Originally posted by luckies4me


Why would you adopt an animal from a shelter just to find it a new home? Why don't you just leave them for someone who really wants them, and will not rehome them, and will keep them for the rest of their lives instead of causing more stress from being adopted and then abandoned once again?
The shelter is very cruel, and I can't bear to see the animals in there. They sell rats as feeders as long as they can get rid of them. You yourself rescue and rehome, don't you? I'm going to have a small rescue, and I'm going to actuyally treat the animals with kindness unlike the terrible shelter that even breeds puppies.

I'm not here to criticize or judge, and I don't have anything against responsible breeders, but I find it hurtful that you would not get a dog from a shelter, ever. And the other animals you get from the shelter, you'll rehome? You can get purebred puppies from shelters too, not just breeders.
I know you can get purebred dogs from shelters. But I want to get my dogs from reputable breeders. I already have one breeder lined up, and I'm looking into two others for my second dog. If I ever get dogs after that, then I will go to a shelter, but for these two I just want to go to a good breeder.

What's suddenly wrong with reputable breeders? I'm going to get a cat from a shelter and some rats...