It's true, mean people do breed dogs. Why? Because all breeders fuel the companion animal overpopulation problem, and every time someone purchases a puppy or a kitten instead of adopting from an animal shelter, homeless animals lose their chance of finding a home.
Our "Mean People Breed Dogs" tee (with "Nice People Adopt Dogs" on the back) is a super cute and comfortable way to tell the world that adoption is the only compassionate choice. This eco-friendly tee is not only adorbs, but it's made from 100% organic cotton, using only renewable green energy from wind and solar power.
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Just keepin' it real,
Breeding is bad because there are so many poor dogs without homes that are having to die in shelters because no one adopts them. These animals live a life feeling unloved and abandoned because some jerk forced its mother to have it in the first place just to make easy money. Adopting is good because it saves these animals from such lives and places them with people that will love and care for them.
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There are already too many dogs in the world who are alone :'( and not enough loving owners for them.
Breeding Dogs Is Wrong, In My Opinion Because If They Can’t Sell The Doggies What Happens To Them? They Probably End Up Getting Slaughtered Or Homeless Searching For Food Each Night. I Think They Should Make There Rules Stricter And Completely Do Away With Puppy Mills, Because No Animal Deserves To Be Stuck In A Cage, Or Malnourished, Or Beaten. Adopting Is An Excellent Answer, Because It Not Only Gives Animals A Second Chance At Life, But It Saves Them From The Unkind Conditions They Were Stuck In. Some Shelters Have Rules Where If An Animal Is Not Adopted In A Month They Put In Down. Now What Kind Of Life Is That? What If They Were Just A Tiny Puppy, Or A Tiny Kitten. They Don’t Deserve That. I Have Had Many Animals In My 16 Years That Have ALL Been Well Taken Care Of, And Died Natural Death. I Think That Is The Way For An Animal To Life, A Long And Happy Life, Not A Life Of Wondering "Where My Next Meal Is." Or "Why Did My Owners Abandon Me." That Is Just Not Right.
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Breeding dogs (and cats for that matter) is just silly. There are an abundance of homeless animals already due to people not spaying and neutering their pets. The majority of these animals are perfectly healthy, loving, and in need of homes. To specifically breed dogs and cats is just an unnecessary thing to do; yet there are still places like puppy mills that mass produce household pets – putting profit over the welfare of the animals. Do everyone a favor, and the next time you feel lonely and feel that you need companionship; adopt a cat or dog from a shelter and give it a second chance at life. All of my animals have been shelter animals, and they have all been wonderful, loving creatures. Down with breeders!!
breeding single-handedly causes the euthanization of thousands of animals every day. i mean, you could even compare it to the holocaust in the way that it is simply killing out anyone who may be considered "unclean" because of their blood, or their face, or their fur pattern. doesn't sound like anything people would want to support, does it? no. but people do it anyways because they just don't get it. they want a purebred such-a-breed-of dog or cat over a friend who's just been waiting around for someone to come save them from being killed and burned unnecessarily. these animals up for adoption are not "not good enough". they need us. if murder or homicide or animal cruelty is illegal, why is breeding okay?
one of the many bad things in this world is breeding animals and all just for one dirty thing, money. there are many homeless animals who wish love care and shelter and thanks to peta, we are helping them but,multiplying poor harmless animals only makes it worse! it is illegal if you murder and breeding only creates murder because all those animals in cages die in such horrible conditions due to the animal breeders. adoption only lets us know that there is no price on happiness better yet,family.(size small) if we all join in togethor we can stop the nightmares that occur in puppy mills.
That is such a cute t-shirt! Adoption is definitely the right choice, think of all those poor animals alone in rescue centres, waiting for a loving home or being euthanised simply because they have no family.
I shared my home with my adopted dog Tess for three years before she passed away and they were three wonderful years. I feel less sorrow at her passing because I know her remaining years were the best of her life.
is there was only one breed of dog, all dogs would be wanted equally.
Dog breeding is wrong. It is primarily a money making scheme with no consideration of the millions of poor Dogs on the streets and in shelters with an uncertain fate.
