I love how an adorable puppy picture can immediately bring out the anti-pureblood/anti-breeding trolls.

As for all of the people commenting, "Herp derp shoulda got one from a shelter"...lots of municipal shelters euthanize pit bulls/pit bull mixes without ever putting them up for adoption. I know, I used to work for one. The whole time I worked there we never adopted out a pit bull or pit bull mix, not once. All were euthanized within a week of being surrendered/brought in.

So basically in a lot of places if you want a purebred pit bull, you must buy one, or get one from a rescue. But lots of dogs who are in rescue have behavioral problems that many people don't want to have to spend time, money, and other resources dealing with or otherwise rectifying.

Some people just don't want a shelter dog. Period. They should have the option to raise a puppy of their choosing if they want to.

I've kept both purebred dogs and mixed breed rescues throughout my life. Neither kind of dog was superior to the other, and they both - for the most part - ended up costing about the same amount of money to own.

I always wonder if people who get so uptight about the relatively painless euthanasia of dogs and cats are similarly conflicted about the terrible conditions of suffering presented by factory farming that produces ~90% of their meat, or if only dogs are worthy of consideration when it comes to wholesale massacre, being man's best friend and all..