This is Sidewinder a purebred daschund that we rescued from a shelter. His owner NOT the breeder was the reason he was in the shelter scheduled to die
I am in a funny spot with my views on animals. Some may say I am hypocritical and can not have the views I have but my answer to that is they are my views and I have just as much right to my views as anti people have theirs.
This is what I am talking about. I use to run a rescue and honestly believe that there is a need for good, responsible rescues in this country but I also believe that there is a need for good, responsible BREEDERS in this country. I believe that many rescues are using the name of rescue to scam money from animal lovers nationwide (H$U$, A$PCA and PETA to name a few) and it is not only big rescues doing this but smaller ones all over also. I also believe that rescues are perpetrating the myth of pet overpopulation to keep the $$ flowing. I will get to how rescues are perpetrating the myth of pet over population in a later blog. This blog will focus on how anti breeders state that BREEDERS are the reason so many shelter animals die (you know the adopt dont shop while shelter pets die thing?)
Here is what I mean. There are MANY pages and groups on FB that promote hating breeders.
I Hate dog breeders is just one. I posted this on the I hate dog breeders site and summarily got banned and the thread got deleted. Now understand this site is run by a highschooler and that shows.
Anne Marie DuhonI Hate Dog Breeders
about an hour ago ·
U have it wrong. Breeders attempt to put dogs in good forever homes just like rescues it is the IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS that dump the dogs in shelters. I have only met ONE breeder that personally dumped dogs on a rescue (MINE ) because they could no longer care for the dogs and comply with changing laws in our area. I have been involved in the animal world for over 30 years and have seen alot and been to alot of rescues and breeders places. BOTH have the same goal in mind GOOD FOREVER homes for their animals. BOTH sell dogs. NO matter what the wording if money exchanges hands it is selling. I have listened to all of this for a long time and EVERYONE leaves out the IRRESPONSIBLE OWNER! Easier to vilify the breeder but that is not where the blame lies. It lies firmly at the feet of the person that takes the dog to the shelter for the excuse Im moving, my kid is allergic, my ? doesn't like the dog, I had a kid and on and on. IF instead of vilifying breeders take the time to EDUCATE owners maybe more would work thru the problems and KEEP their pet!
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Salena Christopher If you LOVE animals like you say you would NOT BE OK WITH BREEDERS CONTINUING TO MAKE MORE PUPS TO DIE IN SHELTERS. How is this a hard concept for you people ?! Oh, and the I LOVE BREEDERS page is elsewhere so MOVE ON with your ignorant comments!!
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Anne Marie Duhon Breeders DO NOT put pups in shelters IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS do. If breeders and rescues would quit bashing eachother and educate the owners fewer dogs would die in shelters. As to my comments being ignorant I am a cert vet tech and have more years working, caring and owning animals than you do on Earth. I have been in school studying animal related subjects for longer than you have been alive. This stuck in the mud attitude is the reason kill rates at shelters are not changing drastically not breeders. The same person that got a dog from a breeder and dumped it at the shelter the first time something went wrong would also do that to a shelter dog. It is not where the dog came from but the mindset of the OWNER> Fix that and most of the problem will disappear!
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Nancy Louise Grier The four counties surrounding saint augustine all get puppies from breeders that they couldn't sell. Vet tech that.
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Rafael Laura I support 100% what you are saying Anne Marie. Sadly there are a lot of people in this page that are ignorant and full of hate like Salena. Breeders do not put dogs in shelters; it is the irresponsible buyers the ones to blame. The same buyers that can go to a shelter to adopt a puppy just to abandon it a few days later. Get your facts right people!
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Anne Marie Duhon Nancy Louise Grier that is the exact attitude I am talking about. Childish, petty, and non productive. Who would want to support someone that sounds like that? Thank you Rafael Laura if more would understand where the root of the problem lies we would get more animals saved.
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Now this post clearly states EXACTLY what my negative view is on this issue of breeders being the reason so many dogs are in shelters. This view is supported by many statistics. Since I like facts and using them lets start with one of the biggest bashers of breeders, H$U$. From their own website they say that ONLY 25% or one in four dogs in shelters are purebred. With their numbers that breaks down to about 570 purebred dogs per shelter across the country. Not a whole lot really.
Here is another study done that I am going to be referring to later. This study also agrees that 25% of dogs in rescue/shelters are purebred. Okay so were does the other 75% come from???
According to Oxford Lafayette Humane Society:
Percentage of animals entering animal shelters by animal control authorities: 42.5%
• Percentage of animals entering animal shelters that were surrendered by their owners: 30%
• Percentage of people who acquire animals that end up giving them away, abandoning them, or taking them to shelters: 70%
• Percentage of animals surrendered to an animal shelter that were originally adopted from an animal shelter: 20%
70% owner surrender! That is where the animals come from.
It is obvious to see that if rescues and breeders would quit attacking each other and spend that time on educating potential pet owners on responsible pet ownership the number could be reduced drastically. Very few if any responsible breeders dump valuable animals at a pound, shelter or rescue. Responsible breeders and rescues want the same thing a good, loving, forever home for their dogs. Many breeders also rescue their breed of choice from pounds and shelters. For the betterment of all dogs, lovers of pure breds and lovers of mutts and rescue dogs need to come together and stop owner surrenders.
