Schnauzer?

Jestik said:

There are TONS of dogs that need good homes and would be excellent pets.

Please look into adopting a dog before paying a breeder who literally breeds their bitches into the ground.

http://www.oksaveadog.org/

http://www.okhumane.org/adopt/dogs

http://dog.rescueshelter.com/Oklahoma

Please do not support the dog breeding industry, especially when there are 1000s of loving caring dogs who need a home now, and would love to be your forever pet.

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Buddhaman said:

All of our dogs came from breeders while 3 or our cats were rescue or strays. The breeders were very clean, had nice facilities for the larger breeder while the smaller ones simply kept the dogs in the house due to offset litters. Not all breeders are evil and not everyone should be guilted into adopting. If you can track down a purebred schnauzer in a shelter then more power to you but purebreds cost more so less likely to end up in a shelter unless their owners really suck.

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Buddhaman said:

All of our dogs came from breeders while 3 or our cats were rescue or strays. The breeders were very clean, had nice facilities for the larger breeder while the smaller ones simply kept the dogs in the house due to offset litters. Not all breeders are evil and not everyone should be guilted into adopting. If you can track down a purebred schnauzer in a shelter then more power to you but purebreds cost more so less likely to end up in a shelter unless their owners really suck.

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AirMech74 said:

Won't be talking to her...

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/okl...ockney&pid=143430231&referrer=0&preview=True

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AirMech74 said:

Won't be talking to her...

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/okl...ockney&pid=143430231&referrer=0&preview=True

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BadgeBunny said:

I agree. All of my shepherds have come from a well-established, reputable breeder. Although I see a lot of "German Shepherds" at rescues, the vast majority of them are clearly NOT purebred. Not only that but I don't want a dog with behavior problems. I want a dog that I know has grown up in a loving home, with consistent boundaries, so there are no problems once they get here.

Breeders like you and I are talking about only breed a few litters a year and their puppies are in extremely high demand. NONE of these dogs wind up at shelters because the contract explicitly states that if you are unable or unwilling to care for the dog any longer you must return it to the seller. I've gotten several dogs that were returned to Susanne FREE OF CHARGE because she knew they would have a good home here. Only two of these dogs had problems and she was very upfront with me about why she was asking me to take then and not someone else. Unfortunately, they had been neglected by their previous owners for far too long and eventually it became apparent that I was not going to be able to help them. (After they had killed several of my other animals here, and one of them had growled at me when I asked him to sit.)

Dawg, bless his heart, is one lucky mutt. If he had had any behavior problems whatsoever I would have been the first person to say he needs to be put down. I've seen too many people dump their problems on shelters, or other people (out in the country) ... I'm not doing it.

Any dogs I've gotten from shelters (and there have been a few over the years) they have sworn to me on a stack of Bibles as tall as I am they were absolutely perfect pets. Once I've gotten them home, I've found that, invariably, I've been given a carbon copy of Cujo, personality wise.

And I'm not taking on anyone else's problem any more -- unless I know the story, straight up, up front, and have the option to do whatever needs to be done to keep myself and everyone around me safe, if it becomes apparent that any dog is not re-hab-able. In order to get that, I feel I have no choice than to deal with a REPUTABLE breeder, not a shelter or puppy mill. There are too many GOOD dogs that need a home for me (or anyone else IMHO) to waste their time with a dog that is unpredictable, even if it is not the dog's fault they wound up that way. Life's just rough that way sometimes.

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Hump66 said:

Guess I won't be getting any more schnauzers then. That's a bummer.

BB, if you ever want to have another play date with a pure bred dog from "one of the worst industries around" and obviously "a business that promotes the abuse of animals and their offspring purely for profit, often in deplorable conditions, with little care or love for their animals" and whose mom has apparently "been bred into the ground", let me know.

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