I do have a shelter dog. She’s 11, and was rescued by a great organization in upstate New York that had her shipped from Tennessee when she was weeks old to sav

I do have a shelter dog. She’s 11, and was rescued by a great organization in upstate New York that had her shipped from Tennessee when she was weeks old to save her from being put down. I got her at 6 weeks (way too early, but she was already separated from her mother way too early). Meghan, my AKC registered dog, is a Labrador specifically being trained for retrieving work, and as a therapy dog. Her kennel is an incredible family run facility in South Carolina, which specializes in hunting dogs (although Meghan isn’t used for bird retrieving specifically). She’s not from a puppy mill, has never been locked in cages to be sold, and her parents were bred specifically based on health screens, accomplishments (champion retrieving work), and disposition. If the AKC is an association of animal abusers, I guess I’m one of the lucky ones.