I have to admit, I am totally guilty of the purebred vs. shelter-animal lecture, but the people I run into who buy their pets from a breeder don't do it for the same (perfectly valid from my POV) reasons you do.
Case in point - my friend bought a yellow lab from a breeder because he was "cute," despite the fact that one of his littermates was near-born with terrible hip dysplasia and was euthanized before he was six months old. Now she wants to breed him, because "Have you seen my dog?!" (As in, "Why WOULDN'T I breed him? He's perfect!") No matter that he's one of the stupidest dogs I've met, and/or out of control with the jumping-and-humping, performing the former in order to knock you down and accomplish the latter. And she says she'll find the puppies homes, that it wouldn't be hard. Hah! I had a friend with a German Spotter who paired with a Lab and birthed fourteen puppies, all of whom survived. Try finding a dozen homes for puppies all at the same time!
Anyways, enjoy your kitties, sorry you had such bad luck with your rescues. I will have to meet them someday after hearing all these, um, interesting tales.
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Date: 2010-01-18 10:11 am (UTC)Case in point - my friend bought a yellow lab from a breeder because he was "cute," despite the fact that one of his littermates was near-born with terrible hip dysplasia and was euthanized before he was six months old. Now she wants to breed him, because "Have you seen my dog?!" (As in, "Why WOULDN'T I breed him? He's perfect!") No matter that he's one of the stupidest dogs I've met, and/or out of control with the jumping-and-humping, performing the former in order to knock you down and accomplish the latter. And she says she'll find the puppies homes, that it wouldn't be hard. Hah! I had a friend with a German Spotter who paired with a Lab and birthed fourteen puppies, all of whom survived. Try finding a dozen homes for puppies all at the same time!
Anyways, enjoy your kitties, sorry you had such bad luck with your rescues. I will have to meet them someday after hearing all these, um, interesting tales.