[theporkieyorkie]

I think there are a lot of people out there that don't understand why rescues cost so much....they think that since the dog was unwanted by someone else and it came to the rescue for free, it should go out the door for little to nothing. They don't consider all of the costs that accrue while the dog is at the rescue. There's also the people who say "well, I can go buy a brand new puppy for $500 from a breeder(most likely a BYB), so why should I pay all that money to rescue an adult dog that potentially could have problems?!?


I personally don't see a problem in a rescue charging more for the more adoptable dogs( generally younger, healthy dogs, smaller dogs etc etc) and less for the dogs that are harder to adopt(generally the older dogs or dogs with issues, bigger dogs, bully breeds etc etc).

There was a yorkie around here that was 15 years old and not potty trained and he was needing a home. A family would have a year...2 or 3 tops with him if they took him in and because of his age, probably lots of bills to go with it. His fee was substantially less than most of the other pups at the rescue because of those circumstances.

The bigger adoption fees for the healthier, younger dogs help offset the heftier vet costs for the older, sicker dogs. I don't think rescues should be profiting off the rescue....but most rescues are loosing, not making money, when everything is all said and done.

I don't think I've ever seen a rescue for $1000. $500-600 is about the limit I've seen. I completely understand why YHR charges what they do for adoption fees. They take in a lot of sick dogs that have big medical bills....they take in dogs that other rescues may not touch because of the high medical bills....so they have to offset their medical costs somehow. All you have to do is look at YHR's webpage and adoption list to see how many medical cases they take on. If someone doesn't want to pay those adoption fees, they can always go adopt from another rescue that doesn't take on the sick dogs like YHR does.

It's too bad more vets aren't out there to do work Pro-Bono....donating their time and only charging rescues for the materials...esp. things like spay/neuter and vaccines.

Glad to hear Bonnie and Clyde are OK. I knew your little Yorkie girls would go fairly quick!! The girls seem to go a lot quicker than the boys do!! Although...it also seems like we've got no shortage of Rescue Yorkies needing homes here in the midwest. You look at other places on petfinder and there are hardly any purebred yorkies for adoption...but in the midwest, it seems like there's always yorkies in need of homes!!