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Originally Posted by jrsygal37  I realize that this was for Quicksilver, but since I was the one that started this whole mess I'd like to answer. I have five in all. Bella, I got at five weeks old from a woman in our neighborhood that just wanted to dump her littler of pups. She was getting rid of them at 5 weeks old. Bella, was near death when I brought her home. He whole body was head to toe in fleas, and was listless when I took her. A lot of love and a lot of care and a lot of money paid off. She's now 5 yrs. old and fine. Noel, came to me at a little under a year old. She was the product of a small puppymill and broker (When their pups were not producing) and she originated from an Amish puppymill in PA in which she was not only sick but also beaten. She was sold, then turned in after it was found out she was not a pure bred. It took six months before my husband could touch her and another almost 4 yrs. before she would allow a stranger to go near her without cowering and peeing. Then we have Tia. Tia came to me malnurished. Next, Lilly. Lilly was turned into rescue after someone bought her from a petstore. She was sick with coccidia and other things and I guess the buyer had a heart so rather then get his money back from the store he ate it and turned her into rescue. She was less then 2 lbs. when I got her. Lastly, we have Beans. yes, I paid $400 Beans, so I guess technically I bought him but he was a rescue in my book. I found him living in a 9x12 plastic carrier, amaciated and being tormented by a 4 yr. old, a pitbull and a boxer. We've had Beans since Septemeber. You still can't tough his feet, you still can't go near him with a brush or a comb because the home he came from either beat him with the comb or brush or just simply decided to rip out the knots he had rather then gently comb them. Since he can't talk, we can only guess by his reactions to things. So, if your point was to ask whether I bought my dogs or rescued them. I rescued. That doesn't make me better then anyone else. That's just what I chose to do. But for the record my first Yorkie was purchased. He was purchased from a small puppymill in NJ. He would have been 11 yrs. old this year but we lost him to cancer at 10 yrs. old. Back then I wasn't educated and I made the mistake many make and bought from the wrong place. He's the reason I'm now involved with rescue. Again, this whole thread was not to start a big argument and it was not to knock president Obama. I think we all have a right to our opinions and I still stick with mine.
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Elaine, you know I love ya, girl and we are friends but what bugs me is how a few rescue involved people are always talking down to breeders or those who don't get their dog from rescues like it is something awful. I have seen almost war on here because a rescue person gets so on their pedestal that if you aren't in rescue you are horrible and woe is you if you buy a dog instead of rescuing one. That is just wrong. Rescue is not for everyone but it doesn't mean that people who buy or breed, like myself, are horrible people. Yes I know there are millinons of dogs in shelters all over the U.S. You can thank the unethical breeders AND the UNEDUCATED buyers for that. If I weren't a breeder, I wouldn't hesitate to buiy from a rescue or shelter. In fact, I have many times in the past when my needs were different from what they are at this point in my life. You, yourself, are to be commended for what you do. You are a very special person.