Obama's Dog

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Nirvana

I am not sure what you mean.Too many purebred dogs? Too many back yard bred dogs? Too many mutts? If there are too many how can commercial pet mills operate at a profit? Supply and demand works in that industry as well.

I believe I said "Aside from some very specific cases, I see no need to breed more animals that we already have too many of."

There are too many human keeping too many domesticated pets of all sorts of varieties. Many of the mutts that you speak of are potentially from careless owners who had to have a "status-filled" purebred animal. These are the owners who quite often improperly care for their pets and let them get out and breed. This is NO REFLECTION on the many breeders and others who care excellently for their pets and need purebreds to show or in trials. I know many of them and they are awesome people and pet owners.

I could list many examples of both, but will not bore the readers here who could care less.

As far as the commercial mills you mention, perhaps they wouldn't do so well if the demand for hose pets was decreased by people rescuing dogs instead. Many many dogs at shelters are from loving families who can no longer afford them and elderly who pass away.