[PinkMartini]

Originally Posted by Hickey007

You could say that you shouldn't buy a mixed breed dog because you can go to the shelter and rescue one, but really you can say that about purebred dogs as well. I'm not saying that they have purebred dogs there, especially not ones that are registered and come from good breeders, but unless you are showing or breeding one could say that you don't need a purebred dog.

I agree with that. We bought both of our dogs to show. So obviously I couldn't go to the shelter and find a show quality dog. But in the future, if I didn't plan on showing I would definitely get a dog from the shelter. And I believe that 'all shelter dogs have problems' is just an excuse for people to not worry about rescueing. NONE of the dogs I've ever adopted (and boy have I adopted a ton) have had issues. They were all just greatful that they were given a 2nd chance at life