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Posted by AmyB on April 1, 2008, 8:36 pm, in reply to "So? I don't know about you but many in rescue are part of the problem"
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Have you ever done rescue cath? Reading research on it isn't the same thing.
I am no fan of AR groups. I believe working dogs should be worked and hunting dogs should be hunted - their idealogy goes against what I believe in.
I have to say it's not just AR people that believe breeders are part of the problem with dogs in rescues. When I read your posts, it's like reading "there is a dalmation, what color is it?" The ARs say it's black but cath says it's really white because of some research she read. Reality is that it's black and white.
Breeders are ultimately the ones that bring dogs into the world and, thus, are ultimately responsible for where those dogs wind up. There are lots of breeders out there that are only breeding for money - anyone who can pay will get a dog. After they get it and 1) can't handle it, 2) find out it's too much work, 3) grows bigger than what they expected, 4) is beyond their dog skills, 5) eats little Joey's toy he left laying on the floor so they decide it's a bad dog, 6) etc., etc., etc. they then dump it in a rescue. Good breeders will evaluate a home before selling a pup to try to avoid an improper placement. That's the same thing good rescues do. Good rescues want to place the dog in a home that is going to be permanent and screen potential homes to avoid getting a dog returned. There are a lot of good resues out there that get to see first hand the crappy lives of dogs that were sold by greedy breeders to people who were improper for the breed (or for any dog for that matter). Working in rescue before you become a breeder gives you a first hand look at what can happen to your dogs if you don't screen buyers carefully and it also gives you good experience on how to screen people BEFORE you start dropping puppies on the ground.
There are people who will fool even the most careful breeders and rescuers but a great deal of improper homings could be avoided if there weren't a lot of breeders whose only concern is making money.
By the way, JD isn't buying into AR BS, she's speaking from first hand experience - not from research she read somewhere. Not everyone who has experience that differs from your opinions is buying into PETA or AR BS, which happens to be a common theme in your posts whenever anyone posts anything that differs from your opinions.
Just my 2 cents.
Amy B
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