Purebred puppy or Rescue dog?

warriorcat · **Posted:** Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:56 pm

Black-Wolf-Soul wrote:

your dog looks perfectly fine and in good shape to me.. but good looking dog.. but to let you know not ALL shelters are kill shelters.. but if you decide to get a dog .. from a kill shelter it's good then you know you're actually saving a life..

yes, i know. mine was from a kill shelter. due to overcrowding, he was only allowed 7 days starting from the first day brought in. many kill shelter dogs and cats are posted on the site because these pets are ones that need homes the most

Cotton Grass · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:30 am

I would have to say pure bred. But that's because I've had a bad experience with rescued dogs. I remember when we rescued a dalmation, lab, pitbull mix( her name was Penny). She was very easy going at first, but as she grew older you could begin to tell she wasn't brought up well because she became very aggressive to me and my siblings. I remeber one day my brother was in the back yard with her (He was about 2 years old) when penny nocked him on the ground and put her mouth over his entire face. That scared my parents to death and we had to give her to a family that hopefully wouldn't have the problem. But our friends gave us their pure bred pug (his name is Max) when they had to move. He is the sweetest dog I'v ever met. And we still have him to this day. But then we rescued another pug (more like a pug mix) named Opie. And we had some more problems. He was extremely territorial and would attack poor max. So we had to give him to a family that didn't have any dogs. Well that's been my experience but I'm sure other people find dogs that are just as adorable & sweet as my max is.

warriorcat · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:40 pm

Cotton Grass wrote:

I would have to say pure bred. But that's because I've had a bad experience with rescued dogs. I remember when we rescued a dalmation, lab, pitbull mix( her name was Penny). She was very easy going at first, but as she grew older you could begin to tell she wasn't brought up well because she became very aggressive to me and my siblings. I remeber one day my brother was in the back yard with her (He was about 2 years old) when penny nocked him on the ground and put her mouth over his entire face. That scared my parents to death and we had to give her to a family that hopefully wouldn't have the problem. But our friends gave us their pure bred pug (his name is Max) when they had to move. He is the sweetest dog I'v ever met. And we still have him to this day. But then we rescued another pug (more like a pug mix) named Opie. And we had some more problems. He was extremely territorial and would attack poor max. So we had to give him to a family that didn't have any dogs. Well that's been my experience but I'm sure other people find dogs that are just as adorable & sweet as my max is.

i guess your family wasnt as fortunate as we were with caesar. you must also look at the breeds your adopting here too. pits, not the best breeds to have around kids and pugs can be quite nervous dogs in my opinion. but german shepherds, wow, are some heck of a family dog breed.

Cotton Grass · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:05 pm

warriorcat wrote:

Cotton Grass wrote:

I would have to say pure bred. But that's because I've had a bad experience with rescued dogs. I remember when we rescued a dalmation, lab, pitbull mix( her name was Penny). She was very easy going at first, but as she grew older you could begin to tell she wasn't brought up well because she became very aggressive to me and my siblings. I remeber one day my brother was in the back yard with her (He was about 2 years old) when penny nocked him on the ground and put her mouth over his entire face. That scared my parents to death and we had to give her to a family that hopefully wouldn't have the problem. But our friends gave us their pure bred pug (his name is Max) when they had to move. He is the sweetest dog I'v ever met. And we still have him to this day. But then we rescued another pug (more like a pug mix) named Opie. And we had some more problems. He was extremely territorial and would attack poor max. So we had to give him to a family that didn't have any dogs. Well that's been my experience but I'm sure other people find dogs that are just as adorable & sweet as my max is.

i guess your family wasnt as fortunate as we were with caesar. you must also look at the breeds your adopting here too. pits, not the best breeds to have around kids and pugs can be quite nervous dogs in my opinion. but german shepherds, wow, are some heck of a family dog breed.

I know what you meen about german shepards. Friends of mine rescued three German Shepards and they are some of the sweetest dogs I have ever met.

WWM · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:03 pm

I'd say purebred for many reasons: I have two purebred pugs and they are some of the sweetest, smartest dogs you might ever meet. Also, often rescue dogs are put in kennels simply because they were treated badly by their previous owners and have developed behavioral issues. Rescue dogs are often older, some sick with illness and/or close to death. Sometimes the rescue dogs are poorly treated and taken care of at the shelter and can have many illnesses unknown to the family who adopted them. A whole other issue is background information. For instance, how do you know the dog you are adopting isn't in-bred, or has been used in dogfights?

I am not saying that adopting a rescue dog is a bad thing. In fact, I support adopting rescue dogs, especially those from kill shelters. I am only stating my own personal opinion.

warriorcat · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:38 pm

White Wolf's Moon wrote:

I'd say purebred for many reasons: I have two purebred pugs and they are some of the sweetest, smartest dogs you might ever meet. Also, often rescue dogs are put in kennels simply because they were treated badly by their previous owners and have developed behavioral issues. Rescue dogs are often older, some sick with illness and/or close to death. Sometimes the rescue dogs are poorly treated and taken care of at the shelter and can have many illnesses unknown to the family who adopted them. A whole other issue is background information. For instance, how do you know the dog you are adopting isn't in-bred, or has been used in dogfights?

I am not saying that adopting a rescue dog is a bad thing. In fact, I support adopting rescue dogs, especially those from kill shelters. I am only stating my own personal opinion.

well then again, the kill shelter we rescued caesar from was very careful befor ethey let him come home with us. they played with him to see how he reacted, moved his bowl while he was eating to see if he had aggression towards humans(he had none, yay). i guess despite that he had been both neglected and abused he just loved attention and humans. its quite remarkable to me.

WWM · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:11 pm

yea you are lucky. there's a place by my house where all the dogs- even german shepherd pups- are in incredibly small cages and they do not clean them or let people interact with them. It's really sad actually.

Cotton Grass · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:08 pm

White Wolf's Moon wrote:

I'd say purebred for many reasons: I have two purebred pugs and they are some of the sweetest, smartest dogs you might ever meet. Also, often rescue dogs are put in kennels simply because they were treated badly by their previous owners and have developed behavioral issues. Rescue dogs are often older, some sick with illness and/or close to death. Sometimes the rescue dogs are poorly treated and taken care of at the shelter and can have many illnesses unknown to the family who adopted them. A whole other issue is background information. For instance, how do you know the dog you are adopting isn't in-bred, or has been used in dogfights?

I am not saying that adopting a rescue dog is a bad thing. In fact, I support adopting rescue dogs, especially those from kill shelters. I am only stating my own personal opinion.

Aren't pugs amazing!!! I love them!

WWM · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:48 pm

oh my god yes! especially if they're 'pleasantly plump' like my pupper. =3 lolz

Mighty · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:50 pm

Rescue dog. I have 2, myself.

Paxis · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 9:43 am

Rescue dog paws down!

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