I doubt I will purchase a puppy from a breeder unless the canine will be used for some particular kind of work. I am interested in purchasing a protection dog, for example, and it will not come from a shelter.

People will criticize this decision.

But I have made the choice never to judge anybody by how he or she wants to obtain a canine – the process is a personal choice.

“Rescuing” is not the only humane way to get a dog.

Pretty much any canine or cat can be considered a “rescue” these days. I know one man who “rescued” his purebred canine from a pet shop for $500. He all the best believes his canine is a “rescue.”

I know much more than one person who adopted a second canine just so he could call it a “rescue” and fit in better with his local canine community. people can be verbally hostile to the owners of dogs from pet shops or breeders.

This is unfortunate.

But the trendy way (and some would say the only acceptable way) to get a canine best now is to “rescue” that dog.

I used to consider my mutt Ace a rescue until I became irritated by the whole concept of rescuing.

I don’t call him a rescue anymore.

I did not rescue Ace from a pound or an abusive home. I did not rescue him from the streets of Fargo-Moorhead or some rundown farm.

I just wanted a amazing dog, and some lady in Ada, Minn., happened to have a free, housebroken black lab mix.

All of my animals are “hand-me-down” pets. This is a much more suitable term to describe how I acquired my mutt Ace as well as my cats – Beamer and Scout.

Beamer’s first family dropped him off at the humane society when he was a year old. They probably couldn’t deal with his odd food obsessions! Scout came from an “accidental” litter. No surprise I ended up with one of the totally free kittens – the last one to go ?

I don’t consider any of my three to be rescues, really. Beamer was the only one to spend some time in a shelter, but his life was never in danger. It was a no-kill shelter, and he was never in the pound like some of my foster animals were.

This rescuing concept is out of control, and it’s not necessarily helping the animals (although it seems to be helping the humans).

There is something unexplainable about adopting a canine that someone else doesn’t want – it’s something I’m certainly drawn to. but I have to be conscious of what I’m doing. It’s too easy for me to get caught up in the emotions of animal adoption.

Reasons to purchase a puppy from a breeder

I can think of plenty of good reasons to purchase a puppy from a breeder. Although I’ll probably keep adopting these “hand-me-down” rejects, I can see the benefits to purchasing a canine from a good breeder.

The main draw to purchasing a puppy is to help raise that pup correctly from the beginning. Unfortunately, the opposite can also happen. I think we all know plenty of people who have helped screw that puppy up from the very beginning. but that’s for another post …

Some puppies are kept in wire cages for the first six weeks of their lives. Some are isolated in sterile environments. Some are never handled. Some are never separated from their moms. I wouldn’t want to purchase any of those puppies.

On the other hand, some puppies are allowed to explore their environments naturally. They are allowed to play in the grass, wrestle, learn to be away from Mom, to interact with all kinds of beings. This is the kind of puppy I would be interested in buying.

I would like to use all my knowledge on canine training, canine behavior and canine nutrition to raise a puppy from the start in the way I perceive as correct.

I would love to begin socializing my puppy from early on, taking her all over and training her immediately. think of the possibilities!

But can’t I just adopt a puppy from a shelter and get the same benefits?

Altså nej.

I would like to know that my puppy has no known health risks. I would like to meet her parents and view how well tempered, socialized, trained and groomed they are. I would like to meet my puppy’s grandparents.

I would like to know that my puppy’s parents were raised on the highest quality canine food, not over-vaccinated and never covered in toxic products like Frontline.

None of the above would guarantee a ideal dog, but I do believe it would increase my odds.

Notice I’m not advocating purchasing a pet shop puppy or purchasing from the nearest breeder just to get a purebred dog. I know plenty of people who have done this and ended up with perfectly average and acceptable dogs.

It worked for them. It would not work for me.

But seeking out the top breeder of a particular breed and waiting for a pup from a future litter, playing a role in the entire process – yes, I can see the appeal toat.

Purebrede hunde til særligt arbejde

Mennesker køber i nogle tilfælde renrasede hunde af hensyn til at udføre bestemte opgaver. Det er i nogle tilfælde for fantastisk af en risiko for disse undervisere at bruge redningshunde, når det aktuelle job er noget stort arbejde som service for en handicappet, besætning, søgning og redning eller beskyttelse.

Disse hunde er i nogle tilfælde valgt grundigt fra opdrættere af arbejdslinjehunde. En ægte arbejdshund er meget forskellig fra en gennemsnitlig ledsagerhund. Ikke bedre. Bare anderledes.

Jeg siger ikke, at en husly hunde ikke kan gøre en god fungerende hunde – han kan. Og jeg siger ikke, at enhver hunde, der er opdrættet til arbejde, faktisk vil være i stand til at udføre godt – det vil han ikke.

Hvad med racespecifikke redninger?

Race-specifikke redninger er fantastiske organisationer. Der er sandsynligvis en redning derude for hver hundas race. Dette er det første sted, jeg ville se, hvis jeg ville have en bestemt race (det gør jeg ikke).

Men hvis jeg ville have en sjælden race, såsom en større schweizisk bjerghund, kan jeg blive sat på en venteliste i flere måneder eller år, før en hunde kommer op, der har brug for et hjem. Mange mennesker vil ikke vente så længe på en imaginær hunde, der måske eller måske ikke passer godt. Og hvis de ønsker en bestemt race, er den anden mulighed at finde en opdrætter.

Misforstå mig ikke, at adoptere et dyr er en af ​​de største ting, en hundeelsker kan gøre. Det er bare ikke for alle, og jeg har det godt med det.

De fleste mennesker beslutter at have deres egne børn i stedet for at adoptere eller fremme et hjemløst barn. Jeg hører ikke nogen klage over det.

Det er socialt acceptabelt bedst nu at kritisere hinanden om, hvordan vi får vores dyr. Jeg synes, det er for dårligt.

Og så spørger jeg dig:

Hvad synes du om denne besættelse af Animal Rescue?

Har du nogensinde købt en ledsager eller arbejdende hunde fra en opdrætter?

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