[lillymae]

Originally Posted by Teresa Ford

Breeding dogs deliberately, that are not the same breed, is extremely controversial. Having said that and wanting to continue this debate I would like to add some fuel to the fire. 1. If nobody wanted a dog that looked like a _____ people would stop breeding them. There has to be a market for a pet. 2. Without human design and controlled breeding programs, many dog breeds would not exist. 3. Why people may not want to adopt from a dog pound or humane shelter. Many dogs that end up there, are medium to large in size, the majority will weight over 20 lbs when full grown. Many dogs in the dog pound are already adults and come with established problems. A few common problems are, roaming, barking, jumping, digging,nipping, fighting, and not housebroken. Many dogs in the system are mixed breeds of unknown parentage, they are seldom a result of a deliberate breeding of two dogs chosen by a human. When a puppy mill, hoarder, or disaster happens and small dogs are put up for adoption, there will be more people interested, than dogs to adopt. 4. The American culture is changing, many people want smaller dogs and the demand is huge. Sadly like older children with special needs, older dogs are not often adopted quickly. The demand for healthy infants, both human and canine is greater. 5. Many people just want a healthy cute pet ( I am saying healthy with tongue in cheek, meaning without obvious deformity, or illness.) They are not interested breed purity, show quality, or even a breed standard. They don't know about good breeders, puppymills, or breed specific rescues. They buy a puppy because it is cute, available right now, and they can afford it. 6. As long as there are people who will buy mixed breed puppies, someone will breed them. Some of the people who breed mixed breed puppies are motivated to do so, because they love dogs and think that all their puppies will get good homes. And feel like making money off the puppies is an honest thing to do.

Keep in mind that those shelter dogs with behavioral problems are Most of the time as easily trained as the puppy you get from a breeder of mutts , designer dogs or purebreds. The majority of those shelter dogs are simply the victims of Bad owners who never bothered to properly train their pet and the majority that stray & roam only do so to find the Love their Bad owner did not give once that cute little puppy grew up at which time the dog was thrown out in the yard & thrown food , usually once a day & that was the extent of the dogs human contact. Remember that dogs are pack animals & when they are separated from that pack they will & Need to find another as they do not like to be alone.
I have had many shelter dogs in my life , of all ages & all were very good dogs & easily trained and/or broke of any bad habits they had when I adopted them. Also shelter dogs are very grateful & eager to please. I really feel it is important to stress this as way too many people are under the assumption that shelter dogs are nothing but rejects & this is so far from the truth, in fact just the opposite & it was their owner that was the reject.