. . . they are friends of mine, and they do good work.
I respect that. When we decided we were going to *get* a dog again, we went to every Lab rescue place we could find....we even attended adoption events. Not one had a *puppy* as depicted in the commercial.
We found the handlers who brought their *foster* Labs to these events were like *hoarder*s. That’s the only word I can think of to use.....they no more wanted to let go of the *rescues* than a 5 y/o kid with a lollipop. Most of the dogs we spent time with had some very strange *neurosis.*
We ended up at a small breeder....and are pleased [mostly] with our Lab-shedder :0