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Originally Posted by MeganS

wait a second...what are you talking about??? Saving dogs from shelters only supports breeders?

Saving a dog from the rescue supports the RESCUE so they can SAVE more dogs from the irresponsible breeders - no money is exchanging hands between the breeders and the rescues. It also saves dogs from going to the pound where they will more than likely be put to sleep!

That is probably one of the most ignorant statements I have ever heard!

Sweet.

Where do shelter/rescue dogs come from???? They are born somewhere. A responsible breeder only breeds when there are homes available and then offers to take the puppy back for a lifetime.

Irresponsible breeders don't take their puppies back, do they? If they did, they wouldn't be in shelters.

Dogs are most often surrendered for behavior problems. Responsible breeders raise well-socialized puppies, place them appropriately and offer guidance and advice.

There are legitimate reasons to surrender a dog to rescue. But 95% of the time, the breeders are to blame. The irresponsible breeders.

Edited to add: I wasn't suggesting that any money changes hands between the breeder and rescue, but since you mentioned it, yes, rescue is big business. There's a ton of money changing hands. Mostly coming from sincere animal lovers in the form of donations to greedy, politically motivated, radical agenda'd groups. They use that money to pass more and more restrictive laws on responsible breeders and feed the machine that's pumping out "rescue" dogs.