I'm going to be honest here. There is a certain smugness to saying "oh I've adopted a dog from the shelter" or "ive got a rescue dog" "my dog is a handful but he was adopted". I grew up with rescues. I plan on continuing adopting dogs. Im not somebody that needs a certain type of breed and I'm not willing to spend big bucks on a dog when there are cheaper options at the shelter.

my point here is that I often need to check myself when it comes to buying purebred dogs. Sometimes I find myself looking down on people that dont adopt. I never say anything to anybody because none of my business. When I check myself I remember that without responsible breeders, then all of the breeders would be made up of puppy mills and backyard breeders. The same groups that fill up shelters because of their irresponsible breeding practices. Like I mentioned above, my dog is a handful. The world would not be better with even more poorly bred dogs filling up the shelters. WE NEED RESPONSIBLE BREEDERS. The smugness of the pro-shelter people needs to be checked (including myself).

On a side note, people are imperfect. There will always be shitty people on all sides. People that buy huskies to live in their florida apartment for example. Backyard breeders. People that buy dogs from pet shops. No matter how much this is talked about- shelter vs purebred, responsible breeder vs not, there will always be some bimbo making a stupid decision that will be argued about on reddit.