Adopt a dog or buy a purebred (from a humane breeder) dog?

Now that I think about it, most of my dogs have been neither. I got one because my neighbors where moving and couldn't take him, I got another because my dad's work buddy had taken in a severly abused collie and just couldn't turn him around, I got a pointer mix when my parents found him as a young pup on the side of the street and no one claimed him, and one a dog I was baby sitting had gone into labor early and the owners allowed me to keep one of the pups.... I'm like a dog magnet. Of all the dog's I've owned, I've only outright purchased/adopted two, one was an American bulldog/ great dane mix I adopted after having fostered him for three weeks, and the other was a purebred lab bred to be a hunting dog, though my lab is the worst dog I've ever met at tracking.

His siblings are amazing, and his sister has gone on to win a few awards... Oh well, at least my labby is still an amazing dog who sometimes seems to read my mind. I plan on buying a papillion from a certain breeder soon, but other then that, if given the choice, I would rather adopt then buy. It's cheaper, the dogs are temperament and health tested, vaccinated adn already spayed/neutered.

Also, many rescues tend to foster out dogs, which generally means the dogs will already be house trained and know basic tricks. Granted, a good breeder will also sociliaze their dogs, have health tests done, and vaccinate, but their dogs are more expensive, and you have to pay for the neutering on your own. The only real advantage of a purebred is that you know what your getting, and you can prepare for their future easier, where as a with a shelter dog, you'll just have to guess at the breed and learn about the dog as you go along.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.