rehoming fees - when does adopting become buying?

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Anonymous wrote:At $500 you are buying a dog.

We wanted a rescue dog but gave up and still don't have a dog, dealing with rescues in this area is a nightmare. We are going to move soon and will look into rescues in our new state.

Yep. I gave up on rescues and went to a reputable breeder. I wanted a dog. I didn’t need to go through the ridiculous process. I offered two vets I use as references but the rescue was just slow and insisted on all kinds of hoops and commitments and the fee was over $500.

Most good breeders you will wait a long time. Truly good breeders don’t breed without homes.
Sorry the rescue wanted a commitment from you. It’s such an inconvenience they want commitments for animals. 🙄

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At $500 you are buying a dog.

We wanted a rescue dog but gave up and still don't have a dog, dealing with rescues in this area is a nightmare. We are going to move soon and will look into rescues in our new state.

Yep. I gave up on rescues and went to a reputable breeder. I wanted a dog. I didn’t need to go through the ridiculous process. I offered two vets I use as references but the rescue was just slow and insisted on all kinds of hoops and commitments and the fee was over $500.

Good breeders care about who gets their dogs. Maybe you used a backyard breeder

If $500 and an interview was unreasonable, I wonder how much this breeder who asks no questions charges

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Anonymous wrote:Of course animal rescue fees are almost exactly what pet stores used to charge back in the day, inflation adjusted. That’s because the source of the animals is still the same: puppy mills and backyard breeders. Same businesses, different distribution channels.

Not even all that different. A good number of the rescues do their events at PetSmart and Petco. It's a racket.

Wow you have no idea what you’re talking about.
They do their events at Petco because the stores allow them to use their space. Where do you propose they do them?

Yes, I’m aware the stores give permission. Under the old system, the pet stores bought dogs from breeders and sold them in their stores. Under the new system, the rescue organizations buy dogs from breeders and then people “adopt” them in pet store parking lots in exchange for an “adoption fee.” Totally different!

I really think you are spreading harmful misinformation.
I work with a couple of local rescues. WTAR they are truly stray animals from a county in Mississippi. I have seen where they come from. Under porches, the side of the road where they are dumped, people who call and say if the dog isn’t picked up by whatever time they will shoot it. I have seen it or video or photos of it with my own eyes so please do not let this persons misinformation scare you from rescue dogs.
The other rescue I work with has some animals from puppy mills that were shut down. So I guess maybe they did come from backyard breeders but they were not purchased. Who do you think takes care of the dogs when a puppy mill is shut down?

Yes mine came from another southern state. Except the puppies were going tp be drowned. Nobody makes this stuff up.