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I’ve been bitten by a dog too, a dog AT A SHELTER, and I still want to adopt a shelter dog.

I just wanna say for the whole "adopt don't shop" thing, I personally CANNOT get a dog from a shelter at the moment. I was bit as a child. I have very specific requirements and can't adopt an adult dog or a dog that is more likely to develop aggression issues or might possibly grow too large. To be able to adopt a dog in the future I have to get a dog from a breeder that I know will work well for me. I can adopt other animals and maybe dogs in the future, but not now. (1)

(2) you don't know why somebody might be buying a dog from a breeder over one from a shelter. For me, to be able to have ANY dog at all, ever, in my life, to be able to adopt a dog in the future (for which I have a shelter I'm interested in adopting from) I need a very specific kind of a dog from a good breeder who can help me find the best possible puppy for me and my home. I can't give any dogs a home without that. Sometimes the best choice for someone isn't a shelter and sometimes it is.

You seem to be working under some very shaky assumptions here. You say you can’t adopt a dog more likely to develop aggression, and seem to be using this as a reason to buy from a breeder. A shelter animal with no existing behavioural issues is no more likely to develop aggression than a puppy from a breeder is; this has been a long held myth that just isn’t supported by the evidence at all. In fact, a dog from a good shelter is less likely to be agressive. 

Why do you assume that a breeder, who is selling you a dog for profit, is more likely to be honest with you about a dog’s behaviour than experienced, professional shelter staff are? Why do you assume that you can better predict the behaviour of a puppy you got from a breeder, than an older, fully socialised dog which the shelter staff have been able to observe for months in order to have an accurate picture of how that dog will behave and whether or not that matches your specific needs? I’m sorry, but these assumptions are just plain nonsense.

You’re also just missing the point behind adopting. We should take animals into our lives so that we can help them, not the other way around. Dogs are massively overpopulated, thousands are dying in shelters every day and we have a duty of care to them. Everyone thinks that they’re the exception, that they specifically need to buy from a breeder, but nothing you’ve told me here indicates that this is the case, and this is true of almost everyone I speak to who is pushing this ‘you don’t know why people buy from breeders’ argument.

Every time you give money to a breeder, you contribute to the problem of pet overpopulation - that is the case regardless of your situation. Every dog purchased is a dog not adopted, and every litter of puppies from a breeder adds to our already significant overpopulation problem. If for some reason you are unwilling to adopt from a shelter then you just shouldn’t get a dog. I know that may sound harsh, but pets aren’t a right, and animals don’t exist to serve our interests. Instead, perhaps opt for one of the animals you are willing to source through adoption. More than that, I implore you to at least visit your local, reputable animal shelter, meet the dogs and actually speak to the staff about these concerns. They are experienced professionals who do not stand to make any profit from the dog you adopt, unlike breeders, so they are best placed to advise you on whether or not they can provide a dog to meet your specific needs. 

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Excuse me 30 bucks? 30 BUCKS?! Can I have one? ;×;

You're selling art books? That's fantastic is it too late to purchase?

yes I do, though for nơ the discount week is over so you’ll have to buy them at full price I’m affraid (which is 30 USD/ book of 90 pages in color

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Which do you prefer?

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the mother called her babies just for me ;;;

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Maybe girls are so insecure about choosing a place to eat because last time they suggested something humanity was kicked out of Eden.

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A Wolf Called Romeo

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Hetalia World ☆ Stars - Chapter 298 Original Translation: spaghettifelice // y4nderenka Scanlation: cosyanet Please link back to our Tumblr when using translated images on other sites.

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Ghosts aren’t real, puking is.

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seen on rebloggy.com/Alda drawing shitty shit

Small child realizes just how powerful their cuteness is; immediately abuses power

this is how the No Mercy run goes, right

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#lifegoals

So, when my maternal grandmother died, we had to find loving, permanent homes for all five of her cats because otherwise she would have risen from the grave to kill the entire family. We took in Chloe because Chloe was my grandmother’s favorite, and she made my mom promise to look after her. Now my mother treats Chloe like her third child, and the cat is basically plastered to her 24/7 when she isn’t hiding from some imagined enemy like the dustbuster or my dad’s footsteps.

Anyway, we wound up giving the rest of the cats to this couple that runs a joint called Kitty Korner. They try to find loving homes for all the cats they take in, but will care for the unadoptables (read: assholes) for the rest of their lives. That’s great, because one of the cats we gave to these poor women was Tobey. I have no idea why my grandmother ever adopted Tobey. He was a huge schmuck. The most handsome orange tomcat you ever saw, and he loved to crawl in your lap. But if you ever tried to touch him, he would switch immediately into Kill Mode and you could say goodbye to your hand. Needless to say, having him in your lap was awkward. It was like holding a bomb.

Kitty Korner sends us detailed letters every year to give us updates on how Tobey’s doing. Basically, they are status reports on how much of a douche Tobey is and continues to be. These women are saints. I guess they really like cats, because these letters are like a full page of single-spaced text. But more or less, they amount to:

2003: Tobey has a real colorful personality! But, uh, we don’t think he’s suited for adoption yet

2004: Nope, still not suited for adoption

2005: I think this is pretty much a lost cause

2006: WTF

2007: Tobey is trying to kill us and every other cat in the house

2008: Tobey is still trying to kill us and every other cat in the house

2009: Tobey is a vicious dictator and can only find pleasure in the subjugation of other organisms

BUT!!!! The past few years, Tobey has apparently been making steady improvement. And in our most recent letter, we have been informed that he is no longer doing things like venturing upstairs expressly to beat the living shit out of the other cats at Kitty Korner. He will also let you pet him, and when he’s had enough he’ll give a warning nip instead of removing your limb. In fact, Tobey, at a ripe old age of 14, is ready for a new home! With an experienced cat owner, comes the necessary caveat, and like… no kids. At all. Ever. Or other cats, probably. But at least he’s no longer a psychopath.

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Guess I should re-blog since I’m not Jewish.

also because this is bullshit

France’s politicians and community leaders have criticised the “intolerable” violence against Paris’ Jewish community, after a pro-Palestinian rally led to the vandalizing and looting of Jewish businesses and the burning of cars. 

please please please spread this around, please speak up about this, please let everyone know that this is not okay, please please please protect my people from a second kristallnacht, please 

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New research by the charity Oxfam shows the world has grown $67 trillion richer in just 15 years – but that wealth is becoming increasingly concentrated.

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True Reset in Undertale is probably a product of Frisk ending their own life.

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Allow me a moment to vent

I’ll just get it out in the open air right out of the gate: I’ve been stressed lately. Quite a lot.

Here is where I shall explain a few reasons here and there as to what has led to the stress that has befallen myself. I will l leave personal issues out for privacy reasons, but just know that personal issues that involve things like love and family are also stacked up amongst the things mentioned here.

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various doodles from a fantasy AU 2pPruAme thing 2pPrussia is a prince that gets his voice stolen and Al is a thief/bounty hunter/street rat something or other

(hooo boy the formatting on my blog is gonna screw the text up so bad but you can just look at the pics if it’s that hard to read) 

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