That doesn’t work for everyone and no one should be discouraged from talking to breeders. Especially now so many who work in rescues really don’t know dogs well and many aren’t t***hful about the dogs either. Ever heard of the ‘food aggression’ test with a f**e hand? Its i***tic.

Rescue has become quite a business and there are a lot of shady things going on but thats for another topic.

Know what you want and speak to breeders and trainers first. They often have connections with reputable rescues.

Off my soapbox. Lol. Great story. Dogs are one of God’s greatest gifts to us. No other animal bonds with us like the dog does.

For many people a dog with unknown background, unknown health problems, and unknown training works just fine. Such a dog can be a great pet and companion if you are lucky. However, the dog could have serious behavior problems, rage syndrome epilepsy for instance, be known to be a fear biter or a lot of other problems. After all, you do not know what he might have been through before you got him. A dog that was raised with no human contact for the first 4 months of his live may always be difficult to train or dangerous if corrected. For us and our work with abused children, knowing exactly how the dog was raised and what his parents and grand parents were like, and how well they could be trained, makes the job easier and the knowledge of family traits helps us figure out how he will react to children who are likely to be fearful or sometimes violent. Right now we have five dogs, 3 CaneCorsos (a large Mastiff breed) A Welsh Terrier whose parents, grand parents and great grand parents are dogs we have met because they belong to a very close friend and we have seen her breeding stock for 12 generations, and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier from a show breeder who also does therapy work with kids and has done so for years. Yes, the Corsos cost $3000.00 each, the StaffyBull close to that but we know just what we were getting and how they and their parents and grandparents were raised and handled. The Welsh we met when he was being born, and we had met his parents and grandparents which we helped deliver. By all means choose a rescue if that suits you but understand why many people are willing to pay a lot for a dog whose background is well known to them. It is just much easier to know that the great grand dam did the same trick as a puppy and how the breeder solved the problem, or that half of the background could be taught to dance and wave their front paws while turning in circles, and learned how to do that at 3 months. It just makes the job of really reliable service dog training easier.

All my dogs have been someones throw away these dogs have been there to watch over my children AND me. The last stray was a rock vet said he was about 2 years old underweight he only wade 66 lbs only half the size he should have been undersized vet said he thought someone had really put him through the wringer he was afraid of everything but mostly men. It took him 2 yrs to realize he didn't have to fear my sons but he stayed close to me no one came into my home that wasnt welcomed by me. He was 19 years old when he died good and faithful friend truly do miss him

That doesn’t work for everyone and no one should be discouraged from talking to breeders. Especially now so many who work in rescues really don’t know dogs well and many aren’t t***hful about the dogs either. Ever heard of the ‘food aggression’ test with a f**e hand? Its i***tic.

Rescue has become quite a business and there are a lot of shady things going on but thats for another topic.

Know what you want and speak to breeders and trainers first. They often have connections with reputable rescues.

Off my soapbox. Lol. Great story. Dogs are one of God’s greatest gifts to us. No other animal bonds with us like the dog does.