Comments on: Why I Won’t Play Into the Rescue vs Breeder Debate

By: Irving Zisman

Irving Zisman — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:00:16 +0000

I buy all my puppies from breeders and always will. I prefer a clean slate rather than to bring home a dog with baggage. The “Adopt Don’t Shop” crowd with their insipid preaching is more than welcome to take those home.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:45:28 +0000

So glad I stumbled upon this article. It honestly did open my eyes to how judgmental I’ve been because in my day to day life I see mostly horrible breeders that don’t know anything and are only in it for the financial gain. This is going to make me step back and reassess certain situations and try not to judge friends and family as much for how they choose to pick their pet. I will always rescue, but I think it’s time I start helping others see the good in both rescuing and picking responsible good breeders.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:35:50 +0000

In reply to Casey. Do you have kids? Why didn’t you adopt instead of reproducing. There are thousands of children waiting in foster care to be adopted.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:44:35 +0000

I get there are some bad breeders, but there are some breeders who love animals. For the anti breeders where did they get their children? Indstead of them breeding why didn’t they adopt one of the many thousands of children in foster care. Just Saying

By: Kim Tillson

Kim Tillson — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 09:24:40 +0000

Hi my name is kim, I have 2 beautiful male yorkshire terriers 11 &12 years old they are the love of my life, I bought them from a highly recommended breeder, they didn’t ask for alot of money for my babies they are a year apart but from the same breeder, grew up with yorkshire terrier, and now I’m looking for a small dog and doesn’t have to be burebreed or a champion not looking to breed or to but in shows but as another companion for me and my boyfriend of 14 years also for my two yorkshire terriers I have now, they love to play with other small dog mostly their own breed, I have been looking for awhile now,but I would love another yorkshire terrier and it doesn’t have to be a puppy, I can wait because I don’t want to just buy I, I want the Yorkie to get to know me and me him or her to feel comfortable with me and my older yorkies to be completely honest my yorkies will growl at first but warms up to people and animals they meet but they don’t like when people and other dogs come and go because they get attached. So I have to look out for their wellbeing as well. Looking forward to having a new addition to our happy family. If you have any information or ideas for me let me know and I can send my information to you, please serious reply only. THANK YOU KIM & MAX &BUDDY.

By: Maryam

Maryam — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:53:55 +0000

In reply to Denise. Wow. You’re a shining example of what, exactly? To use your own logic, your gross behavior has turned me away from all breeders permanently. Thanks on behalf of the 70 million dogs that need a home in the USA today

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 02:48:42 +0000

I’m disheartened to hear you support breeders. I noticed that you cling to whether the human is a good “owner” (worst word for the human caring for a dog even though dogs are considered property under the 4th amendment). I don’t find the main concern with those against breeders is whether the human who buys a dog rather than rescues will be a good caretaker and companion. The sadness and lack of respect comes from the fact that adoptable dogs are killed every day in our country. Breeders and their clients DO contribute to this. The human buying a dog could easily find a compatible dog at a shelter. Sure, maybe not if they have certain selfish wants you mentioned, but those are, again, selfish goals.

Yes, we all make personal choices in life. To hide behind the cloak of, “It’s my personal choice” is like giving a free pass for people to make selfish choices that negatively impact others. Do we respect thieves for their personal choice? Con artists? Liars? It’s ok to not be okay with someone’s ways of life, especially when it causes others to suffer.

I find your apologist stance toward breeders a backstab to the rescue efforts you purport to endorse.

