Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Pets
Reply to "How do you know if a breeder is really a puppy mill? "
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If someone is willing to sell you a dog … it’s probably a puppy mill. And never, ever buy a doodle of any kind. It’s just a mutt. [/quote] Rescues and shelters sell the animals. [/quote] Rescues are non profits. They charge an adoption fee that serves two purposes: recouping some of the money they’ve spent on veterinary care, dog food and other expenses, and making sure you’re a serious adopter (not buying the dog to use as bait for dog fighting, you probably have money to cover regular veterinary care). They make sure dogs are healthy, groomed, dewormed, up to date on shots, and spayed or neutered if they’re old enough. The rescue I adopted from incurred all of those expenses for my dog, plus a dental exam and cleaning. The neutering alone was more than $400. The adoption fee was only $350.[/quote] So, basically the same expenses as breeders. That is still selling them. They cherry pick dogs they know they can resell. [/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics