Gosh, I hope your daughter will get her dog spayed. The world is full of dogs and cats that are killed every day for (arguably) lack of space. These are pure bred dogs and cats, mutts, and everything in between.

I never understand the myth that somehow buying from a breeder (backyard or not) somehow gets you this "perfect" selection of a pet whereas adopting one from either a shelter or breed specific rescue gets you something you never would have expected from a breed. Adopting a fully matured pet gives you about 98% more information on how the dog or cat is and will be then does adopting a 6 week old puppy or kitten.

Give me 30 days and I can find you your "perfect" animal- from a shelter or a rescue. I have seen it all. Of course, the very obscure breeds not so much, but generally, that is NOT what typical people like us are looking for. And, we are not the people that breeders of this specific breed are selling to.

No one knows what their pet will or won't be like. How many times have we read or heard, "it was a beloved family pet, raised from 6 weeks...". ALL animals can act like, well, animals. Even those that come from the breeder. Ugh.