Anonymous
Post 04/22/2022 11:42     Subject: Re:I wish I could buy a dog
Don't feel bad. You can responsibly get a dog through "rescue" or through a breeder. The best outcome for everyone is that a dog is a good match with its family. I'm on my 3rd "rescue" dog but am part of some breed specific communities and enjoy purpose bred dogs.

Purpose bred meaning the breeder carefully breeds their dogs to improve or perpetuate the breed standards, NOT just to make money. I do side eye the designer hybrids like doodles, but not out of pettiness. It's just that no one with a high quality Poodle would allow their dog to be bred outside the breed. Same with the other purebreds used to make these hybrids. So you're left with subpar examples of the breeds being used who care about money more than the breeds, and you're not getting the best of either breed. It is concerning from an animal health perspective. However I recognize that most are probably fine and make their family happy.

Again I love my rescues but I scoff at the militant dog people who insist adoption is the only way and a purebred is evil. I fell down a social media rabbit hole of young women adopting hounds and raging against hunters, dog hunting, and everything related and insist that THEY are the ones who love hounds and know best. It's like, ladies, without those hunters who created those breeds, you would not have them! How can you love a dog and hate why it exists? Make it make sense.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2022 11:13     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.


+1 I love my rescue, but she's not the dog I would have chosen for my family. She'll never fetch a stick or ball, never be nice to other dogs, etc etc etc.


But you don't know that a puppy from a breeder will do those things either.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2022 10:01     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We rescued a hound from a great organization who has ended up being an AMAZING family dog. If you are just looking at the actual MoCo shelter, yes, it is mostly pits. But there are tons and tons of rescue organizations in this area that have a large variety of dog breeds, ages, sizes, and temperaments.


Which groups have a better variety? They all seem to be the same 5 breeds.


Rural Dog Rescue has a lot of hounds. Also, BREW, the local beagle rescue has a ton of dogs in foster care looking for homes. There are many breed-specific rescues, but beagle and lab rescues are probably the most popular.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 20:09     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:100% agree OP. I've had several rescues but they always had issues.

But can we all just stipulate that doodles are not actual breeds that most doodler owners don't know what they're getting?


I really and truly don't get the doodle vendetta folks and their obsession.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 20:05     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We rescued a hound from a great organization who has ended up being an AMAZING family dog. If you are just looking at the actual MoCo shelter, yes, it is mostly pits. But there are tons and tons of rescue organizations in this area that have a large variety of dog breeds, ages, sizes, and temperaments.


Hounds are the best family dogs. Hilarious, gentle, affectionate.


Not true. A neighbor’s rescue hound bit two children (one of who required stitches) so it was returned to the rescue.

Op, don’t feel guilty. We had a rescue dog that turned out to have behavior problems that were incompatible with our family with small children. We surrendered it and got a dog from a reputable breeder. Temperament is night and day from the rescue, and is a great addition to our family.


Definitely don't feel bad!!

I have a hound (beagle looking!) that my brother&SIL had to give up after they had a second child and first child was older and wanted to start having friends over and stuff.

The beagle is the love of my life, but gets nippy when people try to pet her from the top and she doesn't know them. Kids running around also make her nervous and she gets growly and no one trusts her with that. I took her because I have no kids. My brother & SIL had her since she was a tiny puppy, we met the mom (looked like a beagle and would be shocked if she was less than 75% beagle) who was living in a foster home. My dog has always been treated well - she's just not good for a family.

I don't blame anyone for looking for a dog with a more proven temperament. It was SO HARD for my brother and SIL to give up their "first child"- and they still see her often and she visits and they know how I care for her.

I will say that even if you get a dog with a great temperament who is completely amazing, I am one of those who would still not leave young kids unsupervised with dog. I would leave older kids unsupervised with dog, assuming they don't have friends over who don't know how to behave with a dog.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 17:25     Subject: Re:I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:Ha! I pay exactly zero attention to the adopt don't shop activists. Especially because they usually have a house full of kids they decidedly did not adopt.
I’ve adopted 3 dogs now and one kid. So there you go, you’re not always right.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 17:21     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
100% agree OP. I've had several rescues but they always had issues.

But can we all just stipulate that doodles are not actual breeds that most doodler owners don't know what they're getting?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 17:12     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.


+1 I love my rescue, but she's not the dog I would have chosen for my family. She'll never fetch a stick or ball, never be nice to other dogs, etc etc etc.

Then why did you choose her? You could have chosen a better fit, there isn't exactly a shortage of stick-fetching, dog-loving mutts in shelters.


How exactly?

Not unless you want to try them out and return them when they don’t work out. Most rescues and shelters won’t be able to tell you. They don’t do that in most shelter kennels, and fosters’ primary concern is to soothe away anxiety, get medical stuff sorted out and build trust, not risk losing a terrified, un-bonded dog in an unsecure area playing fetch.

You guys really have no clue at all, do you?

- dog foster


Weird. The shelter I adopted from allows quite a lot of interaction, you can take them out in the large fenced area, or to an indoor playroom, there are toys you can play with and they even let me walk her through the cat room since 'doesn't hate cats' was on the priority list. BTW, not that many dogs are actually 'terrified' by the time their stray hold is up. Not sure what you think goes on outside your little group, but, a lot of places try really hard to make the adoption experience a good one.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 17:02     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.


+1 I love my rescue, but she's not the dog I would have chosen for my family. She'll never fetch a stick or ball, never be nice to other dogs, etc etc etc.

Then why did you choose her? You could have chosen a better fit, there isn't exactly a shortage of stick-fetching, dog-loving mutts in shelters.


How exactly?

Not unless you want to try them out and return them when they don’t work out. Most rescues and shelters won’t be able to tell you. They don’t do that in most shelter kennels, and fosters’ primary concern is to soothe away anxiety, get medical stuff sorted out and build trust, not risk losing a terrified, un-bonded dog in an unsecure area playing fetch.

You guys really have no clue at all, do you?

- dog foster

Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 17:00     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.


+1 I love my rescue, but she's not the dog I would have chosen for my family. She'll never fetch a stick or ball, never be nice to other dogs, etc etc etc.

Then why did you choose her? You could have chosen a better fit, there isn't exactly a shortage of stick-fetching, dog-loving mutts in shelters.


How exactly?

Not unless you want to try them out and return them when they don’t work out. Most rescues and shelters won’t be able to tell you. They don’t do that in most shelter kennels, and fosters’ primary concern is to soothe away anxiety, get medical stuff sorted out and build trust, not risk losing a terrified, un-bonded dog in an unsecure area playing fetch.

You guys really have no clue at all, do you?

- dog foster

Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 16:49     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Eh, many rescues are hardly clean hands when it comes to the origin of dogs. Don’t delude yourself.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 16:24     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.


+1 I love my rescue, but she's not the dog I would have chosen for my family. She'll never fetch a stick or ball, never be nice to other dogs, etc etc etc.

Then why did you choose her? You could have chosen a better fit, there isn't exactly a shortage of stick-fetching, dog-loving mutts in shelters.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 15:06     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
I bought my dogs and have zero guilt. I wanted a puppy with zero issues or previous traumas that I had to work through. I also wanted a specific breed. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 15:05     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Anonymous wrote:Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.


+1 I love my rescue, but she's not the dog I would have chosen for my family. She'll never fetch a stick or ball, never be nice to other dogs, etc etc etc.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2022 15:03     Subject: I wish I could buy a dog
Ignore the noise and get the dog you want. I 1000% percent would not want a dog for it's entire life if I wasn't totally on board with it.