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Originally Posted by hobbette  I just want to say, I would be more likely to get a mix from someone I really trusted than a shelter dog. I feel really bad for the dogs that end up there, but I don't feel I'm a good enough trainer to fix all the problems that can come with them.
While Yuri didn't come from a shelter he came from a bad situation... I got Yuri from my husbands cousin, after she impulse bought 2 puppies at Christmas one year then figured out she couldn't handle them. His cousin isn't exactly stable, and though Yuri is better than when I got him, he STILL has some problems 3 years later.
I love Yuri to death, but I can't handle another crazy dog, sometimes I can barely handle him. I know that most if not all shelter dogs could be retrained I just don't think everyone is capable of doing so. |
This is a good and valid point - And where I think RESCUE comes in. And you'd be surprised at how many dogs I've gotten with NO issues from shelters, they simply where victoms of circumstance. But by adopting from a reputable rescue that screens their dogs both medically and behaviorally, and operates out of foster homes that works them through any issues they may have, you know what you're getting into. Not saying that's always the way - I have no problem with getting dogs from good breeders, or taking dogs in that someone else can't keep. But I don't think it's right for ANYONE to use them as a way to make a living or to profit off of. These are living, breathing, feeling beings, not a cash crop!