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Went out for a walk in the desert with a couple acquaintances and their dog's and my pup today. They both have mixed breed rescue dogs. One two years one believed to be around three.  Sweet comical dogs. But in the course of the conversation they both said they didn't want to get their dogs nuetered because they might try to breed them. I was stunned. I asked them how they could consider this when both of their dogs ended up alone (one from the pound, one found in the desert) and what if these dogs had ended up dead because no one took them? How could they be sure of the physical problems that might run through these two dogs? Yada, yada, yada. The man said he just loved the "color" of his dog and would to have another like it. The woman said there wouldn't be any inheritable problems because  hers was a mixed breed. Somewhere in this woman's world that narrows down the odds of breed specific diseases?  And neither one of them could ever dream of getting more from the pound. They were adamant that they needed to make more. It is so f#*&$ing exhausting to come across this constantly.

I know it would just be easier to shut up and say nothing but I feel as though I would be a traitor to my convictions if I didn't say something. Any ideas on a one liner that would get my reaction across without being an invitation for debate.

DR-I think I know what you would say and in this case I would definately agree .  Absolutely.

I'm just stunned.

Wow, no way to be PC in answering that!

I know what my response would be WTF???  Then would probably go into some sort of rant.  I had a very nice mixed breed too, I considered him one of those special dogs that you get in your life.  But, you didn't see me breeding him!  And this particular mixed breed had bad hips and died of cancer at 9 years of age.  So you can't tell me that mixed breeds don't have inheritable (sp?) problems!

The stupidity drives me crazy too. 

Explain the process to actually produce a new breed of dog and the chances of being able to re-produce a mutt are nil'

stress how many more dogs are in the pound and need homes.\

third just tell them how big of idiots they are and walk away.

i was just looking at about 20 dogs in a rescue a few minutes ago and when those dogs look you eagerly in the eyes wanting you to love them it is hard to take...

People are weird... seems the both dogs are males? Who is going to provide them with a female?

Trailrider the neighbor down the road....  come on this happens every single day,  why do you all think I get so frustrated sometimes,   hear it in the shelter DAILY.

allaboutthedogs,   I typically approach it in a manner of where are the pups gonna go ??   Are you gonna give them all the vaccines ??  Are you gonna take those puppies back in 3 years when Jane moves ??   How do you perceive this as a responsible act ??  to have NO knowledge of the lineage of the dogs you could breeding a FULL brother to his sister,   this is the stereo standard Preaching Paragraph my entire staff has come to memorize because they hear it every single day.....  

Good Luck my friend,   Oh one more thing,  I often ask them if they would like to come volunteer here to help care for all the dogs that people JUST LIKE THEM wanted to breed and NO ONE wanted them.  that one gets them too.

Anything I can do to help you know I will,  Not saying I can just saying the offer is there if you think I might have any suggestions worth hearing.    :-)

I have tried to talk people out of breeding but all they see is dollar sign. Have no idea what an ofa hip check is or elbow check. It makes me so mad, They pay 800 bucks for a shepherd she goes into her first heat and they are ready to breed. not realizing that someone that knows the dog would never buy one without ofa certs..and that under 2 yrs is way too young to breed.There are people who LOVE animals and there are people who love their money. I LOVE my animals, 2 with bad hips one with 1 testicle. All georgous with fabulous blood lines and every one of them is fixed because I would never put a dog through the bad hips that my old man is going through now. And I would never pass on a genetic defect. Breeders use crap shoot if you breed a bad one the odds of a bad shot go up for every generation down the line. And everyone wonders why I would rather stay home with my dogs and kids then goof around with people. Stivk to your guns and good luck,.

There's a cartoon in the window of the local pet food store. It shows the animal control truck taking away a box of puppies, along with their mother.

Two women are standing at the curb, one with her kids. One says to the other: "How about taking your kids to the pound to show them the 'miracle of death?'

If the cartoon weren't so faded, I'd make a hundred copies, and pass them out to idiots like that!

You might want to send them the link to Petfinder.com

Give them some links to the urgent calls of rescuers trying to get dogs out of Kill Shelters on their last day.

And give them the statistics:

There are 45 cats and dogs for every person born.

Only 1 out of 10 dogs born ever get a home.

Only 1 out of 12 cats born ever find a home.

800 dogs & cats are KILLED each HOUR in the U.S, because there are not enough homes for them!

Sunsilver hits the nail on the Head !!!

sunshine,  good idea as well.