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[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

The answer is still to adopt. The dogs are coming either from a shelter or a mill and both are good sources for adoption.

The former means it's still giving a dog a home. It is still a dog that needs a home regardless of which country it originated from.

The latter seems completely nonsense if the German shelters are paying full price and still giving the dogs up for adoption at reasonable rates. They'd be losing a ton of money. And if they're taking the leftovers from the puppy mills for cheap or free, then those are still losses to the mills and are discouraging more breeding. Also, those are still dogs that need homes regardless of source. Just because a dog was born in a mill doesn't mean it deserves not to be adopted.

In either case the answer is still to get a dog from a shelter.