...you have to buy a pedigree dog from a breeder instead of adopting from a shelter:



https://www.thedodo.com/shelter-dog-...520038344.html

Please consider adopting when you're thinking of adding a dog to your family

Rescue dogs aren't for everyone and sometimes it's not suitable for someone's requirements, that's why.

If you are after a specific breed that is actually going to resemble that breed looks and size wise, you need to go to a breeder.

If you want to get into showing your dog later on, you need a pedigree dog from good lineage. Exceptionally good if you want to really get anywhere with it.

Different breeds of dog have different genetic conditions, if you want a dog who has come from a health tested line you have to go purebred, as it's the kennel club who run these health tests schemes and to be eligible, the dog must be registered with them.

Most people with young children would want a well socialised puppy that has been reared with kids from day 1 in the breeder's home, rather than a dog of unknown history, and many shelters won't allow a dog to go to a house with children under a certain age in it.

Some people prefer to get a well bred, health tested, well reared puppy, that has been given the best possible start in life with no expense spared to have the best chance of growing into a well adjusted healthy adult dog, and can be moulded into whatever the owner wants from the dog.

Not everyone can take on a rescue dog, many perfectly good homes are turned down by rescues because of their ridiculously strict box ticking. Not many people like being scrutinised by some jumped up busybodying little official, who makes you leap through hoops then gleefully deems you unworthy and not good enough. That might seem like being OTT but it really isn't, I've spoken to many people who've said those in animal rescues are too strict for their own good. It'd be easier to break into the bank of England than pass some shelter's checklists. They don't quite work like they show on TV.

Some owners want the fun of seeing their dog's puppy days so they can treasure them when the dog is older, in the same way parents don't want to miss out on their baby's early years. My dog was just six weeks old when I got her, I have so many delightful memories and hundreds of photos of those first weeks that I wouldn't change for anything. I really couldn't bear the thought of getting a dog at 1 or 2 or older and missing out on those wonderful early weeks, to me that's like having a baby then missing out the first few months by handing it to someone else, you'd lose out completely on those irreplaceable first months that can never be got back. That's just me though I'm sure there's people with the same or similar view, and there are others who it wouldn't bother in the slightest, and whom I admire as I couldn't do it. What suits one person doesn't suit another, everyone is different, has different requirements and wants, which is why it's important to have the choice of breeder or rescue.

Those are some of the main reasons for buying a pedigree dog from a breeder.

I love the reply above, it's perfect ..

Just to add. I have websites (puppy diaries) depicting both my dogs in photographs from aged six weeks to the present - one's 3 years and the other is 17 months old and it took a lot of time, effort and dedication on my part, and looking over the on-line photographs which I took on a nearly daily basis - (it was therapeutic as my husband had just died when I bought the Labradoodle) showing their first Christmas, birthday, walk, visit to the beach, swim, seeing their first snow, rain etc. I would never change that for the world and could never have done it with an adult dog. I love looking at their photo-diaries and sharing it with friends and family.

My take on it is my doodles were born and they needed a good loving home and to be with someone who would always do the very best for them and give them a fantastic life so why not with me? Their puppy hood was the time I bonded with them as it's such a hectic yet rewarding time.

I am not saying don't adopt, I have adopted many adult dogs myself in the past but it's a personal choice and we shouldn't be made to feel guilty for our choices. Plus, I had an 18 month female Springerdoodle when I bought my male Labradoodle and she would never have accepted an adult dog - or another female - in the home. They get on brilliantly together and are fantastic dogs. I made the right choice for me and my older dog and that's what counts.

I feel no guilt and I am enjoying my wonderful dogs very, very much.

I found the title of that video so mis-leading but do understand the point they are trying to make.

Anyone who volunteers to dog walk for a rescue center will get a dog acting like that as it is so excited to be out of the kennel and the constant noise

I just wish more people would foster dogs so they do not have to endure kennel life as it gives them more problems as most dogs cannot cope.. Just like the dog in the video.

I get asked "how much do you get paid for fostering as I will do that" When I say it is voluntary they soon change their minds. If only they knew what joy it is for the dog and yourself.

Thank you

The BIB is what I've done too . I have dozens and dozens of photos of my dog's first year, capturing all the 'firsts' , things that cannot ever be repeated or redone, but they can be relived through those pictures and memories. You just can't have that with an adult dog as you've lost that one and only chance of it. My dog is my baby, and like any other mum, I want to have been there from the word go and be able to cherish that time and watch her grow up. The puppy months are hard work and can be exhausting but I wouldn't swap them for anything knowing what I'd miss out on, just going to fetch the pup is special. As I said, not everyone is bothered about it, which is good really otherwise older dogs wouldn't get homes, but those of us that want the joy of a puppy shouldn't be made to feel guilty for our preferance and choice. You wouldn't say to someone 'don't have a baby, adopt a child instead' would you? If you can take in a rescue and give it a great new home then that's wonderful, but if you can't or want a pup from a breeder there is absolutely nothing wrong with that either and nobody should make you feel like there is. At the end of the day, your the one who is going to have a dog for the next 15 years or so therefore it should be what you want.


Fostering takes someone very strong willed with a certain mindset. Taking on a dog, getting to know it and used to its ways, knowing you can't keep it isn't something many could do. I know I couldn't, I'd get attached and wouldn't be able to hand it back. Same with those guide dog puppy carers who have a puppy for the first 12 months then have to hand it over, which must be so difficult to do with a dog you've bonded to whilst it's been with you. Unfortunately I can well understand why most people won't do it, and I really admire anyone that could.