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Originally Posted by Honeypaute  Hi
I adopted a puppy mill survivor about 3 weeks or so ago. I paid $400 fer her. They rescue gave me info behind it, apparently she had to buy her from the puppy mill (along with her sis, and a litter of pups). She pays the puppy mill for each dog she takes from them, granted it's less than they would make at auction but regardless there's a fee. Then my girl had to be spayed, have a dental, vaccinations, heartworm test. etc. etc. and apparently those costs combined make up her fee. She had another dog there that had over $1000 in vet bills but was charging only $400. She also had others that needed less work that she was charging less for. If you have questions for the rescue about their fees, they should be able to explain to you how they come to their fee. I know some rescues charge more for younger dogs and even price by breed (more for the more sought afters etc.). Most are non-profit organizations, so I don't believe there is malintent on their behalf.
Sorry you have been let down! I hope it all works out for you! |
on this post. Some dogs cost them a lot and they can only ask a small amount because of the health and age of that dog. So the young dogs they ask a lot for so it covers the cost of the sick dogs.
And after you get a rescue the cost could go even higher, Ivy had to get her teeth done and after 10 teeth that had to come out I left $500.00 poorer. That was just 1 visit to the vets.
