"I've done Australian Shepherd rescue and it AMAZES me the people that get rid of them because they "chase my kids around and bite their ankles".."
I hear ya! I do Cocker Spaniel rescue and I will just say PEOPLE amaze me!
They get a puppy then complain about how hard it is to house break it and they don't want to spend the time or money for obedience classes so they get upset when the result is a teenage dog who doesn't obey them. The solution... they dump it at the pound or with me. The worst part is they often go looking for a new puppy! Last week I had someone call me wanting to adopt a puppy, the SAME DAY they had dumped their 10 yrear old at the pound because she wasn't playful with the kids annymore and they didn't want the kids to see her age and die. And don't get me started on the people who have a pet for 8-10 years or more but then it gets blind or sick so they dump it at the pound! Or they call me and want me to take their pet to be euthanized. Dogs good, people bad!
My beloved cocker who we rescued years ago died in her sleep Sat night...I have little patience for these people at the moment.
And here I am carrying my 18 year old cat to his food because he isn't well enough anymore to make the journey to the kitchen by himself. Sorry, there is coming a time soon when I am going to have to put him down.
That I haven't had the time in my life to devote to the care of a dog (which take a lot of time as they are pack animals and need companionship) does not mean I don't care for or understand the species. Always wanted a Samoyed, but I never lived in a place that would have been good for the breed.
I have no use for such worthless piles of oxygen-wasting flesh. Such people are repulsive and repugnant to me. I wish them all a bitter and miserable end.