Just saying!
This is what I am talking about. I use to run a rescue and honestly believe that there is a need for good, responsible rescues in this country but I also believe that there is a need for good, responsible BREEDERS in this country. I believe that many rescues are using the name of rescue to scam money from animal lovers nationwide (H$U$, A$PCA and PETA to name a few) and it is not only big rescues doing this but smaller ones all over also. I also believe that rescues are perpetrating the myth of pet overpopulation to keep the $$ flowing. I will get to how rescues are perpetrating the myth of pet over population in a later blog. This blog will focus on how anti breeders state that BREEDERS are the reason so many shelter animals die (you know the adopt dont shop while shelter pets die thing?)
Here is what I mean. There are MANY pages and groups on FB that promote hating breeders.
I Hate dog breeders is just one. I posted this on the I hate dog breeders site and summarily got banned and the thread got deleted. Now understand this site is run by a highschooler and that shows.
Anne Marie DuhonI Hate Dog Breeders
about an hour ago ·
U have it wrong. Breeders attempt to put dogs in good forever homes just like rescues it is the IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS that dump the dogs in shelters. I have only met ONE breeder that personally dumped dogs on a rescue (MINE ) because they could no longer care for the dogs and comply with changing laws in our area. I have been involved in the animal world for over 30 years and have seen alot and been to alot of rescues and breeders places. BOTH have the same goal in mind GOOD FOREVER homes for their animals. BOTH sell dogs. NO matter what the wording if money exchanges hands it is selling. I have listened to all of this for a long time and EVERYONE leaves out the IRRESPONSIBLE OWNER! Easier to vilify the breeder but that is not where the blame lies. It lies firmly at the feet of the person that takes the dog to the shelter for the excuse Im moving, my kid is allergic, my ? doesn't like the dog, I had a kid and on and on. IF instead of vilifying breeders take the time to EDUCATE owners maybe more would work thru the problems and KEEP their pet!
Like ·
Salena Christopher If you LOVE animals like you say you would NOT BE OK WITH BREEDERS CONTINUING TO MAKE MORE PUPS TO DIE IN SHELTERS. How is this a hard concept for you people ?! Oh, and the I LOVE BREEDERS page is elsewhere so MOVE ON with your ignorant comments!!
Like · Reply · about an hour ago via mobile
Anne Marie Duhon Breeders DO NOT put pups in shelters IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS do. If breeders and rescues would quit bashing eachother and educate the owners fewer dogs would die in shelters. As to my comments being ignorant I am a cert vet tech and have more years working, caring and owning animals than you do on Earth. I have been in school studying animal related subjects for longer than you have been alive. This stuck in the mud attitude is the reason kill rates at shelters are not changing drastically not breeders. The same person that got a dog from a breeder and dumped it at the shelter the first time something went wrong would also do that to a shelter dog. It is not where the dog came from but the mindset of the OWNER> Fix that and most of the problem will disappear!
Like · Reply · about an hour ago
Nancy Louise Grier The four counties surrounding saint augustine all get puppies from breeders that they couldn't sell. Vet tech that.
Like · Reply · about an hour ago
Rafael Laura I support 100% what you are saying Anne Marie. Sadly there are a lot of people in this page that are ignorant and full of hate like Salena. Breeders do not put dogs in shelters; it is the irresponsible buyers the ones to blame. The same buyers that can go to a shelter to adopt a puppy just to abandon it a few days later. Get your facts right people!
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 29 minutes ago
Anne Marie Duhon Nancy Louise Grier that is the exact attitude I am talking about. Childish, petty, and non productive. Who would want to support someone that sounds like that? Thank you Rafael Laura if more would understand where the root of the problem lies we would get more animals saved.
Unable to post comment.
Now this post clearly states EXACTLY what my negative view is on this issue of breeders being the reason so many dogs are in shelters. This view is supported by many statistics. Since I like facts and using them lets start with one of the biggest bashers of breeders, H$U$. From their own website they say that ONLY 25% or one in four dogs in shelters are purebred. With their numbers that breaks down to about 570 purebred dogs per shelter across the country. Not a whole lot really.
Here is another study done that I am going to be referring to later. This study also agrees that 25% of dogs in rescue/shelters are purebred. Okay so were does the other 75% come from???
According to Oxford Lafayette Humane Society:
Percentage of animals entering animal shelters by animal control authorities: 42.5%
• Percentage of animals entering animal shelters that were surrendered by their owners: 30%
• Percentage of people who acquire animals that end up giving them away, abandoning them, or taking them to shelters: 70%
• Percentage of animals surrendered to an animal shelter that were originally adopted from an animal shelter: 20%
70% owner surrender! That is where the animals come from.
It is obvious to see that if rescues and breeders would quit attacking each other and spend that time on educating potential pet owners on responsible pet ownership the number could be reduced drastically. Very few if any responsible breeders dump valuable animals at a pound, shelter or rescue. Responsible breeders and rescues want the same thing a good, loving, forever home for their dogs. Many breeders also rescue their breed of choice from pounds and shelters. For the betterment of all dogs, lovers of pure breds and lovers of mutts and rescue dogs need to come together and stop owner surrenders.
Just saying!
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