[QUOTE=Shona;1496231]Patch always did her bit of breeder bashing {in the past.. she has warmed slightly to us a bit more now} I never really minded.. because patch always took on the rescue dogs no one else could or would take.. but PW its a bit of a bitter pill to suck from you.. given you have the cream of the pedigree dogs from rescue in your home..[/QUOTE]


Well said Shona..... I was thinking the same but had to get the dog's their dinner and by the time I came back you had already posted this.

Too true
So let me get this right, Patch takes on dogs she knows she can handle and work with and will fit in with her lifestyle, so we should all take on rescues that no one else could take and are to be damned if we dont? Well sorry but for me I take on the rescues I also know will fit in with my life and that I can work with - sorry if I dont fit your bill of what someone who rescues should be doing but I happen to think you should do whats right for the dogs involved regardless of pedigree or not.

Those of us who rescue pedigrees because they will fit our lifestyle are in the wrong - so no pedigrees should be rescued only cross breeds?

Well so do I then to a certain extent, just wonder what would happen to all those pedigree's in my breed if those that breed start telling us we are only allowed to take cross breeds whether they are right for us or not.

so pedigree dogs fit into people lifestyle better than x breeds?

yet PW would love to see people stopping breeding.. where does that leave people wanting dogs in there life...

FWIW.. yes sometimes a pedigree will fit in.. sometimes a x breed will,. but PW does have I think 7 pedigree dog..0 x breed dogs... even the rescue cat is a pedigree.. I just find it strange someone so down on pedigrees.. couldnt find one cross breed to fit there requirements

No your quite right I shall dump my pedigrees back where they came from then in rescue, pity the breeders wouldnt take them back in the first place really.

Why is a xbreed in rescue more deserving a life over a pedigree?

It wasnt about you and your dogs It was in ref to PW

Well it is cheaper to get a pedigree dog from a rescue than a breeder? so maybe some people like the idea of having pedigrees, but dont want to spend the money buying one from a breeder, even though said breeder may have done all the health checks required and is producing healthy dogs, that they will take back should any problems arise?

Mo

Oh so it was personal? So its just one person who takes pedigree rescue dogs thats bad? Not sure I see the difference quite frankly.

Yep they were dirt cheap thats just why I wanted them - Im one of the cheapskates.

My pedigrees - actually dont need health checks but were bred by what is considered a respected breeder, bred with breeding them to the best standard they can. So why is my dog any less deserving of rescue?

My pedigrees - actually dont need health checks but were bred by what is considered a respected breeder, bred with breeding them to the best standard they can. So why is my dog any less deserving of rescue?[/QUOTE]

just6 curious, if the breeder was so respected and such a good breeder? why did the dog have to be rescued by you?
surely the breeder would have taken it back?

mo

just6 curious, if the breeder was so respected and such a good breeder? why did the dog have to be rescued by you?
surely the breeder would have taken it back?

mo[/QUOTE]

nope the breeders of both my pedigrees and numerous ones that I have fostered would not take them back - in my breed its not necessary to be a good breeder to always take them back. Still does not answer the questions though.

As Shona says Spot she and I were both referring to PW and not to you. but just for the record Spot, In Brozois I know of a few cases where the dog was taken into rescue and re-homed and the breeder was not even contacted to ask if they would have the dog back and was not aware that a borzoi of their breeding was in rescue so it is not always that they refused to have them back but that they were not given the opportunity .