Want to make tens of thousands and kill innocent living things at the same time?

People at my work can tell you how - Dog breeding! It's that easy and apparently all the rage among the dim witted, cruel and bourgeois.

I guess it didn't help that I had just read an email from a friend regarding animal shelters and how they euthanize pretty much everything that comes in. It's not the shelter's fault, it's the people who think pets are just an accessory and the people who over breed animals just to make a buck.

You can see this unfortunate shit first hand just by walking into a shelter or going on to one of their websites.

Reason for being put up for adoption: "I'm moving to a place that doesn't allow pets."
Um, would you leave your child in a dumpster if they didn't allow kids at your new home? No. You would say this is stupid and do all you could to find a place that accepts kids. There are tons of places that allow pets, LOOK FOR THEM!

Reason for being put up for adoption: "I didn't think it would get that big."
First of all, that's what she said. Secondly, do some friggin' research! It's like me buying a teacup poodle, sitting it down and yelling at it saying "GET BIGGER THAN A TEACUP DAMNIT OR I'M PUTTING YOU IN A SHELTER!"

Reason for being put up for adoption: "I wanted to breed my dog for money and some of them didn't get bought, and hell if I want them!"
Okay, so that one is fake...sort of. Because if you think about it, these people who breed dogs or any other animal just to make money are basically saying "I don't care about the animals, I just want the money." About half of the animals that come into shelters are purebreds. They get thrown into shelters just as much as the so-called mutts. In addition, people who have this idea that purebred animals are somehow superior to any other animal are stupid. There are tons of adorable animals that need homes just waiting to be adopted and I guarantee they will love and adore you just as much as the thousand dollar ones would. I have 2 kitties at home that will vouch for me.

Just one of the wonderful conversations I was privileged enough to overhear. "My daugther was thinking about breeding her dog, she was going to make like 12,000 dollars or something." Some other guys says something...blah, blah. Her response: "Yeah, otherwise we'd have a whole bunch of mutts running around." INSERT ANNOYING LAUGH HERE. Sometimes I wish I was deaf or at least deaf as soon as I entered the office and then miraculously regain my hearing as soon as I left this place.

The same people with panDAMAC!!! fever are the same ones talking about breeding their dogs and how much money they could make. Go figure.