How to explain?

tell your mother to look at the hard facts. How many dogs are in shelters and the millions that are now in "private rescues" where folks are actually more like hoarding actually find happy healthy fulfilling lives?

Quality of life is the biggest issue for me, do you want to live longer or better? just because a dog is alive and living crated or kenneled 75% of its life its happy because a HUman thinks enough to save its life? Come on, its a dog and dogs don't think with human emotions, They have a few simple basic needs, PEOPLE are the ones that make life complicated and dramatized, give a dog a job, companion, and plenty of excersise and acess to clean water, and most are balanced dogs.

Here is what "so called Humane societies" argue that there are so many dogs that need homes, PET OVER POPULATION, you don't have working dog over population, because the (most) working dog people are realistic and know that not ever home is equipped and prepared to give a "working bred dog" a home that serves its energy needs, these dogs become problem dogs that will end up in a shelter or dumped on a country road where it can "run" Realistic working dog people know that their are not enough adequate homes for all dogs. I have placed many "culls as pets" and alot of retired hog dogs, but the facts are there, not enough good responsible homes.

Most pet bred dogs are not able to do "the job" that is required to be a top notch hunting dog, some are, however, "humane societies" will not adopt to hunting dog people because they have their head up their a$$ and believe hunting is cruel, and you have to try a dog to find out if it will work, they don't takre returns without labeling you, an unfit owner, because your not willing to sacrifice a "forever" home to a useless pet that eats and takes costs just the same to care for as does a good dog. If shelters offered trial periods to find a dog that suits you and would adopt to hunters then it might give more dogs a chance to have "life".

Euthanize those problem dogs and unhealthy dogs. Educate people and quit taking away their dogs and putting them in sheltersmake them do it right, take away their food water and shelter if they can't provide for responsibilties. Educate peolple about breeding inferior dogs because of health and temperment. Most dogs that go into shelters don't make it back out. They become ill, or develope temperment issues being in that situation, or just flat run out of time.

I spent a couple of my young years working in these "so called humane societies" as a euthanasia technician, I promise you in my mind they are not very humane if you have any clue of the phsycology of what a dog is about. I despise the whole vicious cycle that they go through.

Now I ask you if Culling is more Humane, I say "YES" it is when I have seen first hand from both sides of the fence, and so do humane sociaties or they would not "humanely KILL" so many animals every day of the week.

The other arguement why breed then?, well is it not my right to breed for better quality, horses or dogs, or should I be the oneto have to go use somebody elses crap that they turned out when I feel that I have a thourough understanding of what it takes to make a better animal? Its my opinion maybe but its still not my right? or should the goverment be allowed to decide what is good for me? what kind of dog or horse I should own?
Form follows function a dog that genectically is able to hunt and work to the level I expect will be a healthy individual and its almost like the natural selection that would happen im mother nature. Not like breeding fancy dogs that look really neat but have health issues that require human intervention to keep it alive. Do designer dogs deserve to be bred because somebody thinks they look cool on their lap? Or should we all have to wn accidental mutts that are provided by shelters with animal rights nuts telling us what we should and should not be allowed to have as far as a canine?

Believe me, it kills me sometimes to have to cull, but I kmow in the bottom of my heart that I am doing whats best for the pack, the whole, the greater good of the ret of my animals and definately for that animal, when I make that decision. There you have it from a womans point of view that has experience to speak from both sides of the fence.