-shop[/i] folks to often be ignorant and insufferable (and often hypocritical). It’s fantastic that you are taking on suffering dogs, but it’s perfectly fine to prefer a well-bred puppy.

So, back off the superiority complex, peeps, and get your dog into some behavior training please. [/quote]

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