A breed rescuer is not a dog dealer!

A breed rescuer is not a dog dealer!

I’ve been looking for a title for quite some time that can summarize the two themes that I’ve wanted to write about. The reason is that one idea seemed too moralizing, the other one too vulgar and attention seeker, and the last one, I deemed too uninteresting to motivate reading. In this case, though, the title is also very important, after all, the real message is the very same as the title.

A lot of people wanted to adopt the seized puppies from Csepel without agreeing to neuter them…

A breed rescuer is not a dog dealer;

thus, we cannot give or get you a dog in secret. Not even if you would pay for it, not even if your daddy is a well-known person or if you are a well-known person. We are struggling against the very kind who can give you a cheap, intact dog that seems purebred; because these people are dog dealers and questionable dog breeders. They are those people who exploit and harm dogs with not supporting them with any kind of health check-ups, with not securing the necessary vaccinations or the proper conditions for them. They are those people who exploit and harm dogs with making them conceive over and over again, creating litters again and again, giving the 6-8 week old puppies away almost for free without any papers, identifying microchip, vaccination, or even without ensuring their first deworming. They are also those people who even if not for business purposes but either because of their ignorance they follow the principle of “a dog has to give birth at least once” or because of their selfishness they follow the belief that “at least a memory of Buksi will stay with us”, they produce litters, of course, justifying their action with saying “but I will give them to a good owner…” They are those people who gather the cheaply ‘produced’ dogs, cram them into a small place, only so that they can ship the dogs to Italy in trucks, not caring about how many of them die in the process: some of them will stay alive and that is all that matters.

Every one of our dogs is neutered or spayed; our decision is not affected by “how purebred” the dog is.

We are not dog dealers; thus, we only give a dog up for adoption in monitored conditions, with a contract, vaccinations, a microchip, only if the owner can keep the dog indoors, and only if the dog is fixed or if it is a puppy with the obligation to get them fixed. The future owner has to write an introductory letter and we have to visit them. A lot of annoying trifles that a person who wants a cheap dog quickly does not like. So, we have a good chance that these types of people would never get a dog from us, because we’re truly looking for responsible owners. Those who want a cheap, purebred, intact puppy are only potential future dog ‘producers’. Those who want a purebred puppy with a known history will look for a trustworthy breeder and they don’t choose from a car’s trunk or a pigsty. And feeling sorry for them is not enough: you shouldn’t buy a dog because you feel sorry for it. If you see a dog living in pitiable conditions, you should call the police. Maybe, just maybe, in that case it can be proven that using dogs to continuously “produce puppies” is animal cruelty. 

Even though it cannot be seen on the dog if it’s fixed, many people do not want a “flawed” dog.

We are not dog dealers but we get requests all the time about whether we would just “give ‘em one dog or the other intact,” because they don’t want them any other way, but of course, they say: “I really want the dog and I would be the perfect owners otherwise but, well, I don’t want you to mutilate my future dog.” For instance, there was a university professor (!) who made a speech in a very vulgar style about his theory of “the destruction of nature” without bothering to think about how his message might seem to a dog rescuer who sees thousands of dogs waiting to be euthanized and who has nightmares about the dogs that died from illnesses. And, of course, it is not compulsory to adopt a dog. We can only define our own adoption rules and because we care about the dogs, only if we have these rules, do we feel certain that our dogs will become members of a family. If someone can’t accept our rules, unfortunately, can’t adopt a dog from us.

             We only give out dogs so that they can become family members

If not a dealer, then what?

A breed rescue organization is a group in which people who love certain breed or breeds come together to do something for the good of this breed or breeds. This consists of rescuing dogs that bear resemblance in their certain qualities to the breed that this group protects; rescued usually from the warden services, poorer shelters, and also from other properly functioning animal shelters. It also consists of finding a place for stray dogs, helping with advertising missing/found dogs, and helping owners who want to give up their dogs.

So, a given breed rescue group doesn’t give up a dog for adoption without getting them fixed. After all, it is not in their interest to let a dog that looks purebred end up in a “dog producer’s” hands just to “produce” more dogs that need to be rescued later. Not to mention that these “produced dogs” also diminish the quality and also the public opinion of the breed. A breed rescuer doesn’t give up an intact dog for adoption because she believes that breeding should be the task of responsible breeders and that there are enough dogs that can be kept as a hobby in the country. 

If the dog is sick and medical help is expensive, the owner’s first thought is giving it up to a breed rescue group

A given breed rescue group doesn’t only help the young female dogs but according to their capabilities, they rescue every dog that needs their help. Of course, with taking into account whether they have enough money or space for a dog; they rescue even old or fearful dogs, ones with behavioural problems, or ones that need serious medical help, too.

It is easy to adopt a dog, but if it bites, it ends up being the responsibility of the breed rescuer.

Many times, young and non-problematic dogs get quickly adopted from the warden service’s facilities - most of the time without getting them fixed, the warden services saying that they don’t need our help, they can do it themselves – however, they say that there are thousands of mixed breed dogs that need help because there isn’t enough space left in these facilities, and of course, then they need our help. Basically, breed rescue groups were not set up to rescue mixed breed dogs, even if most of these groups do have a unit that deals with mixed dogs, most of the time, they cannot and will not choose a different dog. After an instance like this, it is not very tasteful for the warden services to call the rescue group when the dog that they gave away to the “perfect family” is returned after a week because it barks or digs or bites… The group’s services shouldn’t only be important when some kind of trouble arises.

Dogs that get out of these “dog-factories” are usually in unbelievable conditions

A breed rescue organization usually has more people in its audience that loves that certain breed or breeds of dogs, thus, there are more temporary owners and potential owners who are waiting for a certain breed of a dog, not to mention that even those dogs that have less chance of being adopted get a much bigger audience.

We’re not dog dealers, so we don’t want to get rid of our protégées by all means, just like we don’t argue, fight, struggle, or spit at someone for one dog who is waiting to be rescued. There are many more to be rescued, those that need help; and it is quite impossible to help each and every one of them. We’re also not worse than any other general animal rescue groups just because “purebred is better.” We will never say that “purebred is better,” we just say that we’re more skilful with the given breed than the average rescuer. That is the difference.

Nice dog, just totally blind and has no tail (amputated)