I would prefer to adopt a dog, and Belle is only the second dog we bought from a pet-store. The other we got was a Husky/Malamute. Pagan [our Shetland Sheepdog] my father rescued from an abusive owner living just down the street from us. Princess [Lab/Golden] we got from a woman who could no longer keep her, but I forget where we got Buster. We got our cat named Boots from a shelter [they were going to get a dog but came back with a cat] and we got my CC from a man living beside my grandmother. Although I realize what happens when people buy dogs from pet-stores, I do not think it is right to just let them die. They are living, breathing animals too that deserve love just as much. And let's face it - the dogs and animals at pet-stores are always going to be bought. There are so many people out there who do not understand what exactly goes on. I didn't even know as much as I do about shelter animals until I came on here. I knew they were there, but I knew nothing about it. It's the sad, sad truth.