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Is this really wrong, or is it just me?
Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across
this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana |
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Jana wrote: The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P I think so - there's a lot more demand for toy-sized dogs. The economics of dog rescue are kind of a mess and I'm not sure how they can be straightened out. On the one hand the barrier to adoption needs to be high enough to keep the likelihood of a dog going to a good home as high as possible, but if the barrier is too high (and a $500 adoption fee might be, depending on breed) it's going to encourage people who want a dog to buy one from less than completely reputable sources. Some rescues do better than others at striking a good balance. But if a Yorkie is going to cost more than $500 anyway, and the demand is high, this kind of adoption fee is not going to tend to push aspiring owners out to disreputable breeders. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - "You got a pretty face" -- George W Bush to Canadian Prime Minister's Senior Strategist Scott Reid |
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Jana wrote: The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P I think so - there's a lot more demand for toy-sized dogs. The economics of dog rescue are kind of a mess and I'm not sure how they can be straightened out. On the one hand the barrier to adoption needs to be high enough to keep the likelihood of a dog going to a good home as high as possible, but if the barrier is too high (and a $500 adoption fee might be, depending on breed) it's going to encourage people who want a dog to buy one from less than completely reputable sources. Some rescues do better than others at striking a good balance. But if a Yorkie is going to cost more than $500 anyway, and the demand is high, this kind of adoption fee is not going to tend to push aspiring owners out to disreputable breeders. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - "You got a pretty face" -- George W Bush to Canadian Prime Minister's Senior Strategist Scott Reid |
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Jana wrote: The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P I think so - there's a lot more demand for toy-sized dogs. The economics of dog rescue are kind of a mess and I'm not sure how they can be straightened out. On the one hand the barrier to adoption needs to be high enough to keep the likelihood of a dog going to a good home as high as possible, but if the barrier is too high (and a $500 adoption fee might be, depending on breed) it's going to encourage people who want a dog to buy one from less than completely reputable sources. Some rescues do better than others at striking a good balance. But if a Yorkie is going to cost more than $500 anyway, and the demand is high, this kind of adoption fee is not going to tend to push aspiring owners out to disreputable breeders. -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - "You got a pretty face" -- George W Bush to Canadian Prime Minister's Senior Strategist Scott Reid |
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"Jana" wrote in message
om... Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana Not only is it wrong but the rescue should be reported to the AKC for transferring registration papers. When a dog enters a shelter or rescue program, the AKC is supposed to be notified and the registratoin voided w/papers either sent in to the AKC or torn up. This rescue appears to be brokering or peddling. -- Tara |
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"Jana" wrote in message
om... Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana Not only is it wrong but the rescue should be reported to the AKC for transferring registration papers. When a dog enters a shelter or rescue program, the AKC is supposed to be notified and the registratoin voided w/papers either sent in to the AKC or torn up. This rescue appears to be brokering or peddling. -- Tara |
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"Jana" wrote in message
om... Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana Not only is it wrong but the rescue should be reported to the AKC for transferring registration papers. When a dog enters a shelter or rescue program, the AKC is supposed to be notified and the registratoin voided w/papers either sent in to the AKC or torn up. This rescue appears to be brokering or peddling. -- Tara |
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Rescue groups get paid by the people who give them the dog. And then they get paid by the people they sell the dog to. I don't see a problem with that. Any smart rescue would make money wherever they can, because it would allow them to rescue more dogs and have more social functions and parties. Where's the problem? this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com Jana wrote: Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - "Monster SUVS are great for the environment" -- Dick Cheney |
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Rescue groups get paid by the people who give them the dog. And then they get paid by the people they sell the dog to. I don't see a problem with that. Any smart rescue would make money wherever they can, because it would allow them to rescue more dogs and have more social functions and parties. Where's the problem? this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com Jana wrote: Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - "Monster SUVS are great for the environment" -- Dick Cheney |
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Rescue groups get paid by the people who give them the dog. And then they get paid by the people they sell the dog to. I don't see a problem with that. Any smart rescue would make money wherever they can, because it would allow them to rescue more dogs and have more social functions and parties. Where's the problem? this is michael reporting live... http://dogtv.com Jana wrote: Cruising Petfiner, trying to help my mom find a dog, I came across this: http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=2445593 What is wrong with people that they are charging $500 to "adopt" a dog? He has no medical issues that they have to cover, and their other dogs are much cheaper - they sold a pom for $250, the others are $100-150. Is it the smallness? The AKC registration? Do they just not want him to be adopted? do a lot of rescues have sliding scale adoption fees based on the desirability of the dog? The laws of supply and demand, I suppose. :P Jana -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - "Monster SUVS are great for the environment" -- Dick Cheney |
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