Nothing is perfect but I fully agree with more controlled and limited breeding of all cats and dogs by responsible,
reputable breeders to reduce the overall population, spaying and neutering all other dogs and cats and expanding the foster program, and helping some groups to become a
sanctuary themselves to help those
animals that are harder to adopt have a quality place to stay (following in the footsteps of the Best Friends model) until they are adopted, other programs that train some of these dogs to be therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, dogs to help the handicapped, police dogs, etc..
When this is the case, a responsible guardian is one who takes the necessary steps to re-home the
animal (s) with a suitable responsible guardian or, as a last resort, to place the
animal (s) in the care of a licensed
reputable shelter rescue group or
sanctuary.