Don’t know, don’t care. I my friends have some gnarly, skittish street dogs and I’m happy as a clam with my laid back English Lab.

I wanted to adopt, but DH wanted a puppy. After visitng the shelter several times, we found a local rescue (K-9 Lifesavers) that had a lot of puppies. They actually go to southern states and pull dogs from areas where spay/neuter rates are low and there tend to be a lot more puppies in those areas. Great experience!

^^I'm the PP that fosters. I have no problem with people adopting from reputable breeders. I have one friend who has an amazing Shetland Sheepdog which she bought from a reputable breeder. She was really expensive but I can see why people pay good money for dogs like her.

Anonymous wrote: There are NO puppies at shelters. None. Dogs are "imprinted" with behavior very early. I served on the board of the Humane Society for years but I buy my dogs from reputable breeders and spend time socializing them and training them (20 minutes per day of training for about six weeks). They are set for life if you commit to this.
Shelter dogs are often victims of abuse.

What? There are lots of puppies at shelters - even the FFX County Humane Society has some. We foster for a couple of rescue groups. While I won't foster puppies, we've gotten the mothers when the pups are ready to wean and they want to split them up.

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Anonymous wrote: There are NO puppies at shelters. None. Dogs are "imprinted" with behavior very early. I served on the board of the Humane Society for years but I buy my dogs from reputable breeders and spend time socializing them and training them (20 minutes per day of training for about six weeks). They are set for life if you commit to this.
Shelter dogs are often victims of abuse.

My 12-week-old puppy that I got from a shelter is sitting next to me right now.

Congrats! What breed is he?

Our first dog was a lab from a reputable breeder. His lineage was outstanding and he lived 13 healthy years. His personality was incredible. He made first-time dog ownership such a great and relatively easy experience.

Our second, current dog is from a rescue. She’s truly a mutt. And she’s still a puppy, so there are a lot of unknowns with her personality and health genes. The rescue place also spayed her when she was only 8 weeks—not great for the health of a large dog. So far she is sweet, intelligent, loyal and loving. We know how to train her because we are experienced dog owners. But I don’t honestly know if I would have adopted her as a first time dog owner— I think we made a good choice to get our first pup from a really good breeder who socialized him early, got him started on potty training, and produced him from two great parents...

Anonymous wrote: There are NO puppies at shelters. None. Dogs are "imprinted" with behavior very early. I served on the board of the Humane Society for years but I buy my dogs from reputable breeders and spend time socializing them and training them (20 minutes per day of training for about six weeks). They are set for life if you commit to this.
Shelter dogs are often victims of abuse.

My 12-week-old puppy that I got from a shelter is sitting next to me right now.

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Anonymous wrote:I love King Charles cavaliers and if I could ever find a rescue I would. But those are the nicest dogs in the world and no one is putting them out on the streets, so I’ll continue to use a breeder thank you very much. If you want me to get a rescue dog then perfect, send me a link for a King Charles cavalier. I’ll wait.

https://www.cavalierrescueusa.org/northeast.html

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Thank you!! I’m in SF, so if there’s anything on the west coast I’d definitely get a rescue cavalier because I I’ve tried to adopt from these places on the east coast but they won’t send the dogs of let me adopt out of state.

https://www.cavalierrescueusa.org/western.html. The western region link. Or you can try one of the breed clubs, they usually have a rwscue contact.