Breeders, Puppy Farms are the lowest vilest forms of scum known to Man. My heart hurts when looking at any abandoned or once-loved animal regardless of breed. I wish people would actually look into a dogs known traits before getting a dog they can't cope with. We live in a throw away society that just doesn't give a flying f**k ....

Uhg. I want a dog so much, but I'm not in a place for it right now. One day though.

My girl is pure Jack Russell. The puppy mill she was at dumped her in the woods when they found out she couldn't breed. They just left her to die. They got a $2500 fine. But I'm at 10 years and counting of wonderful pup love. So screw them.

I had to surrender a puppy (6months) because I couldn't give her what she needed. Before I get any hate mail, I would like to state that I never wanted to get a dog because I'm not a dog person, and I don't want to take a dog for walks in all types of weather and pick up after it. My now ex husband insisted we should get a puppy because it would be fun for our daughter... She was a very smart Labrador, and I trained her to walk beautifully on the leash, to sit, to wait and to lie down. I also had her house-trained and crate-trained. But my heart really wasn't in it and I wasn't happy that I was the only person looking after the dog after my husband begs to get one and promised to walk her etc. I found a lovely couple who were professional dog trainers for the blind; their son was losing his eyesight and they wanted to train a dog to be his assistant dog. My beautiful puppy was perfect for these people and we received emails and photos showing her progress. She was in the right place with people who could give her everything that she needed and deserved. It broke my heart to take a dog that I knew I wouldn't want to keep, but I thought my (ex)husband would step up and he didn't

Thing is, giving your dog up can sometimes be the best thing you can do for the animal.

I just couldn't go ahead and read the full article. Too painful to see what people are capable of.

These are some of the most beautiful photos of dogs I've ever seen. I just want to hug and adopt all of them, and I'm not really a dog person.

We rescued unwanted dogs with problems (older, behavioral, etc) for years. After our last died unexpectedly from a tumor I said I needed a puppy break. A local shelter had purebred pups and we got one :) Breeders sometimes need to trade for bloodlines, and buyers say they want specific sexes, etc, so shelters work with them. The place we went to has high BBB marks and ratings from people. We've been there before and it's a wonderful thing she's doing for all the dogs.

I got my dog (a mini sheepadoodle) from a shelter. He was given to the shelter from a puppy mill because nobody wanted him :( He’s in a much better place with me now!!

This is so very sad! And wrong. It clearly shows on most of these pups that the owners didn't study up on what the breeds were like a d just bought a dog from looks and couldn't handle the energy levels!! Good dogs, stupid humans. Breeders PEICES OF CR*P.

I've worked in multiple animal shelters over the years and I would like to assure you that not all humans who give up their animals are bad people - not even close. Almost every person I’ve dealt with who are surrendering their animal to a shelter is bawling their eyes out, clearly doing something they don’t want to do, but know it’s necessary. Yes, every once in a while someone surrenders an animal with (seemingly) little care, but I can count on one hand the number of times that has happened in my 4 years of working in shelters. It’s so easy to want to criticize someone for giving up their cat or dog, but the vast majority of the time, people are doing the right thing by surrendering their animal. This was one of the most surprising and unexpected things I learned when working in animal shelters. Horrible humans exist, but most are doing what they think is best.

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I see dogs I upvote :) loved this post!