You know.. I paid over 1500 for Maggie..and still am. She's great and I don't regret it at all.. but I'm a college student. My parents are NOT supporting me so I'm struggling just to pay my apartment bills and such. However, I do feel that I can support Maggie to the fullest. She never goes without. In fact, she probably gets more than I do. This is just the thing though... had I not made that snap decision to buy her, I would have never spent that much. I'm actually still making payments on her. If I would have waited and looked a little harder I would be on here asking a cheaper price as well. Sometimes there are just circumstances where someone really can't keep their dog and is willing to sell them for 300.
Loook at my family and Lewie. My dad really wanted to get my grandma a yorkie, but he's currently unemployed(she is in love with maggie and everytime i go back to school it breaks her heart to have maggie leave). He affords everything that is necessary and some extra things here and there, but he could, in no way, afford a thousand dollars for a dog. He searched through rescue sites for weeks but they all wanted at least 300 and all of the poor dogs needed hundreds-thousands in surgery. I came on here, and within 2 days we had found a 3 year old male who really needed a home. FREE.
I think people who come on here looking for dogs for cheap shouldn't be thought of as people who cannot afford to take care of that dog properly. Maybe they're just middle class people who love the breed and want to pay a little less so they can spend all that extra money on spoiling that lucky pup.
They come here hoping that one of our GREAT members may know of a dog that needs a home for a little cheaper price.
I know there are some people out there who don't research the breed and think we're all crazy for paying so much for our dogs... but not everyone should be stereotyped into this catagory.
Sorry for the rant...it's probably not even proper english because I was just typing away. But, I hope everyone understands where I'm coming from.
