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Adopt Don’t Shop is hurting its own cause.

I believe that the adopt don’t shop movement is hurting its own cause. Here are three of my reasons to argue this point.

1. By banning and silencing breeders, they have given voices to backyard breeders and puppy mills. Where there is a huge lack of education on how to find a breeder and what to look for in a breeder, the adopt dont shop movement is pushing for ignorance in the common person. Someone who is uninterested in adopting will just go buy a dog from a backyard breeder or a puppy mill without knowing why it’s a problem. Education is SO important and knowledge is a weapon. 

2. They’re killing off good breeds. By trying to make adoption the only option, they are only supporting dogs with ill genes, temperament, and health. This would be a huge issue for someone who needs a high quality dog. Anyone who needs/wants a high quality dog, is often blamed, shamed, and attacked for doing so. 

3. They are attacking dog lovers. Dog breeders, people who buy from breeders, people who volunteer at rescues/shelters, and people who adopt/rescue all have one thing in common. WE ALL LOVE DOGS.  All these people are working towards the same cause, and that is finding good dogs good homes… and yet there is a huge divide between the two. If the groups united and worked together, a lot would get done and more problems could be solved.

4. The movement is only fixing the problem from surface level. Imagine there are people in a boat in the ocean, and all they have is a bucket. The boat just so happens to have a hole, and the only way to not sink is to endlessly dump water back out. That’s what the #adoptdontshop movement is doing, it is just trying to fix the problem as it comes in. Breeders never even send out a boat that could rupture, they only produce good boats. They fix and prevent the problem before it happens.

While I understand that people who support the adopt don’t shop movement are at a good heart and trying to support a compassionate cause, they are hurting the bigger picture, and in turn being part of something worse. Instead, let's all rally around #adoptORshopresponsibly. Let us all spread TRUTH and try to educate. This is what will save dogs, not yelling at people for buying a dog. 

The following Quotes are all from https://bigdogmom.com/adoptdontshop/ I recommend giving the article a read as there are lots of helpful links in the article, as well as many more points+ info that I hadn’t included here.

Disregards Generosity

I volunteered at a local no-kill animal shelter all four years of high school, worked morning shift (3-7am) at the Veterinary school in college, and have spent the last 9 years volunteering and contributing to Power Paws Assistance Dogs and Arizona Animal Welfare League. I have had the pleasure of owning both purebred dogs and mixed breed dogs in my life, those that were bought and those that were rescued.  Every one of those dogs was a blessing in my life.

In addition, most reputable breeders I know rescue dogs and support rescue organizations as a part of their civic responsibility and love for their breed.

The judgement that is implied with #AdoptDontShop seemingly discounts all of that generosity.

I did shop. I will continue to shop for the dog of my choice.

It is possible to shop without hypocrisy or homage while supporting outstanding rescue and service organizations like Power Paws and AAWL.

Reputable Breeders are NOT the Problem 

Part of my issue with this hashtag has to do with the word “shop.” When I see or hear that word in reference to a puppy I immediately picture sickly puppies playing on shredded newspaper behind the glass in a mall pet store – a sight that infuriates and saddens me.

But the word “shop” in this context is defined as any means of purchasing a puppy, which wrongfully includes reputable breeders.

Reputable breeders are NOT the problem, puppy mills and back yard breeders (BYB) are.

For those of you who see no difference between the two, I respectfully ask for you to keep reading.

Reputable breeders screen their puppy buyers to ensure they are the best home, they perform health testing (eyes, hips, elbows, DNA, etc.) to safeguard against genetic disease, they sell on a contract with an obligation to take the puppy back at any point in his lifetime, and their passion is what drives them in everything they do for the breed they love.

Put simply, when you S.H.O.P. with a reputable breeder, you get Screening, Health testing, Obligation, and Passion.

Clever acronym aside, people who are buying a puppy from a reputable breeder are not window shopping. They are making a lifelong commitment to a new member of the family.

To lump all forms of acquisition by purchase under the umbrella term “shop” is both unfair and ignorant.

Reputable Breeders REDUCE the Number of Dogs Needing Rescue

They do this in three ways:

A reputable breeder limits the number of puppies they produce, with many only having one or two litters per year or less. To illustrate, once I found the breeder I wanted a puppy from, it took me 5 years to finally bring Junior home.

A reputable breeder screens buyers to ensure they will be the best home for the puppy, for the life of the dog.

And lastly, a reputable breeder contractually commits to taking back any dog they produce for any reason at any time. Every contract I have ever signed for a puppy has stated that the breeder has the first right of refusal if the owner can’t keep the dog.

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Backyard Breeders are Different than Breeders.

Breeders are not the same as backyard breeders/puppy mills. They are not contributing to the same problems. It is downright insulting to imply that breeders are the same as bybs/puppy mills. They are often all grouped into the same category but they are far and wide apart. I’m going to focus primarily on ethical breeders vs backyard breeders for the purpose of this post. 

Breeders give the world working dogs, sporting dogs, hunting dogs, k9 dogs, service dogs, bomb detection dogs, police dogs, and so much more. Dogs are such a value to society and many of the best are from breeders!

Backyard breeders give the world unstable, unpredictable, low quality, ill-tempered dogs that are at an extremely high risk of being neglected, surrendered, abused, or bred for more puppies. The byb does not care where the dog ends up and they pump out as many dogs as possible to get as much money as possible. There is nothing beneficial or good about this and they hurt dogs as a species, if it be ruining pure breeds or creating mutts that aren’t needed.

Good breeders ensure their puppies go to permanent homes, they only send their puppies to homes that are both educated and dedicated.

Breeders produce healthy puppies with good temperaments, these puppies are more costly to further ensure that the dogs go to good homes that will not abuse, neglect, or abandon the dogs. On top of this, they will screen the person buying, check homes, interview, and make the buyer sign a contract. All of these efforts go to ensuring that a dog is kept track of its whole life, is loved and valued, and never contributes to any problems.

If all these efforts don’t hold up and a dog ends up in a shelter, the dog will be adopted almost immediately because its a purebred, because it's healthy, and has a good temperament. A breeder near me lost one of his dogs to a shelter because the person that had bought the dog surrendered the dog to the local shelter rather then obeying the contract he had signed. The breeder made many attempts to get the dog back but in the end failed because the people at the shelter refused him at every turn. (Likely because of the stigma surrounding breeders.) By signed contract, this breeder had rights to the dog. The dog was rapidly adopted out and the breeder ignored. The breeder WAS NOT causing harm to the overpopulation crisis and made huge efforts to prevent the dog from entering the shelter in the first place, then made huge efforts to get the dog back so he could find it a new loving home himself. This of course is a rare occurrence but show cases the efforts that go into making sure dogs are safe and loved.

If puppy mills and backyard breeders were further exposed and breeders gained more support, the number of dogs in animal shelters would shrink. Animal cruelty cases, neglect cases, hording cases, dog attacks and other issues would go down because it would be significantly more difficult for bad people to get dogs.

47% of all dogs that enter shelters are surrendered by their owners for “pet problems.” These problems are aggression, misbehaving, health problems, and others. Breeders would never let their dogs go to homes that would surrender them, so breeders are not contributing to these stats. Breeders also breed for health and temperament, so these problems are lessened by a huge amount, further decreasing the chances of a dog from a breeder landing in a shelter.

Here are some charts that compare breeders to backyard breeders. Keep in mind these are subjective but are a good baseline to set the standard and convey a point.

Here are some charts that compare buying from a breeder, buying from a byb, or adopting. Keep in mind these are subjective but are a good baseline to set the standard and convey a point.

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