Just curious, how much were the adoption fees?:confused:

They are not listed here or at your website.

The adoption fees are different for every animal, it really depends on how much goes into each animal. Leah is the only one I have left in rescue right now and her fee is 200

Thank You....
I was looking at some "rescue" sites listed in this section that charge as high as $1000. Price coincided with age, younger = more, older = less. I notice the rules in this section limits adoption to $300 max. :thumbup:

So happy to see that the pups are finding their forever homes. Your doing such great work for these babies, Donna... Bless you for all that you do !!

NEVER will I have a rescue that is above 300. Never. Are you kidding me, are these people rescuing or making a living? That is just wrong on so many levels

Agreed.... That's what I thought on those other ads that I found here. Keep up the good work!:thumbup:

Good Luck to you....I am in Eastern PA April to Oct so if you ever need help with a rescue in my area, I would be eager to help you out and foster. So many need help!

Oh Yes you will pay a whole lot more if you go to a reputable breeder.

Hello everyone. So today I get a phone call from a life long friend who asks me if I could take 2 poms into the rescue, apparently the people who owned them moved out but they seem to have forgot them. Makes me so mad. She brought them to me, they had no water or food for at least three days maybe longer, no heat and she said the house was full of feces and urine. They were so scared, the female was trying to bite everyone. I quarantined them, fed them, gave them fresh water and left them alone for a little while. Went back to them, let them out of the x-pen to go potty and run around a little, and what a difference. They wanted love and the young male wanted to play. They are going to be shaved tomorrow as they are so matted the matts are actually attached to the skin. They are going to the vet Thursday morning and we will have them checked from top to bottom. I fear the female may be pregnant. I fear the medical bills will be bad but what can I do, I could not tell my friend no, I could never do that to an animal. Wish us luck as I am sure the rescue is going to need it now.

Here they are, my grand daughters names them Bonnie and Clyde

So adorable... you are so right to have taken them in, thank goodness !


Keep us posted on their progress.

Unless you are a rescue that does full vetting which includes dentals and also orthopedic surgeries, liver shunt repairs, etc; please do not try to say that a rescue is making money because of their adoption fees which may be higher than you can imagine.

You are an independent just starting out and I would advise you not to bash the efforts of established rescues. We are all in it to save pups...and to bash any other group when you clearly don't understand what is going on is "just wrong on so many levels". The large, established yorkie rescues all charge around the same amount although I have seen some that charge more than YHR...but the bottom line is that what you are quoting as adoption fees would not work for any of those groups because of the nature of what they do.

I don't know what rescues are being referred to here but I suspect YHR may be one. YHR does charge as much as $600 for a rescue and they still often don't break even. Right now we have a pup who just had bladder stone surgery, another one getting ready to have liver shunt surgery...and yet another one who may have a liver shunt. We just found this out after we got him. You really never know for sure what you might run across in rescue. I wish you well and hope you won't be slammed with huge vet bills; but in my experience, it is rare to run a yorkie rescue and never see some huge bills. Certainly WAY over $300 which you seem to assert is your max amount to spend. Heck, to run blood work, do a spay or neuter and also a dental which most will need, will be up around that much. I hope you have plans for what you will do with a liver shunt pup or another problem such as that. Being a reputable rescue is extremely difficult and expensive if done correctly.

If any of you are really interested in why yorkie rescues charge what they do, perhaps this link will help you understand:

Yorkie Haven Rescue Adoption Fees

He may be referring to some rescues. Our group charges more than $300 for some pups (our max is $600), but we do not list them on here for adoption. We have a website and an online adoption application for that purpose. And, there are rescues that charge as much as $1,000 and even more.

I was in no way trying to bash anyone, or any rescue. I do fully vet the ones that I get, spay/neuter, dental, fecal examines, heart worm test and etc. I do not do the liver stunt and all that as I know that is expensive. I would not bash a reputable rescue, ever. I would however bash someone who is not vetting their animals and asking very high prices. So sorry if I offended anyone.

Let me share a story with you that recently happened to us. One of our fosters had blood work and all done...then went in for a dental. Had bleeding issues after the dental and the vet suspected it might be liver related after checking the labs again. Did BATs and then they were elevated...further testing revealed a shunt. What would you do? Those are the things that make rescues charge more...you can try to avoid these things, but it is never totally that simple. I have many other stories that are so similar. In the years I have been doing yorkie rescue, I am seeing more and more issues..mostly congenital stuff.

I should add that we have another young pup that was acting finicky about eating...and getting extremely tired after playing. We felt that something might be amiss because he is too young to be that tired. Tested him...and H\he has elevated BATs and a shunt is suspected.

Oh..and thanks for the clarification! :)

I fully understand what you are saying and if and when I have this happen I will have to pay whatever it takes to make the Yorkie Healthy, your right, the adoption would then go up. I know from fostering for so many years that there is no money in rescue, you are lucky if you break even and most the time you lose.

Indeed!

Sorry about that..... My intent was not to disrupt.... Looking at YHR website, that's NOT the rescue I saw with "adoption" fees based on youth and desirability.

I made the mistake of reading a rule in here.... I just asked a question for clarification.

Thanks! Good work all....

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I only know of one group that does that, but they really do care for their pups. They spend a lot of money in vetting.

I would like to know the rescue you are referring to if you don't mind sending me a PM.

Nothing wrong at all with questioning it. :) I just saw rescue in quotes and was a bit taken aback by some of the general remarks...but it looks like I may have misunderstood. :)

so Bonnie and Clyde went to the vet today just for their initial check up. Wanted to know why Bonnie was pulling her hair out, thought maybe she had mange. I was wrong. Bonnie had a bad allergic reaction to the fleas that were all over her when I got her, took care of that right away with flea meds. Vet gave her a shot of steroids and some antibiotics to take care of the infection, he also managed to find out why her breath was so bad. Seems she had hair stuck in her teeth that had been their quite awhile. He showed it to me and the smell of it made me sick. So she is feeling much better tonight. Clyde is in perfect health just needs neutered and shots and we scheduled that for the 24th. I am very happy there was nothing serious wrong with these two precious babies. This is what Clyde looks like without his fluffy coat, Bonnie got lucky and got to keep hers.

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!!

Great photos.... so glad that they are doing well ! :)


I bet Bonnie feels so much better without that chunk of hair in her teeth or all those fleas biting her.

These two came into rescue yesterday and the little Yorkie girl is already in her forever home. A lady who lives in Pa had an approved application and asked us to keep an eye out for a smaller Yorkie girl. Her name is Vegas but it will be changed. Congrats to you Vegas and your new home. The little Maltese is still with the rescue. She is in foster home and doing well. She is 5 years old and weighs a whopping five pounds. They are so sweet

Can you PM me some details about the maltese girl? thanks :)

Look for "Skylar" here: The Little Yorkie Rescue / Available Rescues

Thanks Mark :)

You're welcome..... I didn't send a PM though..... buuuuuut.... ;)

I let her know and she said that that pup is already spoken for. Paperwork, home visit and a vet check already scheduled. :)