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Originally Posted by tallicedlatte  .........snip...... but she wanted $1500 and I simply cannot afford that price,..... |
$1500 is merely the down payment on livershunt surgery. Liver shunt is not visible to the naked eye. What do you do if you are 2 or 3 years down the road with your beloved pup and he/she has a shunt and needs surgery what do you do?
I've waited 20 years to be able to financially and physically be able to care for the yorkie I am looking for, and have not found yet. I've desperately wanted a dog but it wasn't fair to the dog if I could not financially afford it.
The back yard breeders/puppy mills that do these awful things would stop in a moment if no one purchased from them. So every time someone purchases from a non-AKC breed furtherment breeder I believe they are perpetuating the 'greeders'. But having bred for show I have extremely strong feelings along these lines so don't necessarily take what my opinion is to heart.
I know only to well how desperately you can miss canine companionship. But how much worse to have your little love become so sick and need $6,000.00 in vet fees so what do you do? Surrender the dog so not only do they have to go through the hell of all the medical care but go through it alone without the love of the human they have bonded to or worse have to put them down?
It is tough, very, very tough, to do what is right and ultimately we all have to make that decision for ourselves.
Jo