Yeah I could of afforded it, but we had to pay over $2,000 this month for house and 2 vans insurance and plus x-mas comming up, and we have 2 other dogs also, that are shih-tzus, but I like big dogs better! Plus we had to get the boxer shipped It was really sad because we were even talking about what times would be better to pick him up and he had a name and I saw him on the webcam and I already loved him *sobs*