Mario Lopez Welcomes a French Bulldog!

hunter hopefully you have saved millions of animals lived by now, because the voice that you have taken in this conversation proves you to be the mother theresa of animals! i know that i am an ANIMAL LOVER, i donate money to shelters on a consistent basis - because i have purchased my dog from a pet store does not mean that i am inhumane. i do the annual walk for animals in boston and have started many charities to help stop cruelty to animals, as well as sign petitions to stop cruelty and neglect. so please, please do not sit up here on your high horse and tell me that what i did was wrong, because believe me hunter it was not. as said earlier before everyone got up in arms about my post....i would be the first person stop puppy mills with you- if it were possible- but just like sweat shopssomethings are inevitable- so YES I SAVED A DOG'S LIFE!!!!

Scuba: shelters do have puppies (often), not just adult dogs. And, there are rescue groups out there for almost all breeds. what kind of breed is it IMPERATIVE for you to have where you can only find one at a breeder? And, if you have a child, is it wise to BUY a large breed dog if you are concerned about your child's safety? "i want a puppy to train myself" = human ego. most people who say this, don't end up following through with their grandeous ideas of training their dogs anyway. Or, they pretend they are Cesar Millan and start alpa rolling their dogs. Sigh.
This celebrity could have done the right thing and found a French Bulldog that needed rehoming through a rescue group. He's rich enough to afford transit to meet the dog if the dog is in another state. It took me 5 seconds to find this organization - http://www.frenchbulldogrescue.org/
For those defending breeding over adoption, shame on you. You've chosen a breed, or convenience, over saving an animal. And that's what animal lovers do.

Nothing like taking animal loving to the extreme. Perhaps everyone here just likes the popular breeds but believe it or not it is all but impossible to find a large breed puppy from a shelter. And since that is the dog I want it makes more sense to get the breed I want at an age that I can be comfortable knowing I have trained them since they were a puppy. I don't know about anyone else but why would I chance my baby daughter's life on a dog whose past I know nothing about? And if we are going to take things to the extreme (which is all most of you seem to understand anyway) I hope everyone here only buys second hand clothes because everytime you buy new clothes you are supporting a third world sweat shop and how can you live with yourself and last time I checked children's lives are more important than animals and blah blah blah blah blah

In response to ttaylor59, Archdale NY: Every animal purchased in a pet shop or from back yard breeder means one more dies in shelter.
Just because you didn't have health problems with the animals you purchased that way doesn't mean they all come with a clean bill of health. You are in a very small minority if yours stayed healthy. You could have gone to the SPCA or a rescue group for the breed you wanted. You might have been on a waiting list but you also would have saved a life or lives. Nobody is saying you didn't give your breeder purchased animals good care or loving. What you did do is help those kind of people to continue to exist and help a shelter dog to die.

ttaylor, he if you think it's okay to support puppy mills then you should buy your dogs wherever you please.
Most animals lovers don't support puppy mills.

I think a person should adopt a pet where they feel most comfortable. As a young adult, I purchased my Lhasa Apsos from a pet store and a backyard breeder. However, I had no trouble with them and they were relatively healthy until they entered their senior years. I chose to be a pet parent with patience and consistency, therefore, I was successful. The two Lhasa Apsos I presently have were purchased from the Orlane Kennels in Delaware and they are precious, well-behaved, healthy and brought up the very same as the first two. I will not feel guilty for the purchases in my youth or for those I have made since. I must do what I feel is right for me. I will not be made to feel guilty for the mature choices I have made. I had my pets sterilized, cared for them, nurtured them, gave them a pleasant upbringing and good home. I support the shelters by making donations. However, I will purchase my pets as I see the need and from where ever I please.

When you buy a puppy in a pet store you are not saving the life of the puppy so much as keeping the puppies' parents in deplorable conditions.
If the market would dry up, and no one ever bought pups in pet shops and puppy stores then puppy mills would cease to exist.
Buy a pup in a pet shop and you are supporting a puppy mill. People are ignorant if they think otherwise.

I agree with sjooey and jaybee. If you buy a dog from a breeder and/or pet store, you are basically not giving a shelter dog (who is essentially on death row) another chance at life. If you adopt a homeless pet, you are saving TWO lives- the pet you adopted, and the pet that gets to take his spot in the shelter. It disgusts me that people just DON'T GET IT when it comes to where you should get your next pet. You can get pure breed dogs at shelters. You can get brand new puppies at shelters. And most of all, you know that you're saving a life! This article about Mario Lopez really upsets me, so much that I made an account on this site to comment. He had 6 months to think about where to get his dog and what kind of dog to get, and he STILL chooses a purebreed that most likely came from a breeder? REALLY? This proves this guy is an absolute ~!#@-bag.

hmmm. sorry, 143dinos, i genuinely disagree. if humans STOP buying dogs from breeders...this will but a wrench in the supply/demand chain. PLUS health problems in dogs are exacerbated by breeders. http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=646348680292&ref=mf