I've only had one person get really nasty about it. On Lola's first trip to petsmart when she was 12 weeks old a dog food rep came up and started lecturing me about the evils if puppy mills and that I was horrible for not rescuing a dog. Her apron was full of pins saying similar things.
Other people have gotten snotty and superior about the fact that they adopted their dog and I didn't. Usually they don't even bother asking where I got Lola, they just assume she's a puppy mill dog.
I tried to adopt, but small dogs are adopted as soon as they arrive at shelters and I didn't want to wait 2-3 years for an older, bigger than I wanted, poorly bred dog from a rescue (not all rescue dogs fit that mold but that's what I saw on their sites).
Luckily these encounters are happening less now that Lola doesn't look as much like a puppy.
When it does happen I just stand there and ignore them or walk away, usually they're too self righteous to listen anyway. |