Just finished reading the PetSmart story - yesterday must have been the day. We went to get puppy food and met another 9-year-old male. He was pathetic. His tongue lolled out of his mouth on one side and you could just tell something was bad wrong. His "daddy' said he has seizures. Has had them from the first day they bought him as a puppy. I asked if he was hypoglysemic - he didn't know. But somebody told them to give him honey when he had a seizure. I told him to put Karo in his water and maybe they could head some of them off.
Anyway, as the discussion progressed he asked what I was asking for my puppies. $800 - oh my, he thought that was high. Then told me he just paid $450 for his dog. I wanted to say, "You paid $450 9 years ago for a sick puppy and you think mine are over priced?" But I didn't.
The little guy was sweet (about 4#) and I felt so sorry for him. Too bad we can't rescue all of them.