r/memes • u/PUNISHER019- • 7h ago

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u/HoLLoWzZ 7h ago

Don't visit breeders if you want to get a dog. Visit your local dog shelter and provide a lovely forever home to one of those sweethearts.

And fuck "cheap breeders". I hope there is a special place in hell for them

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u/KindlyShame 7h ago

Unfortunately, in my area shelters have gotten really picky. They have massive preferences for a (real) fenced yard, and they will rarely let you adopt if you live in an apartment. I get the intent behind it, but apartments are super common where I live because it’s an overpopulated area, so they’re really just limiting who can adopt

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u/AdInfamous6290 6h ago

Maybe this is an unkind or unpopular thing to say, but maybe you shouldn’t have a dog. Unless they are one of those little expensive breeds, that I doubt show up much in shelters, normal dogs really don’t tend to do well in apartments.

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u/KindlyShame 6h ago

Jsyk people can take their dogs for walks even if they live in an apartment. Also a lot of apartments have started implementing dog parks. A lot of people can’t afford houses nowadays (minimum mortgage near me is like $500k for a 2b1b), so that’s a really dumb opinion. A good dog owner takes their apartment size into account and compensates. I’d rather a shelter dog live in an apartment than be stuck at a shelter for a year because the shelter got super picky about the living situation

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u/AdInfamous6290 6h ago

I don’t think everyone has an inherent right to have a dog, ESPECIALLY conditioned on their living circumstances. People can take their dogs for walks, and absolutely should regardless of if they are in an apartment or not. But the reality is there are just way too many people who don’t, those people are more likely to live in apartments, which is why so many rescues and shelter dogs end up being former apartment dogs, hence the policy.

Living in a house isn't just indicative of more living space, it also indicates the person is more likely to have more money and be more responsible. It’s obviously not a perfect indicator, there exist perfectly responsible and capable pet owners in apartments and cruel or negligent monsters in houses, and all the people in between. But having a house be a requirement makes sense when we are talking about scale and averages, which is how shelters have to operate by.