I think it does not matter where you get your dog I got happy from a breeder, see, when you think about it if I did not get happy we would not have gotten into flyball, if we did not get into flyball my mom would not have rescued perky for her own flyball dog if we did not rescued perky we would not have rescued Ripley, and if happy did not end up a dud for flyball I would not have gotten misty the way I see it is its all one big chain, that is set out for you, shadow was the begining of our chain, reseaching her background got me into border collies, so 1 dog from a breeder led us to rescue 2 dogs, so they could find their forever home, perky ran a way from several homes before she found us, now she wont go anywhere, all our dogs have had a choice and they chose to stay here its just all part of a plan.