Since dogs have been such a popular topic of conversation, I thought I should throw my opinion into the mix.
I've been watching these threads about people with new puppies they've bred, pit bull breeders, and just anyone with a new puppy from a breeder and I really have to say that I'm disgusted by all of it. There is such a huge problem with the dog population in North America right now that there is no excuse for ANYONE to be getting a puppy from a breeder or breeding dogs. No excuse what so ever. Now I'm sure a bunch of you are going to be up in arms saying, well I breed for quality or I only deal in pure breeds, or I only breed for temperament, or the breeder I got my puppy from is reputable. But unless you can come up with a solution to the Thousands of dogs that die needlessly everyday due to overpopulation, I don't care how pure bred your dog is, there are mutts AND purebreds (even championship ones) in the pound that need homes and don’t deserve to die so you can have another pure bred whatever.
Now of course on the other side of the argument you can say there are allot of rescues related to herps, and the over population of retics and Ball pythons and burm's. But I don't have anything bad to say about them. Reason being is this, if you go to
www.petfinder.com, one of the major websites responsible for placing thousands of abandoned animals and you do a search for Ontario, they have only 47 active cases of reptile rescue currently for snakes. Only about 20 active cases for Lizards and 102 active cases for Iguanas (Putting this in anyway even though I don't agree with Iguana breeding because of the overpopulation problem), and also this search is stretching into USA so it covers a broader region. That makes only 169 active cases, including Iguanas, in all of Ontario and surrounding provinces and states(the search turns up animals in BC and Michigan). If you do a search for dog, there are currently 450 active cases of dogs that need homes just in Ontario, now to me that is a staggering difference.
So the next time your thinking about breeding your dog, or getting that puppy from a backyard breeder, think of the all of the active cases on
www.petfinder.com who all need a good home and instead of contributing to the problem by justifying the surplus of dogs in North America by purchasing one, adopt one instead.
I have two beagles, one came from the Toronto Humane Society and one from Kennel Inn in Newmarket. Myself and my girlfriend are fostering the dog that came from kennel in, getting him back in shape so that he may be adopted out. They are both great loving, and gentle dogs and I'll be sad to see Toby go when we adopt him out but we are trying to do our part to help this horrible problem. So again instead of breeding and buying, adopt.
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