So yes. We all make personal choices in life. These choices define our character and, often, the lives (or deaths in this scenario) of others.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 22:41:50 +0000

First of all there are a lot of people who care about animals and take them in and care for them and attempt to use craigslist for the purpose of actually rehoming animals and the whole place has been taken over by losers who have nothing better then to flag all day, if you care so much about animals then volunteer at your local shelter, stop flagging people trying to find homes for their animals, so what if they charge a fee that’s good! People need to pay for animals so they don’t flip them for a profit, craigslist could of been a great place to help this problem but the so called good breeders want you to buy their dog instead of letting others post for homes animals in need, I have seen people post 6 thousand dollar dogs on there, you have your flipping gojng on and breeders and people who just want a free animal, so it’s not craigslist it’s the stupid flagging that’s keeping animals from finding homes, shelters can’t and should not take them all, people willing to bring them into their family and love and care for them should, just like foster care for no children or the elderly, it’s out responsibility as a community to care for no each other, stop complaining and write something positive, this is all negative talk. For whatever reason animals end up homeless in need of a home and there shouldn’t be kill shelters we need safe shelters fot both animals and people, society is selfish that’s why so many animals and children are neglected and abused and in need of care, it doesn’t matter where they came from, of you see a living thing in need help it whatever you can do. It’s that simple, make spaying and neutering less expensive and let people find homes for their puppies and kittens, stop flagging them so big so called good breeders can make bank, and yes they are making a fortune, someone who has a litter of pups makes a fortune so don’t lie to yourself. Stop profiting off of animals, stop interfering with animals finding homes on Craigslist and stop acting immature about it all, it’s natural, animals reproduce so be responsible, and shut down puppy mills, kitten mills, make sure all living things are treated with love, and dignity. That’s what is ultimately important. You can volunteer at a shelter, take in an animal in need, give an animal a loving home even if it’s bought from a breeder, they all deserve love and care just like human children do as well. That should be tbe focus. Craigslist needs to change its flagging methods because breeders and flippers abuse it and they prevent animals from finding homes then people have no choice but to take their animals to the shelter and that’s not always easy so then animals get a Abandoned, think about what you do and say and how it actually effects others.

By: Leigh Anne

Leigh Anne — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 19:16:15 +0000

So this is my opinion: Are there breeders out there who love their dogs and raise them ethically and are not backyard breeders, absolutely. Yet they are still breeding their pure bred dogs despite knowing that there are also pure bred dogs in shelters and rescue groups throughout the country who are not being adopted and are being euthanized due to overpopulation and overcrowding in shelters. According to recent published data from a 2021 study, nearly 25% of all shelter dogs are purebred dogs. My issue with breeders who are breeding for the health and safety of the breed are still creating dogs that will undeniably end up in shelters. That is not benefiting the breed in any way. A prospective owner can easily find any purebred dog in a rescue group specific to that dog breed. You can still get a pure bred and rescue at the same time. You can in fact save two lives by adopting the animal of your dreams, and adopting also makes room for another dog to be housed in the shelter/rescue group. The options for a dog are not only a breeder vs. animal shelter. But there are so many rescue groups that also have purebred dogs and puppies. They also need homes.

By: April

April — Thu, 19 May 2022 13:38:11 +0000

It’s so nice to read this, I’ve rescued every animal that I’ve owned, my Norwegian elkhound mix was a pet store puppy part of an accidental litter, my pitbull black lab mix was rescued from a neglectful and abusive home, my chihuahua was owner surrender, my two siamese cats (one was dumped at 5 weeks old and the other owner surrendered) and even my turtles. After losing my oldest two dogs 13 months apart I have now decided I want to get a corgi. There are fantastic rescues out there but having wanted a corgi for years, no prior experience with one I feel that it would be best for us to get a puppy and so I’m going through a breeder. I was actually afraid of telling people to begin with because I didn’t want to be judged or yelled at. I love all my rescue babies and even the trials that come with them, in my case mostly a lot of fear but they’ve all been so loyal and loving. But in most cases with corgi dogs in rescue, at least around here they want you to have past experience which I don’t or they’re animal aggressive which would not work in my home. Later down the road I won’t say I wouldn’t want to rescue a corgi but right now getting my first experience with the breed this is what will work best for me. It really is a personal choice, what works best for you and your family and also what you’re looking for. Thank you so much for writing this.