 Archie
I totally agree. I would love to know what the founders actually meant when they made that rule. I "believe" they wanted to stop people from getting on here and begging for 12wk old puppies from good breeders on here, hence making breeders feel bad or getting on their nerves and bothering them. With that.... I totally agree. It is expensive to raise healthy happy puppies. I just think come on.... there are circumstances that don't fall into the catagory of begging for puppies.... except to a "few" on here!
BUT.... there are incidences... like the rehoming of the 8yr old .... where you can match someone w/ limited funds to someone needing to rehome. Maybe we need to start a section for just that!
AND.... while I realize there are cost w/ yorkies that you can't forsee... all dogs for that matter... isn't it ellitist to tell someone they shouldn't get a dog because they are short on funds. There are perfectly healthy dogs out there that never need more than the vaccinations. Hell... the dog I had for 15yrs never ever ever went to the vet... and he was an inside/outside... dog. We gave him vaccinations... wormed him... and he lived a long happy life! I mean there are A LOT of people who have more than enough money to care for a dog that aren't going to part w/ the funds that many of the women on here do for liver shunt surgeries. Funds don't make good people!
You can get a rescue and spend a fortune or you can get a dog from one of the best breeders in the country and spend a fortune. Or the opposite! You can't fortell ...just like you can't fortell what is going to be wrong w/ children when you have them. If we all waited until we could afford to have children... well we wouldn't have to worry about global warming... because very few of us would exist! lol |