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Originally Posted by Gem
I do agree with you, to a point. However, I did not mean to infer that a shelter dog is riskier health wise that a dog from a breeder. Statistically, in fact, you'd have a better chance of getting a healthy mutt from a shelter than buying a purebred dog from a breeder. However, it's true you'd have an even better chance with a crossbred from a responsible breeder, who carefully selects the breeds they use, and test the parent dogs for any possible inherited problems.
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First, the grammar thing, you implied, I inferred.
Ok that taken care of your implication is that somehow crossbreeders are MORE responsible than purebreeders? How does that even make sense?
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My main point is that if people can choose to buy a purebred puppy from a breeder, they should be able to choose a crossbred puppy for their family exactly the same way. Why discriminate against crossbreds at all, regardless of whether they come from a shelter or a breeder?
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They're allowed to do whatever they want. If you eliminated all BYBs and all puppy mills and we no longer had such an overpopulation of perfectly healthy dogs, I wouldn't care as much. My ideal world would have very few breeders at all, and many of our current breeds wouldn't exist or would be seriously back-bred to a more functional standard. (And pointless show-only breeds? Right out.) So I'm not exactly leaping to support the INDUSTRY - for that is what it is - of crossbreed/designerdogs on top of that.
Bob Barker has it right.
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I own two crossbred pet dogs, and both have been neutered. I also help out at my local shelter one day a month. But enough about me 
It's a pity that issues regarding animal health and welfare can't be discussed without some resorting to personal attack. |
So, you think being a designer dog breeder is a bad thing then?
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Fair enough. Apology accepted, with thanks |
He didn't apologize, he very politely pointed out that you were wrong.