- What do I do? Breeder or rescue?

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

If the rescue isn't contacting you and you feel that this is a good breeder, I'd say go for it. Yes, rescuing is a wonderful thing to do but in my opinion, there's nothing wrong with getting a dog/puppy from a responsible breeder at all either....

Perhaps the rescue is busy though, as Jess said. Is it possible for you to ask the breeder to hold on to a pup for you until you can hopefully meet the rescue up? That way, you'd be able to see the pups from the breeder as well as the one in rescue and could base your decision on that.

[.sarah]

In case anyone is interested, here is the kennel that the momma is from: Tealbrook Kennels.

They health test, are members of hunting and Lab clubs, and have hunting titles. This lady bred her dog under their guidance.

[.sarah]

Perhaps the rescue is busy though, as Jess said. Is it possible for you to ask the breeder to hold on to a pup for you until you can hopefully meet the rescue up? That way, you'd be able to see the pups from the breeder as well as the one in rescue and could base your decision on that.

Yeah, I plan on meeting both litters unless if the rescue doesn't get back to me in the next 5 weeks. The lady who runs the rescue currently has 69 dogs at her house. I imagine she's busy, but she told us when we met her that she would get back to us quickly when we called. Hopefully something just came up!