Anonymous wrote:I have no regret or shame about buying my dog. DCUM really hates me, though, because he’s a doodle. Gasp!

Me too. Love our doodle puppy. He’s 4.5 months and we got him at 8 weeks. OP, just but the dog you want. It’s a 15 year commitment that you ought to be happy with.

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.

What about the people who choose not to have kids at all? Over and over people keep saying kids aren't dogs but then when we are talking about adpoting vs buying than it is different.

If you aren't a vegetarian than you shouldn't promote adoption!
If you don't adopt a ton of foster kids than you shouldn't promote adoption!

My SIL bought a dog that she has rehomed and also a rescue so sometimes the purebred isn't better. She spent a lot more on the purebred is all.

If I were you op just get the dog you want. Most people won't criticize your choice. And I have adopted two.

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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.

Np. The thing is dogs have preferences just like people. So your dog doesn't fetch. Would you be disappointed if your kids didn't play a particular sport?

As far as dog aggression that is easier than people and so you know to avoid dog parks and other dogs.

Unless there are other issues more serious this does not seem like a problem to me.

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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.

Unless you are talking about older foster kids or children with extreme special needs there are dozens of would be adoptive parents for every adoptee…so not really the same at all.

Actually they are the exact people to take those kids.

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.

Unless you are talking about older foster kids or children with extreme special needs there are dozens of would be adoptive parents for every adoptee…so not really the same at all.

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Anonymous wrote:We have a 5-month-old puppy who we are looking to rehome. He is 1/2 poodle so is hypoallergenic and is great with our kids and fairly chill overall (he gets barky sometimes but we are working on training that out of him).

Why do you want to rehome him? My suggestion to you is find somebody who works with rescues so they can find a good home for him. There’s a woman on my next-door site that works for a rescue and she always has wonderful dogs. And they are all vetted for what type of home would be a good fit. Sounds like yours might be a good fit with children if it was raised with children

He and our other young dog get crazy together and it adds a ton of stress to our lives. He was a rescue who was born at his foster mom's home and we adopted him once he was old enough, so he doesn't have any trauma in his history. He's a great dog. We would go through the rescue org to rehome him but it's important to us that he lands with a good family so I'm happy to help "recruit". (We go back and forth on whether this is what we should do and we would never surrender him if he didn't have another family lined up. But this is where we are today.)

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry about it if you feel uncomfortable adopting a shelter dog. Donate an equal amount of money to a shelter when you buy from a reputable breeder if you want. The vast majority of people who are judgey about a preference for a particular breed aren’t vegetarians or vegans-they can stuff it.

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This is an EXCELLENT idea PP.
Donating money to an animal shelter is something all of us should do. 🐾🐾

Its something you should do. No one should be guilted into doing it. This was a vegetarian and vegan group and they were horrible. I shouldn't have to take a dog someone else didn't want/able to handle as they have a rescue complex.

Anonymous wrote:We have a 5-month-old puppy who we are looking to rehome. He is 1/2 poodle so is hypoallergenic and is great with our kids and fairly chill overall (he gets barky sometimes but we are working on training that out of him).

Why do you want to rehome him? My suggestion to you is find somebody who works with rescues so they can find a good home for him. There’s a woman on my next-door site that works for a rescue and she always has wonderful dogs. And they are all vetted for what type of home would be a good fit. Sounds like yours might be a good fit with children if it was raised with children

We have a 5-month-old puppy who we are looking to rehome. He is 1/2 poodle so is hypoallergenic and is great with our kids and fairly chill overall (he gets barky sometimes but we are working on training that out of him).

Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry about it if you feel uncomfortable adopting a shelter dog. Donate an equal amount of money to a shelter when you buy from a reputable breeder if you want. The vast majority of people who are judgey about a preference for a particular breed aren’t vegetarians or vegans-they can stuff it.

+1
This is an EXCELLENT idea PP.
Donating money to an animal shelter is something all of us should do. 🐾🐾

Bought a mini Australian Labradoodle (multi-generational labradoodle) from a breeder in the Midwest.
It’s only a Southwest flight away.
Best purchase ever!
He brings me love and joy every day. He’s beautiful, smart, and so friendly. I love him!
Buy the dog you want!

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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.

My hound came from K-9 Lifesaver

Same! K-9 Lifesavers hound. She is sweet and gentle… and definitely hilarious! Best dog!

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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.

My family has owned many many dogs over the years, including five doodles, different mixes. Every single doodle was absolutely wonderful: smart, easy to train, affectionate, no aggressiveness whatsoever. Mine were active outside but calm indoors, which maybe isn't the norm for doodles today. I used to be a lab person, but now that I have lived with doodles, I'll never go back to that shedding!

I adopted a 2 year old dog and I had to rehome her because she became aggressive - it was awful but she’s much happier and in a safer place with an experienced owner. After that I wanted to be certain what I was getting and setup strict search criteria on several websites for rescues that are puppies - it took some time but I found a puppy under 3 months with a known breed. It was a small rescue in another state. We drove and picked him up (12 hours one way) and have given him a good life. We used AdoptAPet and PetFinder and followed some rescue Facebook pages.