I am very confused about this post now lol. I would adopt a dog from a shelter if its personality was attracting to me. I would rather personally adopt a dog that is shy and scared them a dog that is hyper and jumps all over you. JMHO. But in most cases the puppies and dogs at the local shelters are all jumpy and hyper *here anyways*, and i much rather adopt from a breeder just so I can research the breed befor hand and know what i am getting into. I might one day goto a siberian husky rescue and adopt a male sibe, but I dought it considering there are no rescues for sibes around here. I will probably buy a shiba inu from a breeder in arm strong, i have been researching on them for a while now, they seem like good breeders. I would personally love to meet a merle pomeranian one day!!! that would be soo cool .. They look sooo nice

If I ever get a cat, it will be from a shelter, I'm going to get rats from a shelter...etc. However, most of the animals I get from shelters I'll be rehoming.
If i ever get a cat ot will be from a shelter because i wouldent buy a cat from a breeder, considering i have never herd of a cat breeder around here lol. I would adopt rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, and any rodent from a shelter IF i know i had the time for them. But I would have to really be sure about adopting a dog from a shelter befor i did, i would want to know as much about its past as possible, i would also want to research on the different breeds that might be in the dog i want to adopt. Inless it is pure bred. I would also want to make sure it was healthy, happy, and good with other animals.
just my two cents