grind I ALWAYS get my dogs at kill shelters.
look for the right breed for you on line and then get it out of a shelter.
All my dogs ( even the ones that had previously been abused) were wonderful.
and abused dog will love you all the more for the kind treatment.
I know a lady who found her pit girl in the street.
she saw in in the gutter and could tell it was hurting.
She stopped and tried to find its owner and when she came back to where the dog was a man was KICKING it.
she drove up and opened her car door and the dog jumped in.
It is the sweetest pit in the world