Meredith is a hot mess’s Reviews > Nate Schoemer's Dog Training Manual: Animal Planet's Dog Trainer Shares His Dog Training Secrets > Status Update

I was before, but now I'm even more judgemental of backyard breeders. Not only health tests, but the breeder micro chipping their dogs and giving the buyers a guarantee they'll take the dog back should be the standard.

Basically, my opinion has shifted where I'm less judgmental of people who buy dogs from ethical breeders and opt out of adopting rescue dogs. Less judgemental of ethical breeders & people who show their dogs or do sports. I'm more judgemental of people who adopt shelter dogs more for their tragic backstory vs prioritizing if the dog is a good fit for their home & lifestyle.

I agree with Bethany some of the shelter dog people think more with their heart than their head. Robert Cabral has talked about this too (he trains shelter dogs) that people get emotional about the worst cases at shelters, meanwhile really good dogs will end up in the shelter system and they'll ignore the best cases (dogs with the best chance of adapting well to a new home)

Good dog rescue organizations do that too. And that means she isn't breeding more than she can take in to take care of at any time.

I like microchip idea. I don't plan on breeding, but I'd totally do that too.

Then she talks about the bias breeders get, that they don't care about shelter dogs, but she has 4 foster dogs. Some of the people passionate about shelter dogs really do hate on breeders.