[MindieRose]

The reason there might not be a lot of purebreds in the local public shelters is because there are a ton of purebred rescues that get them right when they arrive to the pound or if they are brought into a vets office, the vet will have a list of these rescues (like we did at my old work) that they will call. We have locally rescues for" boston terriers (they have over 50!), pugs, American Eskimo, Weimeriner, Husky, Sheltie, and I am sure there are more that I cannot think of right now and that I don't feel like searching petfinder for. Not to mention the numerous private rescues that take in all different purebreds. I saw one that had 25 different purebred dogs at least. That by far equals more than the mixed breeds that we have in the humane society or public animal shelter here. So I guess if people are looking for a purebred they shouldn't go to a breeder then since there are more than enough purebreds in rescues and shelters.