How can we even put a price on the lives of our greatest companions? Adoption is the way to go, it not only improves or saves the life of a precious Dog, but also does not support breeders whose pockets are already too full.
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I KNOW that adopting an animal from a shelter is absolutely the right way to go. Dogs coming from rescue homes have gone through so much, and need all the love and acceptance that they can get. Breeded dogs are loving, sure, but they were made un-willingly for their greedy "owners". There could be so many things medically wrong with a breeded dog, because they are unnatural. But dogs from the pound are bieng taken care of, and have already been checked for anything that might harm your family.
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Adopting is so much better than breeding because it helps to saves animals' lives! And the whole idea of breeding is sort of creepy, so people who want companion animals should definitely adopt one of the millions of animals that are in shelters waiting to be euthanized.
Breeding is terrible because dogs who have litter after litter have a higher chance to get cancer and other diseases. The offspring have that high risk as well. Plenty of dogs are abandoned (sadly) or abused and need a new home. Why not help them out instead of fueling the breeding industry which basically gives pups and their mothers a death certificate at birth?
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some of the reasons breeding is bad is because there are already tons of animals including dogs that are just waiting to have a home and people are going to go and produce more animals. It's like buying new solid color blocks when you can go next door n have timmy's old blocks that he never even played with that are pretty and colorful.
Remember when there were slaves? People thought they were lesser beings and inbreeding was almost criminal. Dogs are not slaves! Dogs are "man's best friend" and deserve just as much love no matter what breed they are <3
Breeding dogs (or any other animal for that matter) is cruel and wrong, but buying one is even more wrong. Instead of adopting a poor, lonely cat or dog that needs attention and love, people buy puppies and kittens from breeders and pet stores. Have you ever noticed that most pet stores sell ONLY puppies, almost never full grown dogs? Those puppies come from puppy mills. A puppy mill is where breeders keep female dogs in tiny cages solely for the purpose of making babies. They spend their whole lives without any attention or proper care, just popping out litter after litter. Most people don't know that their puppy came from such a horrible place, it's not like pet stores would advertise that fact. What's worse is that parents buy these puppies and kittens to entertain their yound children, and after a while when they no longer pay attention to their pets, the poor animals are abandoned, left without food or water, or even taken to be put down. So really, breeding cats and dogs is just hurting more animals. People should adopt from a shelter which would not only save an animal from being euthanised, but make space for one more to be taken care of in the shelter.
ALWAYS ADOPT, NEVER BUY.
Breeding dogs is HORRIBLE, all dogs are the same, just look differently, like the rest of the comments; all dogs should be loved equally and look at the ones that walk amongst us every single day in need of food and water and to have someone love them and be there for them. Not that having more precious little puppies is neccessarily bad, but there are WAY too many dogs out there with nothing like when my family went on vacation to Mexico, there were sosososo many adorable, loving dogs wandering the streets rummaging through trash it was one of the saddest things i ever saw and of course knowing me i always left the house at night and put out water and some food for them, but there were so many and i wasnt going to be staying there the rest of my life.. but i know for a fact that adopting is DEFINITELY the way to go, not only are you saving a life, you're giving it the care and affection it needs to stay alive. If we dont adopt we're just giving everyone the right to treat those homeless pups like theyre worth nothing to anyone, and thats not right.
too many dogs have no homes because of mean people breeding them, and those dogs cam find nice homes by being addopted
Ill make it short and sweet…
Help the animal popualtion, don't create even more unhappy animals who wont experience love…
Adopt the sweet little babies that yearn for love and affection that they wouldnt be given.
<3PeTA2
-Carli
Breeding is horrible. When I was younger I really, really, wanted a chihuahua from breeders. I was saving so much money to buy one. I invested so much of my time looking on different websites just looking for that perfect dog. But time passed and I realized I didn't want a dog as much as I thought I did. Months pass and the dog we already had, Kiki, had babies. (Kiki was given to us by my uncle). We kept all of them, and I loved them like the gorgeous little puppies that they were. But somehow they started dying. I don't know why. Only one survived, and his name was Midnight. But my mom didn't want him. I was about 11 at the time and my mom decided to go dump him. It was so sad just leaving him there. I remember being in the back of that car just watching him stare at us as we left. I didn't want my mom to do it and she didn't see my logic. So years pass and now I realize that my cousin is a dog catcher. And he catches the dogs that have been abondoned and if they're what he considers "not ugly", they're saved and sent to a kennel or an adoption place. But if they're sick or something they're injected. I think that they should at least be given treatment but they don't listen to me. Anyways, my point behind this is that instead of buying the dog of luxury, adopt that dog that has seen a horrible life, and deserves a better one. Who knows, maybe you'll adopt my little midnight.
