Anonymous wrote:I only mentioned my dog was a rescue in two types of situations:
1) to explain age/health:
Is he your dog or your husband's?
We got him together.
Oh, I didn't realize you'd been together that long!
We got him when he was 7.
You bought a 7 year old dog?
No, we rescued him.
or
How'd he lose his leg?
We don't know.
How can you not know? Was he born that way?
No, he wasn't born that way but we don't know how it happened. We rescued him that way.
2) when I felt people were judging me for having a purebred.
"Oh, you have a [popular dog breed]? We've always just had mutts. They're so loveable."
Anonymous wrote:So many of the dogs at the shelters are the same breeds that the books tell you are "difficult"
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Shaming people has been a very effective way to get people to quit smoking. If we can shame people into not buying dogs from breeders or stores, then I'm all for it.
I think there is shame in buying a dog from a breeder. Sure, it's not as bad as buying from a store that gets dogs from a puppy mill. People can find dogs from shelters that meet their needs, but they give up or they refuse to compromise (as in, they want a puppy). And puppies bought from breeders can also turn in to problem dogs or be incompatible. It happens all of the time.
Breeders are part of the problem, overpopulation of dogs, and the people who buy from breeders only encourage the problem.
But people don't want to admit that. I'd have more respect for someone who admitted, "yeah, I went to a breeder b/c that was easier." But I can't stand the people who give the BS excuses.
Not that I am writing this to garner your respect, but the reason I bought my dog from a (very reputable) breeder is because I wanted what I wanted. Nothing more and nothing less. The part that I am beyond proud of is that I saved up my money a little at a time over many, many, many years to do so; to reach this very important personal goal. Beyond loving my sweet dog more than most anything, I feel she symbolizes to me what patience and hard work mean. All dogs are incredible but mine is the best !
Yeah. There's nothing like having very important personal goals.![]()
Oh please. At the age of 47 does every thing I do have to be save-the-world worthy? I think not. I am a (female) firefighter in Leesburg so I actually do touch lives every single day. Other than reply with snarky comments, what do you do to help folks every single day? And because my profession is a noble but low paid one THAT is why it gives me pleasure to know that I saved and worked hard for dog who I adopted proudly from a breeder. Btw, despite the department telling me so, I did not get a dalmatian !
Anonymous wrote:Gives the dog street cred.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Shaming people has been a very effective way to get people to quit smoking. If we can shame people into not buying dogs from breeders or stores, then I'm all for it.
I think there is shame in buying a dog from a breeder. Sure, it's not as bad as buying from a store that gets dogs from a puppy mill. People can find dogs from shelters that meet their needs, but they give up or they refuse to compromise (as in, they want a puppy). And puppies bought from breeders can also turn in to problem dogs or be incompatible. It happens all of the time.
Breeders are part of the problem, overpopulation of dogs, and the people who buy from breeders only encourage the problem.
But people don't want to admit that. I'd have more respect for someone who admitted, "yeah, I went to a breeder b/c that was easier." But I can't stand the people who give the BS excuses.
Not that I am writing this to garner your respect, but the reason I bought my dog from a (very reputable) breeder is because I wanted what I wanted. Nothing more and nothing less. The part that I am beyond proud of is that I saved up my money a little at a time over many, many, many years to do so; to reach this very important personal goal. Beyond loving my sweet dog more than most anything, I feel she symbolizes to me what patience and hard work mean. All dogs are incredible but mine is the best !
Yeah. There's nothing like having very important personal goals.![]()
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Shaming people has been a very effective way to get people to quit smoking. If we can shame people into not buying dogs from breeders or stores, then I'm all for it.
I think there is shame in buying a dog from a breeder. Sure, it's not as bad as buying from a store that gets dogs from a puppy mill. People can find dogs from shelters that meet their needs, but they give up or they refuse to compromise (as in, they want a puppy). And puppies bought from breeders can also turn in to problem dogs or be incompatible. It happens all of the time.
Breeders are part of the problem, overpopulation of dogs, and the people who buy from breeders only encourage the problem.
But people don't want to admit that. I'd have more respect for someone who admitted, "yeah, I went to a breeder b/c that was easier." But I can't stand the people who give the BS excuses.
Not that I am writing this to garner your respect, but the reason I bought my dog from a (very reputable) breeder is because I wanted what I wanted. Nothing more and nothing less. The part that I am beyond proud of is that I saved up my money a little at a time over many, many, many years to do so; to reach this very important personal goal. Beyond loving my sweet dog more than most anything, I feel she symbolizes to me what patience and hard work mean. All dogs are incredible but mine is the best !
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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Anonymous wrote: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.