02/28/2026
For the love of dogs, I want to educate the public to buy or adopt responsibility, because if we did, puppy mills would no longer exist and if we did shelter numbers would decrease. Why? Because breeders take back any of their puppies surrendered.
Why? Because when puppies are evaluated for important traits like assertiveness, energy and lack of confidence (which can lead to fear issues) and placed accordingly so that their new human understands the puppy they are choosing to take home, a beautiful thing happens. Puppies stay in their home at a far greater rate.
Changing the system, the very flawed sytem in how we are managing breeding needs to change. From puppy mills and the deplorable USDA licensing standards to backyard breeders and online brokers.
For the love of dogs, I want to ensure our breed standards stay intact, and in doing so, I want only professionals, those that are ethical and responsible, breeding. You can’t be a dog lover but only value dogs gained by proxy of a rescue group or shelter and stand on a platform and yell, “adopt don’t shop”. You want ALL breeding to stop? There goes purebreds, hybrids and years and years of careful breeding that has given us breeds we love and need. Yet, you work for or adopt a specific breed? It doesn’t make sense that you are not promoting that all dog breeding continue to be in the hands of backyard sketchy puppy mill no care or concern of dog type of breeders. Because that is and will continue to happen. So a well bred dog from health-tested parents that meets breed standards is not valued?
We need to value and support those breeders making it their life purpose to continue to preserve a much-loved breed or hybrid breed.
We need to work together to demand more for our dogs.
We need to STOP funding puppy mills by buyng from pet stores and online brokers.
We need to support and value responsible and ethical breeding.
We all need to cut through the stigma of “buying”, because when done so with a responsible and ethical breeder, you are not part of the problem. You are part of the solution. You have saved lives. You have taken a stand. You have given our dogs a voice when they needed it most.