Quote Originally Posted by generalmeow View Post
It was so long ago I can't remember if it was me or a family member (probably a family member as I remember so little about it), but there was an attempt made to get a shelter animal. And the hoops they wanted you to jump through to adopt an animal were BS. They'd practically, or maybe even literally, come to your house to interview you to see if you'd be good for the pet.

"Let me get this straight: you would rather kill the animal than give it to me without a body cavity search?" "Yes".

I have no problem taking a shelter pet, and I feel terrible for them. But I'm not going to deal with the shelter people. I'm turned off for life.

I want to go on the record in saying that if I'm ever in prison, getting ready to be put to sleep, I'll let anyone take me out of there, even if there's a 1% chance they're an axe murderer.
If you say what they saw you would understand. Some dogs are better off put down then to be in the situations they're in. Letting you take them when they don't know you from Adam they have no choice but to assume the worst and in that case, yes, they are better put down. Any reputable breeder will require an application and a home visit and approval before you adopt. Anyone who doesn't is most likely a puppy mill and you're just helping to perpetuate that cycle. They don't care about the dogs, only the money and they barely do enough to keep them alive and only care for them as a commodity. It's not the axe murder you need to worry about as that's the least of your concerns. If you cared about dogs you would actually appreciate this approach rather than bad mouth it.