Yes i did. I don't know what you wanna classify it as. The people who i got him off of owed us a dog from last year, because ours past within a year of getting her. The place where we got this boy from isn't the best, so in a way we adopted him and in a way it is a breeder. If that makes any sense. We did look at the local shelters, but they didn't have much of a selection.