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There are plenty of reasons to continue breeding animals ethically. And the purebreds in rescue are highly unlikely to meet my criteria of having a lineage of health tested relatives, a gestation period and upbringing that minimized cortisol and negative epigenetic changes to his DNA, being intact long enough to properly develop, the drive and instinct to do the things I love doing to bond with my dogs, correct and sound structure, a stable and predictable temperament, and a support system for life. I also haven't seen many rescue organizations that operate ethically, in the best interest of the dogs, because they won't euthanize dogs that deserve to be set free from unsound bodies/minds, they hoard, they recommend bad trainers, they're uneducated on assessing/placing dogs, moving dogs around the country/world to adopt out to people who want a white savior sob story, refuse to spay abort because puppies make more money... Get your dogs wherever you want, but my way of not contributing to the shelter problem is by buying a dog who will never end up in a shelter because his breeders will advocate for him until the day he dies. My rescue wouldn't have anyone to back him up if something happens to me and nobody in my circle can take him and he'd go right back into the system he came from. The unethical breeders outnumber ethical ones by far, but breeding isn't inherently a bad thing. And if breeding completely stopped, where would we get dogs?
2025-07-22 14:16:24