What Can Go Wrong
Adopting an endangered dog breed requires significantly more research, preparation, and patience than bringing home a common pet. If you decide to pursue canine conservation, you must be thoroughly prepared for these potential hurdles:
- Extremely Long Waitlists: Because there are so few breeding dogs globally, you will likely wait months or even years for a healthy puppy to be born.
- Geographic Challenges: You may have to travel across the country—or even internationally—to meet a reputable preservation breeder. Ethical breeders rarely ship puppies via commercial cargo.
- Small Gene Pools: With severely limited numbers, inbreeding is a serious risk for rare breeds. You must vet breeders rigorously to ensure they perform comprehensive genetic and orthopedic health testing before mating their dogs.
- Specialized Instincts: Many of these dogs were bred for highly specific, physically demanding jobs. A Bloodhound will follow a scent blindly into traffic, and a Sussex Spaniel will bark loudly on the trail. You cannot train deeply ingrained, centuries-old instincts out of them.
When I was a kid I grew up was 15 dogs and 12 cats. Now I own one dog and a desert turtle. I love animals if I can have another dog I would but I can’t afford another dog my dog is a pitbull and she is my friend and she is a dog that helps me get through my depression and my PTSD and ADHD
I best friend is exactly what I need to help with my depression and not wanting to be here!! Had dogs growing but not cats!! They seem toooo unpredictable and sneaky!!
It should be against the law to
Spay or neuter rare breeds