Puppies!!!

[monk90222]

Adorable puppies!
Don't let anyone rain on your parade with their radical views.

More power to ya!

[catawhat75]

But what you don't get is that I HAVE done "true" rescue and DO get it....why does that mean I have to agree with your views that dogs shouldn't be bred? Maybe my rescue work wasn't as good as yours right? lol

Plus we don't have snake shelters....

Seriously, where in the he** have I said dogs shouldn't be bred or that we have to agree? Have you read a single word I said other than what you obviously took the wrong way? I have always tried my best to be polite on this site and not to try to start things but... Walk away, will walk away- not worth my time...

As for "radical" FU- I don't just care about reptiles, I care about all animals.
By the way mods, if I need rep points or whatever due to this thread, I understand. Just understand that I really kept a lid on my temper and didn't say 10% of what I wanted to.

[Michelle.C]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and preferences. While you can tell people your opinion, maybe a thread of a proud owner showing off his dogs isn't the best one to express those opinions.

IMO, another thread should have been started to express the opinions "Shelter vs. Breeding Programs".

All of that being said; I own seven pure bred dogs and I have had an accidental litter of puppies. We even kept three of the little monster puppies. Once we made that mistake though, everyone was neutered, no more puppies, ever. So, I understand why someone wants to own purebred dogs; however, I have also RUN a shelter. We rescued over 50 dogs in our short time running the facility. We paid full medical bills (even paying for neutering, spaying, heartworms treatment, etc.) we found all of those animals a happy (and hopefully forever) home.

Our general rule was; for every purebred dog we BOUGHT, we donated $200 to our local shelter and automatically donate $500 every year to our local shelter. So, hopefully, it would offset itself some.

I am an extreme advocate for rescuing over breeding, but..I can not control anyone and I have no desire to. I present my opinion and let them make up their mind. I simply present them with the fact that; 7-8 million Cats and Dogs are euthanized every year.

I also want to add, all of our cats are rescue animals.

To the OP: those are beautiful puppies, I hope you have forever homes lined up for them!

[Luke Martin]

I just will never agree with what you are doing.

so what am I doing that you don't agree with then if you don't mind me breeding my dogs?

[Jt.]

Hm.

Dog doesn't look purebred to me. What has it done to be worthy of being bred aside from having "papers"?

[Jerhart]

It's sad how quick people can be to judge...

Congrats Luke on a beautiful litter!!

[catawhat75]

so what am I doing that you don't agree with then if you don't mind me breeding my dogs?

I never said I don't mind you breeding, I said it was your right.

[llovelace]

Hm.

Dog doesn't look purebred to me. What has it done to be worthy of being bred aside from having "papers"?

Well welcome to the forums.

Luke I'm sorry this joyful experience has turned into such a debate, your puppies are beautiful I hope they & mommy are doing well.

As far as the debators go.....well I'll just say this, With this breed of dog, it is not the type you want to get from a shelter without knowing the lineage or history of the dog.

In the past I have adopted a couple pits from shelters, and they had issues (like some shelter adoptees can). I had one that did not like black people, why I don't know, but she would start foaming at the mouth trying to tear thru the chain link fencing. So I had to take special care with her.

If I were to get another pit, it would be from a reputable breeder and not from a shelter.

And we are absolutely entitled to show you that you are becoming borderline fanatic PETA about a situation you know nothing about.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Loving those pics.

Been a lot of years since I had a pup or a dog. Looks like momma is doing an AMAZING job with this, especially for her first litter.

Bruce

[Luke Martin]

Hm.

Dog doesn't look purebred to me. What has it done to be worthy of being bred aside from having "papers"?

She is I have 6 generations of papers on her lineage.