[Cheesehead in Texas]

I have 2 rescue dogs. The first one was rescued from a “breeder”. I suspect he was bred for dog fighting. He was almost a year old when we got him and almost completely bald from a horrible case of mange. He had been abused badly. Lots of meds and treatment shampoos later, he is a beautiful, shy dog. He has PTSD and it took about 2 years of patience and kindness for him to warm up to everyone in the household. Our other rescue dog was a relinquished chocolate lab who had heart-worm and couldn't relocate to Australia with his original family. He is healthy now and a happy friendly dog who has befriended the other dog. So the rescue dogs are sometimes relinquishments and sometimes true rescues from breeders and hoarders. My experience is that many of the purebred rescue dogs have expensive medical issues like heart-worm which takes thousands of dollars to get rid of.

[bagster]

Yes, my son’s pure bred golden retriever has hip problems requiring surgery. The other is a pure black retriever/lab mix. Healthy as a clam. I guess if you breed purebreds long enough they tend to end up like Prince Charles.