Heads up on some BEAUTIFUL gsds up for adoption! - Page 2

               Keith , Opps...
 
                             I must have misunderstood you what you were asking......: )

People, when was the last time you walked into your city or county shelter? There are thousands of nice looking GSDs in shelters all across the country, not to mention in GSD rescues. There are thousands of nice, pure bred dogs and also mutts in the same places........It only takes a bit of thought to figure out some of the reasons for where these dogs find themselves. And it goes on and on. My local shelter has a daily load of more than 300 dogs EVERY DAY. They are also inundated with cats and kittens. This is the same story for every shelter in the state. They do what they can, but it is never enough and never will be enough until things change at the bottom of the pyramid.

There are 2 dogs that look REALLY good.  The last one and the the link that has the "WOW" in front of the link.

Great looking dogs.  Nice looking bi-colors and the dark sable is great looking.

Black dogs always stay at the shelter/rescue with people being afraid of the color black.

Black is beautiful baby!!  :)

ACE952.....

I don't think limiting breeding is the answer, education is the answer.  People need to have more accountability toward their pets and better education on training and proper care.  I used to volunteer at the shelter to walk and train the larger dogs like GSDs that people were afraid of or the younger volunteers were not allowed to handle (the reason I don't still volunteer is b/c I live far enough from the shelter by the time I get there they are closing).  Many of the animals dropped off were not abused, many were healthy in good condition even spayed/neutered already, but people were just too stupid/lazy/selfish/insert-your-own-word to deal with common behavior and training problems and turned the dog over because they view a pet as something that is temporary or dispensible.  I do not think that rescuing animals and good breeding are mutually exclusive.  Half my pets are shelter or rescue animals and half are from good breeders.  When I consider the people I know that think they can preach at me about the ones I did buy from a breeder, they have not spent the same amount of time, money, and energy on shelter animals as I have by way of volunteering there, doing transports, adopting animals, etc.  So again, I do not think the answer is blaming breeders/breeding in general, but blaming our country and this culture of spontaneously getting whatever if is we want and not making any real commitment.  Good pet owners make the same commitments to all their pets regardless of their pedigree or where they were originally from.  I train and title GSDs like my life depending on it but at the end of the day my heart dog is still my rescued mutt.

I do hold breeders accountable for the puppies they breed and wont take back. Ive known breeders literally dump their old dogs in the shelter. I personally think WE ALL ARE RESPONSIBLE. Because in the end, we all will pay for the dogs who get left behind.

But as a throw away society we condone the behavior and until we stop, this wont either

But that is a person that views a pet as disposable, doesn't really matter whether it is a breeder or just a person with a pet dog.  To me it is the same attitude of indifference towards a life that THEY should be responsible for.  I feel like someone like that would dump pets regardless of whether they ever bred them or not.  I don't see how someone like that can be constantly automatically lumped in with breeders who are not mass producing and who spend months screening homes for their dogs and not only take them back but have first right of refusal as part of their contract.  That is like condemning all parents and promoting mandatory sterilzation because some parents neglect and abuse their children.

Screening for homes and taking dogs back I'm finding is more an exception and not the rule. If it were the rule and not the exception then we wouldnt be in the situation we are with so many dogs ending up homeless or worse at the shelter. Ive met very few dog people over the last several years that even rescue their own breed. Imo I think that should be a requirement if breeder wants the luxury to continue breeding.

Dont get me wrong I support breeders who give back as much as they take. But this problem is everyones not just rescue or shelters.

VERY, VERY FEW breeders take their dogs back.....in 15 years plus of rescue, I had ONE breeder who did so and asked many, many. They will talk a big streak about how they do it, but when push comes to shove, they won't. They are too busy housing their next litter or they don't have room, or, or, or, or........(insert your own excuse I have heard here - I have heard them all. It is laughable but pathetic and sad. And then there are some who think they bear no responsibility at all once the dog is sold, including plenty who post here. It is a hopeless task. And all breeders are breeding for the "betterment of the breed" so why should they stop breeding pups? They won't. The real proponents of the breed are not the many who post here and breed litter after litter. The real proponents of the breed are not those who don't have even decent accommodations for the dogs they have, or spend any time with the dogs. But I will stop now because I got bitten on a finger this morning by a boarding dog and it is difficult to type. This whole subject is one I know much about from personal sacrifice and experiences for more than 15 years. Some of you folks here know what I have to say anyway, having been here a long time.

I have even begun to ask myself whether it made any difference at all in the scheme of things. If rescues such as mine and Steph's did not exist, maybe seeing more thousands of dogs being discarded and PTS would bring about some more definitive change. I am not amused when decent legislation to try to deal with this problem is hysterically fought by just the people causing the problems.....the people who say they care about the breed and continue breeding when there are far, far too many unwanted dogs.

But hey, that is what "freedom" is all about. it is a license for those who are irresponsible to continue doing just exactly what they want to do, in this case, breed and breed and breed and breed.

If they won't or don't take their dogs back, they are not a reputable breeder.  Laws are a touchy subject to people though, and ethics and morals are not dictated by laws.  The new laws for MO are being faught tooth/nail right now, the laws affect several things including limiting breeding dogs to 50 or less.  That is a big problem for the breeders who have 200.