Do people in your area rescue?

[StillandSilent]

At our daycare, I would say it's 50-50. Most of the purebreds are from lousy breeders, though there are a few very nicely bred dogs.
The hot thing to have right now is the "Goldendoodle" since there is a puppy mill one town over.

 

[noodlerubyallie]

In our classes, rescues outnumber the breeder dogs - always. We have really, really active Golden/Boxer/Vizsla/GSD organizations, along with the 5 or 6 local humane societies.

We've seen an influx of the designer mixes, but not so many to throw off the ratio.

 

[Bailey08]

I think there is a good about of rescuing in my area, especially with the bigger dogs. Maybe half? It's hard to tell, honestly, and it varies (e.g., I think there are a lot more non-rescues in B's daycare (especially the little guys) than places like the dog beach or dog classes.)

 

[Fran101]

Sadly no. The great majority of dogs are from BYBs and Petstores
there are quite a few shelter dogs
but I rarely see a rescue dogs. the rescues here are..intense.. and scare people away.

 

[PeggyPup]

The area I live in is a more rural and low-income part of MA, and for a long time almost ALL the dogs were from oops litters. People generally don't fix their dogs around here but don't really contain them either, so there are a good number of oops litters and people get these pups for free. Recently there's been an increase in rescue dogs because one shelter really started pushing their Puerto Rico dog program. So we've seen a few Puerto Rico rescues around town, along with just the usual rescues from that shelter. I don't know anyone with a pet store puppy, most will tell you they couldn't afford one. The only purebreds I see in town are Golden Retrievers, and they're the only BYB dogs I know of.


Where I work is much closer to Boston and there's a lot more money there. You see a LOT of small breed pet store dogs and most others are reputable breeders - most of these dogs are poodles, schnauzers, Bichons... what some may think of as a "foofy" dog. I see some labs and goldens around, and they all sound like BYBs but the people were convinced they were reputable breeders. Sounds like they were uneducated.