How do you feel about adopting dogs that were born in puppy mills? I personally wouldn’t get one, I just think about it a lot as a moral dilemma. On one hand, you shouldn’t give money to keep the mill running, but if you don’t adopt that dog, who knows what could happen to it? Don’t all dogs need loving homes despite their background that sees a living animal as profit? Idk I just want other opinions on this in hopes to make sense of it

It is a moral dilemma. Ultimately, the goal is to not support these places to the point of running them out of business. Puppy mills and backyard breeders can only remain if they are being funded. Purchasing a dog from…

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How do you feel about adopting dogs that were born in puppy mills? I personally wouldn’t get one, I just think about it a lot as a moral dilemma. On one hand, you shouldn’t give money to keep the mill running, but if you don’t adopt that dog, who knows what could happen to it? Don’t all dogs need loving homes despite their background that sees a living animal as profit? Idk I just want other opinions on this in hopes to make sense of itRead more

Hiya, I’m currently spending time in Europe and have noticed a few dogs with exactly the same colour and pattern as a Bernese mountain dog but these are shorter haired and around the size of a Labrador. You wouldn’t happen to know the name of the breed? I WANT ONE :P

The other mountain hounds are Greater Swiss, Entlebucher, and Apenzeller Mountain Dogs. Perhaps one of those?

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Hiya, I’m currently spending time in Europe and have noticed a few dogs with exactly the same colour and pattern as a Bernese mountain dog but these are shorter haired and around the size of a Labrador. You wouldn’t happen to know the name of the breed? I WANT ONE :PRead more