One problem with breeders though is that there's a lot of unscrupulous breeders that will in-breed, which makes the offspring much more susceptable to diseases and defects later in life (or sometimes early).
But yeah, we've bought two dogs from a shelter and a rescue and our recent one from a breeder, and we've been lucky. It's stupid that people are giving that poor woman crap for being a breeder. My friend bought a puppy from a rescue, but the dog is really all sorts of screwed up, even though she took all the measures to properly take care of her.
The people that SHOULD be terrorized are the crappy owners of the dogs that the rescues get their dogs from (when applicable).
Last edited by June.H : 04-12-2009 at 12:07 PM.
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