how much was your dog?

[wolf_Q]

Originally posted by shais_mom
What kind of dog is Rusty?
I can't tell from the pics.

He's a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever......sorry for answering for you doglovrforevr.

[Sudilar]

Mine were adopted from Animal Welfare League.
Shiloh was $75 and
Killian was $75 (plus thousands in vet bills....worth every penny, I might add!)

[Aspen and Misty]

Teddy- I think 250 from a breeder, he wasn't show quility, so they sold him.

Huney- 350 from a BYB, I told my sister not to get her, but she said she was rescueing her and I told her she was supporting this lady and she said she was rescueing her well, we got her, and love her to death, wouldn't trade her for the world!

Ash

[micki76]

Chester came from a back yard breeder (isn't that obvious, 14lbs?!) and he was my first and last puppy. We adopted Millie from the Animal Rescue Klub for $100 and I now volunteer there. Having bought a puppy in the past, I can say that I'll never do it again. Having said that, I believe that I was *supposed* to have Chester. Not too many people would pay out the nose for his health problems (caused by back yard breeding, I'm sure) like we have. Our little $150 dollar dog is worth about $10,000 in vet bills. Literally.

Adopting Millie has been more of what I'm used to. I have always adopted adult dogs that needed homes, and I have also volunteered for the SPCA and the Humane Society in our area for years. Her health is also SO much better.

Oh and BTW, wouldn't trade either for a zillion bucks and I'd lay down my life for both.

No one take this personally, JMO. I will never purchase a dog from a breeder again. There are SO many breeds that I'd *like* to have, but there are so many that would *like* to have me and a home.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom

The ppl drove her up to my house 2 weeks later. she was five weeks old when she finally came home for the first time. She puked on the way to. poor baby. She always hated car rides. ..

Tikeya was only 5 weeks old when you got her??

[apcrs5122]

I adopted all of my babies, but I'm not against breeders, as long as they treat their animals humanly.
Alex-$25 for the adoption fee, and $60 for the neuter, so $85 total.
I know this is in the dog section, but-
Cleo(cat)-We got Cleo in '95, and I was little, but if the shelter had the same prices as they do now, she was $25, but I'm not sure.
Phoebe(cat)-Phoebe is the same as Cleo, only we got her in '96.
Rolo(guinea pig)-$10 for the adoption fee.
Scooter(guinea pig)-same as Rolo, $10.

I really hate putting prices on my pets, because the love they give me is better than anything money can buy. I love each and every one of them to death, and I always will.

[binka_nugget]

We got Kai from a breeder. I have nothing against going to GOOD responsible breeders but I'd really like to rescue in the future. I'd only go to a breeder again if I had my heart set on a specific pure-bred and just couldn't find any near me or if I wanted a show dog for conformation.

All my favourite breeds are fairly common here so I should have no trouble rescueing one in the future.

As for the cost, Kai was $500. Although, I don't like saying that we paid $500 for him because he's worth everything I'd ever dreamed of.

[CathyBogart]

Oh, the precious boy we just adopted was $160, which includes microchip, neuter, and the first vet visit!

[Luvmypupster]

I paid 750 for my maltese , he's worth far more to me. I searched for him through a breed specific club and was referred to his breeder by several active club members. He comes from a top line of malts and is a beauty. I went this route because I wanted to avoid the backyard breeder, pet store/puppy mill dogs. I wanted a healthy , sound temperment dog that looked like what a malt is suppose to look like. I don't think it was too much to pay for a beloved member of my family.

[reils]

I got both my pups at a shelter. They normally charge $250. for an adoption fee, but because we were taking two at the same time they charged us $200. each.

I think people need to do what is right for them. We all have circumstances or desires that guide us in a specific direction. It would be terrible if you went against what was right for you and then had a bad experience or needed to give the dog up.

[GSDgurl]

Well I agree with everyone.....you should be able to get your dog anywhere....b/c they are goin to alll need a home someday..

Asia-- $150
Alex-- Free, I see him as my rescue dog. B/c the guy couldn't keep him b/c he was moving n' we took Alex under our care n' was very worth it~!
Colby-- $500

To me none of my dogs have a price written on them...n' I well never put one on them. They mean everything to me...

[PapillonCrazie!]

I am with binka_nugget, I do not like saying how much I have payed for Sadie or any other pooch I have had. Because you could never put a price on them.
Though, Sadie was $600 and Maddie (the puppy who turned out to have a heart murmor) was $800. They were from diffrent breeders
Though, when I get a conformation puppy, they can run anywhere up to $1,400. Give or take a few dollars.

[shortpup]

Shorty was $10.00 from a county dog pound.

[cloverfdx]

Quick note first: we looked for months in animal shelters for "the right dog" with our first 2 (penny n clover) but never found a dog that was for us (we were not going to adopt on impulse)

our dogs are priceless and would not trade them for the world (although both dogs have health problems, skin,clovers eye's, etc)we deal with it.

but i am sooooooo ashamed of how we got theodore (Chihuahua) he was from a pet shop, and although i knew better we went and bought him anyway, in return we have gotton a shy,insecure little guy but he love's us uncondtionally.

ohh penny was a freebie, mum met a lady at her work who adopted a supposedly desexed bitch who gave birth to 4 pups a few weeks later

and clover was out of an ad in the paper and cost $20 (+ desexing,vacinations,worming,fleaing,obedience school,flyball training, various canine association fee's, vet bill with eye and skin problens) but i love more than life itself and would never give her up
and the cats were both freebies

[puppygrrl4eva7]

I'd wanted a puppy for the longest time, like the last two years of my life so I finally convinced my daddy to let me have one, we'd been looking since January for a good small breed dog, (we'd had a Big lab before and she was a lot of work so we wanted something smaller) anyway we checked out this pet shelter and I saw a really cute mutt but he was a big breed, the closest thing to a small pup was a litter of like terrier/GSD or something. So we went to a breeder and I'm not ashamed that we did she was a very responsilble breeder who has experience with chihuahuas and yorkies. And I don't think going to a breeder is a bad thing nessicarily because all dogs need homes and if you want a purebred doggie that's fine, and if I would have gotten a dog from the shelter I would have deprived him of a proper enviornment because we are only able to care for a lapdog at this time. So anyway I got Ringo for my 13th Birthday and I would give the world for him but he was $450 and worth every penny (even when he's a little brat )