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Originally Posted by Breeze  Maybe if the puppy millers and backyard breeders stopped pumping out the mixes (or dogs period) there would be less in the shelters. Maybe if people stopped making excuses and educated themselves and stopped buying from petstores, mills and BYB. Maybe if puppy millers and BYB realised that's what they really are and what they are doing is wrong there would be less in the shelters.
I see so many BYB on here and all over the net that for some reason do not think they are or a part of the problem.
I think buyer need to beware, be educated and stop the process. There is so much more to stopping the over pet-population then just adopting, there is also trying to do your part before the animals end up in the shelters. You can't support bad breeding practices then complain no one wants to adopt the ones who are the results. |
You have to realize, there are a LOT of purebreds that end up in the shelter, it's just that most of them go in to rescues so quickly it makes your head spin. I have known a lot of owners of mixed breeds, and, I've never personally known one to end up in the pound. A mixed breed tends to usually learn commands, housebreaking, etc much quicker, which in turn makes people want to keep their mixes.