Oh uhm, this is embarassing but my names Audrey, the girl that wrote the comment about my doggy Midnight. I forgot to write my size on the comment. It's audult small.
i believe dogs should not be breed but should be adopted because by breeding you have animals that will go with families but the others that dont have families half to suffer by the consquences this world has in store for them. By adopting you give a well deserve animal a home and if people started to adopt alot more, more and more animals wouldnt have to die with out having a choice to live and feel happy.
Any kind of abuse is not right for animals.People should love, protect and respect animals.People who breed dogs, is one of those millions and worse things that someone can do to an animal.We must act and not let them do this.Adoption is a good option for this case.Also shouldn't not let them buy dogs which they can't be able to take care of them because there are humans who buy animals as 'pets' and then they abuse them and don't care about them at all.So, it's a great idea to spread the world that our love for animals are stronger than their hate by wearing a cool and fun tee like this one could be such a fine idea!
Well, in my case, my family has adopted 7 dogs and 8 cats in the past 10 years. Now some people might believe that I'm saying it only to improve my chances of winning, but the situation is true. I used to have a chihuahua (Gracie) who was from a breeder and ended up in a puppy mill until she was rescued. It's incredibly sad to see a dog who has had no real interaction with humans or other dogs who are not trying to sleep on top of her. Adoption is definitely the way to go! Having so many animals proves that a family can create companionships with multiple dogs and their lives are made a million times better from being adopted. Breeding is disgusting and ultimately disrespectful and vulgar. Hopefully one day the word will spread and breeders everywhere will feel in their hearts the damage they cause to innocent dogs. Dogs are man's best friend and they don't want to be treated as just another pet. They need love and strong relationships with people who truly love them. ADOPTION!!
How anyone could get a companion animal from a breeder is beyond me! My daughter founded Kalamazoo Animal Rescue over 20 years ago, has an Animal Sanctuary Farm today (for unwanted or ill farm animals, for their lifetime companion care), and woke me up to the entire animal rescue way of thinking years ago. To even hear of someone who paid money to a breeder of companion animals…I find abominable now. SELLING ANIMALS, BRED FOR PROFIT, AND PROFIT ONLY IS BEYOND REPUGNANT TO ME TODAY! Rescued, adopted animals are cared for, healthy, and so grateful to be a part of a home, with a family, in a loving environment. To consider their fate if not rescued/adopted is so heartbreaking. Animal breeders fall into a category I find unspeakable.
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breeding dogs is takeing homes away for dogs in shelters. the more dogs breed the more dogs are being sent to kill shelter. in 2007 i saved a dog from a kill shelter. he was at the kill shelter when my family saved him he was to sweet of a dog to be kill, in my thought i dont think any dogs should be sent to kill shelters… ADOPTION IS THE WAY TO GO!!!
There is nothing good about breeding. There is no need to bring more animals into the world when there are already more than enough to "go around". Why pay hundreds to thousands of dollars on a dog when there is a much cheaper dog waiting for you in a shelter? They deserve a chance at happiness. Don't support the breeding act, save a life! Adopt from a shelter!
I beleive there are millions of reasons why breeding is wrong.ONE puppy mills.TWO animals dieing in shelters.THREE by getting a purebreed,often times they have bad behavors.FOUR animals that are adoptiable love there owners more, because they have been threw more. FIVE because even the "ugliest mut"(I don't beleive ANY animal is ugly but, I'm sure some people do)Is beautiful because it is a life,and diserves to live.SIX even in shelters 25% of animals are pruebreed.SEVEN because we as humans need to take care of the earth that we are distoying, instead of best in show.EIGHT, because I will NEVER buy from a breeder,or store, because you buy possesions, not compainions.NINE because shelter pets are more energetic and healthy.TEN because adopting from a shelter is the RIGHT thing to do.If you gave me more time i could probably think of more.
