PETS: ADOPT OR BUY FROM BREEDER?

If you buy from a breeder, make sure you get a certificate of health and have it vetted first thing. You run the risk of inbreeding if it isn’t a reputable breeder and pure breeds are prone to more health issues.

Mutts tend to be healthier. At least that’s been my experience. And they are just amazingly precious souls.

Yes.


My Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (front) was purchased from a breeder. My Pomeranian mix (rear) was adopted from a rescue agency after SPCA confiscated her ( along with about 50 other dogs) from a hoarder.

Adopt. There's too many puppy Mills

No question.
Adopt Adopt adopt and adopt

I'd adopt from a shelter.
I used to work in one and one of my responsibilities was euthanasia. So I just wouldn't feel right going through a breeder.
There are also rescues that are breed specific.

I personally like knowing what I’m getting… so they came from a breeder…

I've had good success with pet adoption.

Adopt!

Adopt from RSPCA ...They’re the best dogs you’ll ever have.

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Adopt
Both from shelter programs

Pick a couple up from the sidewalk and bring em home.

Rescue 100 %

Adopt don't shop!

Rescue one

You don’t buy pets. All dogs need a good loving home regardless of where they come from but if you have the money to adopt from a reputable breeder, there’s nothing wrong with that either.

Too many dogs and cats are given up for adoption and do not get adopted. They are then fed and cared for while humans are suffering from hunger and all due to idiots that think they can raise and care for a cute little puppy or kitten then tire of it or do not have the intelligence to do so. I trapped twenty seven feral cats in my backyard in one summer that people had just let go wild. Leash laws for cats need to be enforced as "ABC reports researchers estimate cats have contributed to the extinction of 63 species, including 40 bird species. When combining the introduction of rodents, “cats are major agents of extinction, collectively being listed as casual factors in 44 percent of modern bird, mammal and reptile species extinctions,” Doherty wrote, according to ABC." Dogs that are given up for adoption are often pit bulls and many people think and will say that they only get dangerous die to the way they are raised which has proven to be a total misconception as those dogs that often seem docile have killed many children, other pets and injured the same and adults too with out warning. Best that animals turned in for adoption be euthanized immediately and the money that would have been spent caring for them donated to helping people that need it.

I bought from a legitimate high quality breeder. Expensive but I'm happy I did. I support rescue adoptions but this time around I went in a different direction.

Adoption is my choice. If fancy people want fancy breeds that's fine with me too.

My trio of rescues waiting for breakfast

Always adopt...have 2 now.

Adopt a mongrel dog from a rescue home. They're much better natured than pedigrees 🐶

depends on what you are looking for, but in general Adoption should be first on the list, for a general pet.

but I can make a/several case for buying

Adopt if you crave the ability to virtue signal to others .
Otherwise use a breeder.

My dog is happy that I am not adopted

Adopt

adopt from an animal shelter

Eh.............

Breeders are evil.

Adopt from the humane society