Finally, someone speaks up for responsible dog breeders and responsible pure-bred dog owners.
"I am NOT ashamed to be the owner of two responsibly bred dogs.Neither of my dogs killed a shelter dog. Neither of my dogs took a shelter dog’s home. Neither of them added to pet overpopulation. If I didn’t have them, I just would not have a dog.
Do you know what kills shelter dogs? Irresponsible owners kill shelter dogs. They kill them when they don’t do their research and add the wrong dog to the wrong household, then ditch it to die at a shelter when they can’t or don’t care to properly care for it.
Let’s not forget that in many breeds, it was responsible breeders who started their breed’s national rescue club. Not to save their own dogs (which don’t need saving), but to save the dogs that they never bred. To save the ones that don’t have safety nets. Responsible breeders did that...if anything ever happens to me they will go back to their breeder (yes, even the neutered one).
Blaming me for the death of shelter dogs is like blaming a parent for the death of orphans in Uganda because she chose to have a baby through pregnancy, rather than adopt one. I have never surrendered an animal in my life. I have never caused the death of a dog in all my life. So why don’t you focus your ire on the people who did– the people who dumped those dogs at the shelter. They are the ones who left those dogs to die."
Read the full article here: http://www.showsightmagazine.com/2014/02/28/neither-of-my-dogs-killed-a-shelter-dog-our-favorite-facebook-status-update-in-awhile/
