Disgusted with people increasing price of animals

[MagentaRocks]

I have been looking all over the internet for the availability of rescue dogs. We don't plan on getting one just yet but I always like to research ahead. I astounded at what people are charging for puppies. Up to £4,000. These are the same breeds that last year were less than half that, or even a quarter of that price.

I haven't been able to find many rescue dogs though. I have looked on local dogs home, preloved and a number of selling sites. I have only seen one on a selling site that was a realistic price with what seemed to be a genuine reason for rehoming.

Does anyone have any ideas on other sites I can look at? Would want to rehome a dig probably up to about 5 years old.

I’ve been looking for a pup for ages, a nice good natured dog is all I ask - doesn’t need to be a breed but some kind of hound cross would be ideal. No puppies at all in any of my local rescues, and no older dogs suitable for cat or teen. French bulldogs (lilac seems popular!) or strange toy dog hybrids seem very popular too - price over £3k. I only want a friendly mutt too Op. by the way dogsblog.com is a good site for rescue normally but I believe the owners have let it slip a bit over lockdown.

No chance of a rescue with primary aged kids from my experience so we'll be buying from a reputable breeder. It winds me up when people spout "adopt don't shop" on here like some sort of mantra when they clearly have zero experience of rescues in the current climate.

We rescued a beautiful little dog in January as her owner was unwell and unable to care for her.

Dh came home from a dog walk a few weeks after rescuing the little one and said he'd got chatting to a couple at the park and he'd been offered £800 for her.

She is a cavachon.

We rehomed her straight from her owner, via a friend, we didn't pay a penny for her, but if someone was to take her from us now I'd give my life savings to get her back. she's the best little dog ever.

We have started looking at rescue dogs as we always planned to get one when I retired as I have recently. It’s very rare to be able to have one if you have children under 12 or a cat, fortunately we have neither so should hopefully be able to adopt

I was on my breeders waiting list just over a year when our puppt came home (Shiba Inu), her prices were very close to the estimated cost I was quoted when I was added to her wait list and very similar to quotes from other KC assured breeders.

It includes
Stud fees (around £500)
Dams yearly screen for eye disease
Dams hip score
Testing for GM1 and GM2
Food and medical care for mum
Food and medical care for pups
Microchip
First vaccine
Kennel club puppy registration fee
Kennel club assured breeder fee
Her time, puppies are hard work!

I looked around rescues, breed specific rescue wouldn’t take me ln their books as I have a young child, neither would the dogs trust, the blue cross or the rspca.

Trying to get a rescue dog when you have a young child and a cat is near impossible, when you have also selected a small number of breeds due to them being ideal for your lifestyle its even harder.

I don't think the high prices are awful. Yes, of course, some of it is greed. Equally, someone I know has decided lock down is the perfect time to get a puppy. They want a daschund.

Even though they have a toddler, and in normal circumstances work out of the home. They have previously rehomed and then got rid of 2 kittens as they were too difficult.

They're upset that people want ££££s so they can't afford the puppy they want.

I'm glad frankly. That's one less puppy that might end up in a rescue in 6 months.

[quote CayrolBaaaskin]@MagentaRocks but this is the first you mentioned “exploitation” and people “selling litter after litter with no thought for the animal”. You can ere complaining about the high price. No doubt because like many people (including me) once you realize that if you can’t get a rescue dog with kids, you will be buying a pup. I think you need to be honest with yourself.

I am a lifelong vegetarian and while I have an issue with intensive farming and poor animal welfare practices in farming, I have no issues with people buying and selling animals in itself.[/quote]
I will absolutely not be buying a puppy. It is only from looking around that I saw the high prices. If we have to wait for a long time for a rescue then that is what we will do.

I also don’t have young kids or any other animals.

It’s disgusting, but so is the apparent trend of having got a dog for lockdown and now needing to sell them on.

We have had a long-term plan to buy a dog this Autumn, once our youngest starts school. We are gutted that this is now not going to happen, but I am not prepared to pay well over the odds due to the greed of some breeders. Many reputable breeders haven’t over-inflated their prices, but they also have very long waiting lists.

I agree that it's a good thing to dissuade the feckless from having a dog, but a high price stops normal people (who don't have a spare £3k hanging around) from having a dog, which I think is a shame.