I hate breeding because it perpetuates the idea that there is a "perfect breed" out there and that all the others are common "mutts." I don't believe in the superiority of a pure blood-line for humans OR animals. In fact, animal pure-breds have more risk for disease or deformity. Breeding is not best. Animals adopted from shelters aren't less sweet, adorable, or loving. My cat companion is proof of that (and I didn't have to spend $$$ to get the best companion ever!)
Adopt!!!
This is simple sillies~!
Why? Because like for everytime you breed some dogs.. there's a bigger dog population.. and that means more dogs will end up in the street, homeless, hungry, hot, not sheltered.. pregnant, dead! The more likely they'll end up run over on the street or in a shelter ready to be put to sleep, aka death.
I love this shirt, the point is perfect! and I agree 100%
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People who breed dogs obviously don't realize or are to stupid t acknowledge the fact that there are millions of dogs aaround the world in dog shelters that never did anything but get stuck with the wrong owners and they deserve to be loved. (Shirt size M-L.)
i dont beleve in breeding, it kills dogs sooner. it just insane, they shouldnt be hurt for this,
My uncle breeds dogs & its horrid.
I dont understand how you can live that lifestyle.
I love animals ; thats why I dont eat them.
[Proud vegetarian of two years].
I wish I wouldve became a vegetarian wayyy sooner than that.
They say "Dog is a man's best friend".
What a backstabbing best friend I say.
Im not going to make it long.
ANIMALS NEED LOVE TOO!
dog breeding is wrong in soo many ways.If you breed dogs there will be a bigger population and most likley not all of the dogs will find a home soo they are taken to the pound and if they dont get adopted they will most likley be killed here in texas
.breeding dogs takes away homes for dogs in shelters *i love animals i could never breed my pit bulls only a sick minded person could who has no clue what there doing*.What ever happend to mans best friend? i belive you suppose to treat your dogs like your own children love them respect them, take care of them.When you adopt a dog from a shelter it is a most likley a better companion because they have been thru soo much and when you love them and treat them wonderfull they will love you forever because you saved them and you took them in And we could all stop buying dogs from dog breeders soo people will adopt all the wonderfull dogs in the shelters and if every one tried and pitched in we could stop dog breeding every where across the world that would be 1 step closer to a better world
i love dogs <3
dog breading is bad because ur giving people unnessesary profits and the dogs that come from breaders have more chances of getting deseases… getting a dog from the shelter saves money and a dogs life…and they have less of a chance of getting deseesese…
This is SOOO me. My house has adopted and sheltered so many unwanted animals. Sometimes its just a safe place they never had before. Many injured, abused, starved; but once here with our family, they were loved. I have 'sheltered' for our local shelter!! Teaching my children to respect and care for Gods creatures has become a mission. Proudly to say,the whole family is on board!! I am one of the NICE PEOPLE.
Our neighbor had dogs taken away because of over breeding. Most people cant afford the high price tag on these pups from breeders. Me and my kids volunteer at out local shelter. We walk the dogs,play with them and also bathe them. I encourage people I'm around and others to look in the different shelters around our area, because there are so many that need homes.
Breeding is bad because there are so many homeless animals … all of my pets are from shelters… every time someone buys from a breeder it takes a chance of getting a home away from a homless dog!
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I love this t-shirt! We have two rescue dogs. Midnight was a rescue dog that came from a breeder. When we adopted him, his feet were so sore he couldn't even go up the stairs. He was very afraid of everything. He has been a part of our family for over a year. He is very sweet and loves his belly rubbed. Our other dog, Toto is his best friend. They are always together and they sleep side by side on our bed.
There are too many dogs out in the world that already needing to be adopted. If you breed, you are killing your dogs own babies. When you breed a dog and bring new puppies into the world there are more dogs dying in shelters at that same time and it could be the puppy you just sold.
Breeding dogs is bad becaue there are all those sad dogs sitting in shelters that just want some love. How could you breed a dog when they're right there waiting for you.