Phoenixpower
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No need to get snarky,Phoenix. Both Imp and I rescue animals who are neglected, starved, beaten etc. We see too many adoptable animals be put down because there's no more room so when people adopt from breeders (or breeders surface) we get upset/sad for those that are being put down all in the name of "pure breed's".
I have a Russian Blue that was abandoned along w/his sister so there are "pure breed's" out there to be adopted, people just don't check the pounds because they think it's just mutts. But mutts are great too. Most of the time they're better, but if people would just "Google" the breed they're interested in, chances are they have a rescue group for that specific breed.
And some of us have both.
Yes there are lots of different dogs available to adopt but the different breeds have different temperments. Jack Russell Terriers are a one person dog, if you are single, they can be a great choice. But they are not going to adapt well if brought into a family home.
I prefer Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers. They are laid back in temperment, tolerant to a fault with kids. And make great therapy dogs.
My current Golden is a senior from a shelter, he's about 75% Golden and has the typical temperment. Good in cars, fine when I show up at school to pick up my son and half a dozen other kids come over to pet him.
Horse breeds are also entirely different in temperments. I've known exactly one Arabian who was calm, good with little kids, and didn't fight with other horses. Most Arabians are totally opposite. Thoroughbreds are usually high strung. I chose a registered Quarter Horse for my daughter because they are calm in stressful circumstances, and if the rider messes up they don't hold grudges. You can shoot a rifle off a quarterhorse's back, and they'll be fine. You can't train a thoroughbred or an Arabian for that.
Plus for what she does, the breed characteristics, as well as the exact blood line make a huge difference. There are quarterhorses from specific lines that have never seen a cow till they were ten yet instinctively knew how to herd them, and cut one out of a herd when asked to.
Dogs and horses were bred as working animals, not companion animals. If you do want them to work, say as ratters at a barn, then you need a good rat terrier. You want one to protect your sheep, you don't get a retriever, you get a shepherd or a border collie.
When we breed show dogs or horses, and work and show them, we are keeping the breed characteristics alive.
Indeed DesFIP...some of us HAVE BOTH!!!
and regarding VP, spicy was homeless himself when I took him on and as I mentioned in the past I am feeding Herbie who prefers to live in the garage but comes for food on a daily basis (not just to me).
just because I go the way to breed her and don't get her fixed does not make it to a bad concept.
And in regards to "people just don't check the pounds because they think it's just mutts. But mutts are great too" in that respect I even mentioned some months ago a petition which is going on in the UK at the moment where people try to stop animal shelters from selling kitten in the first place, because that - in my opinion - is much more the problem then the pedigree cats.
In Germany (at least in my area I don't put my hand into the fire that it is by law, though) you can't buy a kitten or a dog in the animal shop. If you want a kitten or a puppy, you have to go either via the animal shelter, or the breeders or the newspaper where people give them away for free as they know it is difficult to find new owners and they are glad enough when they find someone who takes them.
Basically people tend to be more responsible to spay them as they know they don't have an outlet to sell them in the first place. Over here you see them in tiny cages in all the pet shops, often coming from horrid breeding farms in ireland and I don't want to see what happens with the ones who don't get sold. I do hope the government reacts and signed up for it but I doubt 
Nevertheless is nothing wrong with the breeding lines too, though I do condemn the ones where it actually affect the animals health as it is with persian cats due to their nose.
And as DesFIP says correctly they have different temperaments. To get a 4th cat in my current small place was a bit risky to do in the first place even when my boys are outside a lot, however it HAD to be one who isn't keen to be outside much as otherwise is no point to take a 4th cat as company for the female cat in the first place as she would be inside on her own a lot again once the 4th cat is grown up. And birman cats simply are quite a lazy breed and don't run outside a lot and certainly not when there is no sight of a sun at all...
< Message edited by Phoenixpower -- 11/2/2009 10:02:08 AM >
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