You always hear the saying, "adopt don't shop."

Which means adopt your dog from an animal shelter and don't pay for one. But what happens when one does buy their dog. Does it make them any less of a pet owner? The answer should be no, but it varies depending on who you ask. Just because some of us buy our dogs from breeders or shops, it does not mean that we are any less of a pet owner than those who adopt. We don't love our dogs any less and we for sure don't have any less of a bond with our animals.

I got my dog from a breeder and she is the best thing that I have ever gotten.

I did just as much research as any potential dog owner would. I even checked out the local shelters, but there were no daschunds. I knew exactly the dog I wanted and I wasn't going to change my mind, this is why I went with the breeder. The breed that I was going to get just wasn't in the shelters and when there was any even inkling about one, well it would be gone within the hour. But I had people make remarks to me because I got my dog from a breeder. "Well I guess you signed a dog's death sentence" this was a comment that someone actually said to me. Dogs from breeders and shops need owners too, they deserve just as much love as the rescue dogs. Why should I be branded a bad pet owner because I chose to go a different route than another. I respect those who rescue dogs more than they'll ever know, they deserve that respect. If I had wanted a different breed than maybe I would've found my perfect dog in the one of the shelters.

We need to change the way that we see those who get their dogs differently.

We need to stop branding those who "shop" as worse pet owners or as people who "sign dog's death sentences". That is not the case at all, I love my dog as much as every other pet owner loves their animal, my sper is my life. So please no more "adopt don't shop" because if someone wants to open their home to a pet and share their love with someone, we need to support them. Not bash them down for the place the chose to get their dog from.

Just remember animals know nothing but love, let's make sure that we give them that, no matter where they are from.