@mellidraws :) This isn’t shopping when it’s from reputable breeders. The reason why people may want to go to breeders is to get a dog from generations upon generations of HEALTH TESTED DOGS with great genetic temperament and recorded pedigrees of dogs who have proven themselves to have the correct temperament and structure of the breed. These breeders fork up hundreds and thousands of dollars to train and title and health test their working line german shepherds, before carefully making ONE breeding decision.
Adopting is great, if you don’t mind some health issues or temperament issues popping up. But in terms of what KIND of puppy you will be getting, it is a total crapshoot. Similarly, buying from a pet store, craigslist breeder, or otherwise unrecorded and untested litter is also a total crapshoot- in that it is playing with chance and unknown genetics. You may end up with a well dog without temperament or fear issues, or you may not.
For those who don’t mind having a few health issues popping up, or who have the capacity to deal with temperament issues, and who just want a pet dog to play with, adopting is totally great!
For me (and many others), my goal is to train and trial in schutzhund and a variety of other sports. I need the genetic assurance of insane stability, biddability, fearlessness, strong nerves, high drives, the correct TYPE of drives, and correct temperament appropriate for the sport. That’s where buying from a reputable working line breeder comes in, who have a hold of dogs who come from recorded, solid dogs proving themselves to be this kind of working dog for the past 100+ years. Adopting a random puppy from unknown genetics is nice, but it won’t give me this temperament assurance, and it definitely won’t give me health assurance.
educate yourself before chanting adopt don’t shop. Reputable breeders isn’t shopping. It’s improving and maintaining a quality of dog and the breed. Shopping is pet stores and random craigslist/unproven breedings.
Basically, either buy from a reputable breeder or adopt. But don’t shop at pet stores, backyard breeders, or breeders who don’t health test their dogs before breeding. But if you want to “go cheap” and try to find that “great deal” on craigslist for a puppy, then you might as well adopt.
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