Comments on: 46 Reasons Why You Should Adopt (Not Buy!) A Pet http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/46-reasons-why-you-should-adopt-not-buy-a-pet.html Pet Travel Articles Mon, 06 May 2013 15:14:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lena Murphy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/46-reasons-why-you-should-adopt-not-buy-a-pet.html/comment-page-1#comment-44393 Lena Murphy Mon, 03 Sep 2012 14:44:05 +0000 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=7770#comment-44393 Just to let you know, my daughter got a "mutt", from the shelter, 8 years ago, and she is a wonderful dog, always present when we need her by our side, has the most kind eyes, always trying to help out our "purebreed" weimaraner, she acts like a sister to her, and she doesn't talk because dogs can't do that, but she can tell us so much with her paws, and sounds. We are very happy to have her, and another thing, she never gets sick, compared to our weimaraner that we have spent thousands of dollars in medical bills. So, open your eyes, when you see a cute and inteligent mutt in the shelter, think twice, and adopt her/him. Just to let you know, my daughter got a “mutt”, from the shelter, 8 years ago, and she is a wonderful dog, always present when we need her by our side, has the most kind eyes, always trying to help out our “purebreed” weimaraner, she acts like a sister to her, and she doesn’t talk because dogs can’t do that, but she can tell us so much with her paws, and sounds. We are very happy to have her, and another thing, she never gets sick, compared to our weimaraner that we have spent thousands of dollars in medical bills. So, open your eyes, when you see a cute and inteligent mutt in the shelter, think twice, and adopt her/him.

]]> By: Terry Elliott http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/46-reasons-why-you-should-adopt-not-buy-a-pet.html/comment-page-1#comment-43911 Terry Elliott Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=7770#comment-43911 The vast majority of these apply to purebreed dogs or mutts. What you omit is that with a purebreed you have an excellent chance of getting the characteristics you look for, unadulterated or bent by other breed characteristics. You want a happy, trusting, gentle Shih-tzu? No problem. But get a mutt that's half miniature poodle and look out! Those characteristics can be overridden with a snappy dog who is NOT that gentle lapdog you were looking for. Mutts is mutts. Can be wonderful, sure, even fantastic individual animals. But as a class are they "preferred" to purebreeds? No way dude! And explain to me how they "save a life." Unscrupulous breeders will continue to churn them out, and one could argue that a healthy adoption structure encourages them! The vast majority of these apply to purebreed dogs or mutts. What you omit is that with a purebreed you have an excellent chance of getting the characteristics you look for, unadulterated or bent by other breed characteristics.

You want a happy, trusting, gentle Shih-tzu? No problem. But get a mutt that’s half miniature poodle and look out! Those characteristics can be overridden with a snappy dog who is NOT that gentle lapdog you were looking for.

Mutts is mutts. Can be wonderful, sure, even fantastic individual animals. But as a class are they “preferred” to purebreeds? No way dude!

And explain to me how they “save a life.” Unscrupulous breeders will continue to churn them out, and one could argue that a healthy adoption structure encourages them!

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