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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The idea of paying money for a mutt is mind-boggling.

You have to be a pretty unethical person to BUY a dog, but if you're going to go that route, at least get a purebred.[/quote]

You buy a dog from a shelter or rescue too. [/quote]

No, you literally don't.

You might make a donation, but no one is making a profit, and so no one has an incentive to create more unwanted dogs. If you keep buying dogs, breeders will keep churning them out, and we already have too many dogs.[/quote]
Agreed. My $100 fee got my dog neutered, pain meds for  3 days , up to date vaccines, dewormer, flea treatment (1 month), heartworm test and heartworm prevention (1 month) and a haircut. I don't feel like I paid for the dog. I don't feel like I paid enough to cover the services either. The $100 seems like a token to ensure that you value your new animal enough to pay something towards their care.  [/quote]

You still bought your dog.  Mine from the breeder had vaccines, etc.  [/quote]

And is probably not a pit bull. If all the "rescuing" didn't happen in this country maybe pit bulls would die out or at least be as abundant [/quote]
My rescue dog isn't a pit bull, not that it matters, but he's a standard poodle cross, a pit would not have needed a haircut. People pay breeders for Apbt, Am Staff, American bulldogs etc too.  The incentive to breed them is profit as much as with any other dog. The difference on the way the fee is structured at the shelter vs at the breeder is 
inconsequential, I suppose, but,  nobody made a profit on my dog.[/quote]

Many rescue dogs come with baggage and other issues.  If people were better matched vs. being pushing into what ever one is available at the shelter, maybe there would not be as many shelter returns and dogs in shelters.  Yes, the rescue or shelter made a profit as they got the dog for free and donations/grants to care for that dog.  It should have been free to you.[/quote]
It was a county/municipal shelter they don't make a profit, taxpayers fund it. They do apply for and receive grants, but they are generally targeted funds. You should be happy that people adopt and pay a fee since it does at least marginally reduce your tax burden.   The vast majority of shelter dogs don't have any major issues and are certainly no more problematic than a backyard breeder/puppy mill dog. Every dog needs training, socialization and medical care. [/quote]

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