peacefulboy

Thanks everyone for the suggestions :)

Hi, my partner and I are seeking some advice on the topic of purchasing a puppy. Our current family is the two of us and our 5 year old boy, who is a mixed breed, (desexed) rescue dog (3 years ago). Our dream in the future is to add a 'little sister' to our family in the form of a bull terrier female (a partner of mine many years ago owned one and I fell madly in love with his goofy personality.. oh the bully that is not the ex lol). We are hoping maybe later this year or early next year so we have begun our research now. We are positive we would like a female puppy (she will be desexed also). We currently share the care of our parents 2 year old Jack Russell female who our boy adores and nurtures so we hope he will be the same with another female puppy also. We did look into the avenue of another rescue dog, and while we love our boy with all our hearts, it has been a long road dealing with the after affects of the abuse he suffered before he came to us. We would dearly love to just start afresh the next time around and experience the joys of having a bouncing little happy puppy in our home. We also feel it would be less confronting for our boy as well then to bring an older dog into the family. So that lead us to researching breeders.. we are aware of avoiding back yard breeders and also pet shops to purchase a puppy. But having looked into registered breeders that option seems in another league entirely to what we are looking for. The puppy descriptions read quite technical and seemed to be focused on bloodlines and confirmation and show wins, and the puppy pricing because of this is very high. This option also seems quite complicated with contracts to sign and shared ownerships/probations etc..which is a little scary for us. We really just want to purchase a puppy responsibly, but only as a pet/family member. Is there a middle of the path option we are missing where there are breeders offering family/pet puppies at all? Thanks so much for listening :)