Yep...God forbid you admit to actually PURCHASING your dog...from a BREEDER! People are all about "rescuing" dogs because it is all about them... Read an old Jon Katz article from Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2083699/ Same reason that people buy puppies from farmer's markets or drop $500 for a chihuahua out of the back of a random horse trailer. They're SAVING it. Ughghghg.