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Originally Posted by BabyFidgette You gotta be careful too! How do you know these people actually paid the money for the dog?  |
I am confused here. As a rescue person I do not buy the dogs from the people giving them up but what I do is get them in top medical condition to adopt them out again. In most cases this is a spay/neuter, shots and a dental. In some cases we have meds and or surgery that has to be performed. I do all this with my own $$$. Our rescue tries to at least break even with dog adoption and the medical bills. Some dogs cost us very little and some cost us way to much..we average our bills out and have a set fee of $350.00. We could not continue with rescue if we did not strive for a break even point.
If you look at any large reputable rescue they are a non-profit organization - their goal is to break even also. If you also look at their web pages you will see they have some dogs with very expensive medical bills.
Trying to be sensitive here, when a person buys a dog from a bad situation it is not the same as a rescue situation...even though both groups are helping a little one..the "rescue" turns around and adopts the dog out.