Evok
Don't worry, Be happy!
To each their own man, do whatever you want. Oh and I never called anyone stupid, I called the process stupid. To me you just didn't try hard enough or look enough places. There's a million shelters out there and I looked through quite a few before finding the right one. Once again if you want to spend thousands to avoid the search that's your choice. I'll never agree with it
I think when you begin by calling people stupid there is no possible outcome other then offending them.
I’m one of those “stupid” people who spent a few grand on a puppy. We legitimately tried the rescue route twice and both times punted after 2 week trials. The dogs had real issues and were traumatizing our existing dog. I recognize there are a lot of good dogs in shelters but there are also some that are beyond help. For us, we had a checklist and couldn’t put the check in every box with a rescue.