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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's wrong with being proud to have adopted a dog?  Really.  I love all of the outrage that, oh, my, god, a person could be proud of adopting a dog instead of buying it from a store/breeder.  But why is that a problem?  Some people are proud of their McMansions or proud of their cars.

Yeah, I'm proud to have a shelter dog.  Damn proud.   I don't care if it bothers people if I call my dog a "rescue" or call my dog my "baby."  You don't get to tell me how to feel about my dog.  And it's no skin off your back for me to love my dog or be proud of him.

I'm tired of this ridiculous "you are allowed to say/be proud of X, but not Y" BS.

I tend to think that people who get so offended at the most ridiculous things, like how people refer to their pets, are people who either have some serious insecurities or are people who are so snobby and have such a narrowly defined view of what is socially appropriate that they are the ones with the problem, not the people who call their dogs rescues or furbabies.[/quote]

LOVE YOU![/quote]

I agree as well.

We have a rescue dog.  She came from a high-kill shelter in West Virginia, where she had given birth to three puppies before being rescued and fostered by a local humane society group.  She is a terrier mix, probably scottie or cairn terrier and something else - not a pit bull, doberman, or other "those are the only kinds of breeds" rescue dogs.

When we adopted her, she weighed 12 lbs and was skittish.  She was completely house-trained but had the occasional piddle accident and cowered sometimes if we spoke to her in a less than friendly tone.  Fast-forward four years, she weighs 24 lbs, is super-friendly, never cowers or piddles.  She is very playful and will play fetch for ages, then cuddle up to watch a movie.  She sits, lays down, stays and comes on command, waits politely at the door when it is time to go out (will not move until we say "let's go") and is the darling of all the neighbors.  She is the perfect pet in every way.

It didn't take much work to transform her into the perfect pet - just some love and attention.  I'm glad we invested the time because had we bought from a breeder (our original plan), she would not be alive today.  For every dog bought from a breeder, a rescue dog dies.

I wouldn't say I use the word rescue in a proud way to describe her, but I do use it in a happy/joyful way for sure.[/quote]

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