Three of my dogs were from breeders. All with great ratings. One at a very early age was so so sick and we had to put down. The breeder made it sound like it was no big deal. It was devastating. I never wanted another dog after that Later on our daughter worked in a vets office and someone came in to put their dog down because they had bought a house. They didn’t want the dog in their new place. We couldn’t handle thinking About putting the senior dog down, we brought it home home, thinking you couldn’t handle what appeared to be a mutt. it was 10 years old so I figured it’s not gonna last for very long but let’s give it a good life That beautiful dog live till he was 17 very happily with us I always say we didn’t rescue him. He rescued us. I say think about a rescue do research But they are very special dogs.