You'll never please everyone. Really. People are nuts. I know someone who's gotten crap for getting a dog from a local rescue because they dog didn't have enough issues. He was healthy and friendly and well-adjusted and just needed a new home because his previous (loving) family had to move oversees and didn't want to put him through the long quarantine so relinquished him to a breed-specific rescue (his dog is a mix but of the rescue's type).
He was told off for saying, when asked, that his dog was a rescue. Because good-looking well-tempered dogs don't count as rescues, apparently.
People are nuts.
I'm glad (sort of) I'm not the only one this has happened to.
The look of horror and betrayal when they realize you -- you who they thought was a fellow rescuer and doer of good -- had turned to the Dark Side and gotten a dog from <insert gasp here> a breeder.
He was told off for saying, when asked, that his dog was a rescue. Because good-looking well-tempered dogs don't count as rescues, apparently.
People are nuts.
People will always find something to pick at - I had someone unfriend me for buying a dog (Aeri) when there were so many in shelters.
The look of horror and betrayal when they realize you -- you who they thought was a fellow rescuer and doer of good -- had turned to the Dark Side and gotten a dog from <insert gasp here> a breeder.