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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went to a shelter first and there were only Pitbulls or pitbull mixes. I wasn’t bribing one home. 
I don’t care what others think. They can bring whatever dog they want to their home. So can I. [/quote]

This.
I would love to adopt from a shelter or rescue, as every dog I had in my childhood and young adulthood was a shelter dog.  But I have 2 young children now, and our local shelters are full of pitt bulls and pit bull mixes, and that's pretty much it.  I understand that they can be great dogs, but it is hard to tell a dog's temperament in a shelter environment, and I am aware that some of these shelters are incentivized to move these dogs along and my not be completely forthcoming about their history.  I can't take that risk with my kids.
We are planning on working with a breeder...and I never thought I would go that route.  But the shelters are absolutely overrun with pit bulls now.[/quote]

I posted about this earlier as well.  Everyone should have the right to pick the dog that is best for themselves and their family, be it from a reputable breeder or a rescue organization.  These crazy rescue people need to understand that while many people are willing to roll the dice with a rescue dog, a family with young children may be much less likely to do so, and that is ok.  I wish people could respect the choices of others, just like they'd want their own choices to be respected too.[/quote]

I wish you [b]breeder people[/b] would understand that you are rolling the dice with a purebred, too. It's still a dog.

There's this pervasive stupidity that seems to imply "if it's not a pit bull, it'll be fine" and that's just idiotic.

If you are bringing an animal into a home with small children, you're rolling the dice. If you're getting a young dog from a breeder, it's still a young dog. That it's a purebred doesn't magically make it trained, or safe, or somehow not a dog. [b]All dogs can bite[/b].[/quote]

I'm the PP with young children who is looking into a breeder for the first time in my life, and I am fully aware of this.  I was bitten by my aunt's full-bred, AKC-registered terrier as a child.  That dog, though tiny, was a little monster that terrified me to the point I refused to visit her home.  But that bite did fairly minor damage and didn't kill or severely maim me.  Pit bull type dogs bite and lock on, and are far more responsible for deaths of small children than any other breed.  And getting them out of a shelter around here virtually guarantees that you have absolutely no idea of their background.  No thanks.

Throughout my life, my family/I have had multiple beagle/hound mixes, a basset hound, a German shepherd, and 2 Yorkies.  All were shelter/rescue dogs, none of them came from breeders, so I'm not one of the "breeder people".[/quote]

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