Dog thread!🐾

[SpotTheCat]

Yeah but it seemed like you were saying it was a horrible route and not to do it at all

I did say it wasn’t necessarily the best route for getting a ESA but I can see how it can be misread

 

[ShrekDawg]

I did say it wasn’t necessarily the best route for getting a ESA but I can see how it can be misread

Ah I see. I guess I must’ve misread it or something then. Although personally I don’t think rescues are a bad option but they’re definitely not for everybody.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Ah I see. I guess I must’ve misread it or something then. Although personally I don’t think rescues are a bad option but they’re definitely not for everybody.

I probably wouldn’t tell people about the behaviour issues, etc of recuse dogs if the rescues where more honest and gave people better information/help

I mostly see people who don’t have enough experience or knowledge getting pushed to rescue a dog, sometimes it works out but when it doesn’t it can be really awful I wouldn’t be able to rescue anyway even if I wanted to because I don’t have an area fenced off with 6 feet fencing

the way rescues behave is something that frustrates me a lot I kind of want to work with rescue dogs but not the people

 

[ShrekDawg]

I probably wouldn’t tell people about the behaviour issues, etc of recuse dogs if the rescues where more honest and gave people better information/help

I mostly see people who don’t have enough experience or knowledge getting pushed to rescue a dog, sometimes it works out but when it doesn’t it can be really awful I wouldn’t be able to rescue anyway even if I wanted to because I don’t have an area fenced off with 6 feet fencing

the way rescues behave is something that frustrates me a lot I kind of want to work with rescue dogs but not the people

Ah I see yeah, they can be annoying. But some aren’t at all. Like they didn’t even do a home check for Brew and our fence is not 6 feet. I think they waive it for certain dogs too. idk.

But yeah, that’s understandable

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

If you get a puppy from a rescue that's the sane age as one you'd buy then it shouldn't have any more behavior issues then a puppy you buy from a breeder. That said I totally understand wanting to get a pup from a breeder but it's not fair to diss rescues.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I bought my dog at 7 weeks ( it was kind of early, but the weather conditions were worsening, and them I couldn’t have picked her up for weeks) , she would have also charged me every extra day I couldn’t pick her up, not from a licensed breeder, but…she gave me a copy of the papers of both father and mother, and it was her 3. time breeding them together, she gave me contacts of the owners who had purchased pups from previous litters, and now my dog is already 6 , I’m still in contact with her, and she also gave me advice whenever I needed it
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So pretty!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

If you get a puppy from a rescue that's the sane age as one you'd buy then it shouldn't have any more behavior issues then a puppy you buy from a breeder. That said I totally understand wanting to get a pup from a breeder but it's not fair to diss rescues.

Exactly!!! And you said it much more succinctly than I could have.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I bought my dog at 7 weeks ( it was kind of early, but the weather conditions were worsening, and them I couldn’t have picked her up for weeks) , she would have also charged me every extra day I couldn’t pick her up, not from a licensed breeder, but…she gave me a copy of the papers of both father and mother, and it was her 3. time breeding them together, she gave me contacts of the owners who had purchased pups from previous litters, and now my dog is already 6 , I’m still in contact with her, and she also gave me advice whenever I needed it
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He’s gorgeous!!! What breed?

 

[SpotTheCat]

If you get a puppy from a rescue that's the sane age as one you'd buy then it shouldn't have any more behavior issues then a puppy you buy from a breeder. That said I totally understand wanting to get a pup from a breeder but it's not fair to diss rescues.

No because genetics have a lot too do with it, puppies are not blank slates

its for the same reason why you don’t except a golden retriever to herd or a border collie to naturally retrieve

and some like aggression only show up as the dog matures

 

[ShrekDawg]

No because genetics have a lot too do with it, puppies are not blank slates

its for the same reason why you don’t except a golden retriever to herd or a border collie to naturally retrieve

and some like aggression only show up as the dog matures

But it’s definitely less likely to have issues if you raise it yourself is their point. Bashing rescues does no good. People are still going to adopt them.