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Originally Posted by kjc  My Tink was surrendered twice. She had to have her anal glands expressed twice a week, also they would just start dripping intermittantly.
She also had high liver enzymes on her last bloodwork with the previous owner. The only reason I know is because we used the same vet and they recognized her when I took her in to be checked. Tink also came with some serious behavior problems, one of which was biting. She had been inappropriately placed in a household with 6 children, all under the age of 12 years old.
Peek A Boo was a runaway, inappropriate urinator, and had two bouts of HGE and a bout of pancreatitis with his previous owner. I was able to decipher the previous owner's phone number off the paperwork and I called her. She said they could not afford to spend any more money on his medical needs.
I spoke with a local rescue here and she said urinating in the house was the #1 reason, not being able to afford medical care was #2. I would imagine behavior problems being high up on that list too. |
I think for large breed at least in our breed the overwhelming no 1 reason for surrender is : Behaviour problems - and that is often classified as "aggressive dog". No 2 a distant second is medical costs. Thankfully our breed is not plagued (yet) with the numerous health problems that Yorkies can suffer. And it is not hard for me to make the co-relation between breed popularity increase, bybers, and mills = HEALTH concerns sky rocketing.
Our breeders when hyperuricosuria was found to be prevalent in our breed, and seminars were offered to the BRT breeders on this condition, and that there WAS a Dna test for it; in three years going on 4 years of dissemination, the number of dogs tested for this went from a measely 30, to over 300 dogs.
Thankfully the mills are not interested in churning out BRT;s as they take up a whole lot of very valuable space to house, not to mention to feed. Plus I don;t think they even make the top 100 breeds in AKC popularity
Most I believe of our puppy buyers buy pet insurance. While we don't have many problems, we do have ED and HD at a high prevalence. I strongly encourage the purchase of same. And when you pay on average $2500-$3000 for a puppy, most buyers see the value in a good pet health plan that does cover genetic conditions, +++ I want them to purchase a plan that will cover prescription drugs, and remedial care, such as physiotherapy et al.
You don't want to know what a good show potential dog costs
