I never actually answered the question. I would never pay 1,000 dollars for any animal unless it was a serval or Ocelot to start a Federal Breeding Program for Endagered Species, which is one of my goals in life.

For a dog, no. A cat, no. A bird, possibly. Any other animal, no. I can find just as good of a dog from a shelter, or rescue. I may think of buying a purebred dog if I wanted to get involved in showing, or a purebred cat for the same reasons.