There are many dogs in shelters who need a safe loving home. When you purchase a pet from a store you are supporting puppy mills. When you buy a puppy from the side of the road, you are supporting back yard breeders. When you adopt a rescue you are saving a life!
Puppy mill puppies are often born with birth defects from over breeding, and inbreeding. Or from the lack of care to check out the blood lines to see what the parents medical history is. Mom dogs in puppy mills are kept in crates all their lives, never knowing what it means to be a true family member. As soon as the mom can no longer produce pups they are tossed out as if they mean nothing.
Back yard breeders are only in the business to make money. They don't breed for temperament, or anything other than I want to make some extra cash from having puppies. Most of the time the puppies are not taken to the vet for check up's and routine shots. When you bring your cute little puppy home, you go for a walk and without the needed vaccinations, your puppy can get very ill and may even die from the illnesses they are vaccinated from.
When you adopt a rescue, you are supporting your community, and you are saving a life from certain euthanasia in the shelter. Shelters and rescue groups are full to the brim with wonderful pets who need forever homes. Animals in rescue groups and foster homes have been temperament tested and given a temporary place to stay where they learn manners and get ready to go to their forever homes. They've been given medical care, and are up to date on all their vaccinations. They have also been Spayed/Neutered by the rescue group.
Save a life ADOPT!
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