[mgarfias]

And just where are you going to get the specialized service, and search and rescue dogs?

We have 3-4 pups doing active SAR work, and countless ones doing ACTUAL service work (not ESA).

You don’t get that consistently from shelter mutts

[path2power]

A vast majority of dog breeders aren’t doing it for service work. They do it for profit. This is cruel and unnecessary.

Of course breeding dogs for work makes sense, because those dogs are needed and, due to the price, the market helps ensure there are few abandoned.

[mgarfias]

Any reputable breeder will always take the dog back versus allowing it to goto a shelter. Most of the breed clubs insist on that as part of membership.

If people would stop buying from backyard breeders that don’t do any health testing, or post sakes support the canine world would be a lot better off.

Examples: a year ago we took back a dog that is 11 years old, he was a service dog for an old guy whose dementia got too bad to be able to even have a service dog. Then did 2k in dental work that he needed. And last we we found out he has cancer.

More? How bout the bitch that kept getting sick with giardia, that was coming from the grounds where her owners lived. They couldn’t move, due to a lease, we took her back, for 6-8 months patched her back into shape and kept her until her people could move. She’s happy and healthy now.

Don’t blame “breeders” for the over population problem though. If people wouldn’t buy crap dogs from the paper or ads on the street from shitty back yard breeders and other irresponsible owners there wouldn’t be this issue.