I wonder if the You Tube video was a heads up to parents to ask questions of the dentists before anasthesia is administered. That's what I took away from it. This is your kid on nitrous...

Servicey.

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You're just wrong. A reliable shelter does behavioral tests before judging a dog adoptable, and an intelligent person has as good a chance of obtaining a good pet from a shelter as from a breeder.
However, if by "rescue," you mean "abused animal who should have been put down that some neurotic is fostering because he or she has issues with kill shelters" than yes, there are going to be problems.

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Now just a minute. I've worked in shelters, I've rescued, I've fostered, I've had purebreds, old and young, puppies and what-have-you. There's no guarantee what you're going to get. I have met abused shelter dogs that were the most gentle, docile easy-going souls ever--over the course of years. And I've met bred dogs that were nightmares.

Also, to clear up some of the confusion about hypoallergenic dogs. It's really going to come down to how the little Obama girl will react. There's no guarantee that any dog they would have adopted will not cause a reaction in her. Longer haired dogs, in fact, can carry the proteins from the skin and dander more efficiently thereby creating allergens. It's a gamble with any dog.

Yes, it would have been nice given the zietgeist now of reduce, reuse, recycle for the Obamas to show by gesture that they support rescue but I won't begrudge them too much for this pup.

While there are still breeders out there, those dogs will have to be adopted too.

My default is team rescue, but little lives are little lives. I hope all goes well.

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