that is exactly why i am trying to figure out which kennel he is from and trying to get his papers back... both his parents were supposed to be registered.... and as far as it not being fair to the pet..... you should have seen where i got my 2yr old female.... chained to a pole in the mud in the cold with a plastic barrel as shelter... i swear she hadnt been fed in 2 days or more.... i asked the guy if he had any extra food he could send with her and he didnt even have any.... he got her to guard his fighting chickens.... so you can imagine where she would have ended up if i had not have gotten her.... she has scars all over her face and neck already..... there is no way i could leave her there.... and there is no way i would just take her the shelter when she is such a wonderful dog... with her scars you know they would have killed her..... she is great with other animals... great with my daughter.... if she sees a broom she freaks out she must have been beat.... so dont even tell me that what i have done is not fair to her... they both eat 2 usually 3 times/day of purina dogfood and they sleep on my couch.... you tell me that it would be more fair to them to haul them to the shelter... you tell me you KNOW what is best for them.... have you all ever lived in a white trash neighborhood with every trailor owning a pit?? actually seen them fight?? you ever owned a dog that was shot and killed buy the cops in a drug bust??? i have seen it all..... i know the cruel side of it..... i have seen the dogs tortured and beat and locked in a bathroom for 3 years with a cattle tag through its ear...... i have.... i know for a fact that my choosing to get 2 dogs for my family is not cruel.... i have seen cruel.... i am not rich.... but i have spent over $150 in the past month on these dogs... im sure that dosent sound like alot to you all but that is more than i have spent on myself in the past 6 months.... i have purchased a crate for inside, a $20 cable, 3 leashes, 3 collars, bones, a kong, 2 big bags of dogfood, canned food, treats, rawhides, pig ears, i have made 3 batches of homemade dog bones... i just got a $3 toy an hour ago from the dollar store and im watching them tear it apart now... and they are in heaven.... i have had a rough life... and so have my dogs.... but you know what???? us being together is better than what we had before.... but you still think i should just take them around back and put a bullet in their heads???? because i cant afford it??? ill tell you what... if i cant afford to feed them they can have my food.... you all must live in glass houses.... because i can speak from personal experience having a house is better than not.... an no matter what you think... i love my dogs....