Having to pay to surrender a dog to rescue?

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Firstly I understand there is alot of work that goes into rescue, a lot of money needed to take on and rehome a dog. I'm very aware of that.

I have a purebred dog I have to rehome. DEVASTATING circumstances I won't go into. But I'm heartbroken. She is only 1 years old and not neutered yet.

I paid alot of money for her.

But her being happy and safe in a loving home is way more important than getting my money back.

But money is part of the reason I am rehoming (not the main reason that is really out of my control) but I am in a bad way financially (all come about in last 3 months)

So I contact breed rescue. And they want £75 fee to surrender her.

Surely this must put people off?

I could go on gumtree now and sell her for £700 easily. I WON'T because I'm terrified she will be taken by someone horrible.

But why is there a surrender fee when to adopt a dog from this rescue is £675.

Surley the £675 adoption fee covers the costs?

I'm not trying to be bitch or dismiss the wonderful work they do.

But they are a rescue that soley works with an expensive breed that are easily sold, even as adults. So don't you think charging people to surrender their dogs just encourages people to sell them instead?

I don't have the money to give them so I don't know what to do now.

Is this normal now?

Obviously adoptions fees have always been a thing, but surrender fees?

Thisnis being totally derailed and I'm not going into the circumstances of the woman's death. It's very much true, I have friends who attended the funeral.

Why must MN think everything anyone ever says is a lie?

I see I cross posted with you.

What a crass thing to say.

It's not crass at all. Puppy farms do use such elaborate excuses for not being able to have dogs returned. It's quite a common thing and just one more lie in a whole line of lies they tell.

If your breeder genuinely is in this situation then a reputable rescue centre is the most sensible plan.

I'm hiding this thread now so won't see nay more replies but I'm sure you'll all still have alot to say and speculate about. Ghastly.

Thanks for the advice

Surely part of the issue is that they cannot know how long they will need to keep the dog. It is all very well saying that this is a popular breed and people will pay good money for it, but any decent rehoming centre will assess the dog first. They must run the risk of discovering all sorts of behaviour issues.

@WhatsGoinOnMama that's exactly what i was thinking. Another excuse is oh i am going for surgery.
I am sorry 75 is not much to pay. You have only had her for one year. She can live till she is 15 or more. So would have cost you 1,000s of pounds. Plus is she is from a puppy farm, she more than likely will have health issues in the future. Its not much money to ensure she gets a good home

To be fair the breeder can't have been that great to sell a puppy to you, and now less than a year on you're giving it up. I know you think you have a good reason, and that it was totally unpredictable blah blah, but something was rocky and that's the facts.

Plus shelters and rescues are full of dogs that have been got in the past year or 2. 100's of dogs possibly thousands being put down every week.. Its relentless

Can’t you ask the charity to do a direct rehome? They find a home via there social media or contacts and you take the dog direct to the new owner. They would need to do a home check but that’s easily done. That way it won’t cost them anything and shouldn’t really cost you anything except perhaps a small donation of either money or pet food.

Where is everyone getting the puppy farm stuff from? One minute it's suggested next minute it's factual?

If op can't afford to keep her dog she won't be able to pay a surrender fee will she

£75 is nothing in the grand scheme of things - how do rescues survive otherwise? They have all sorts of costs so that adoption fee will be eaten up by food, heating, Council tax, staff pay, vet bills and the rest of their income will come from people like me who donate money all the time to rescues even though we have dogs of our own because otherwise rescues would fold.

I have a friend who helps run a rescue and she hears this kind of excuse fairly often. Along with others such as the breeders marriage has broken down, their child is sick child with something major or the person themselves is now terminally ill etc. Basically any grand excuse to prevent a dog being returned because puppy farms don't want dogs that are 1,2 3 years old or older they only want easy to shift tiny puppies.

A one off sum is different to ongoing costs associated with keeping a pet

It isn't a new thing for rescues to charge a rehoming fee. Fifteen years ago my friend had to pay £ 100 for her two young dogs to be rehomed. She had bred them herself, had both parents, planned to keep the pups and had started training them but her health took a dramatic turn for the worse and the only option was to rehome the youngsters. These were well bred, had the best of everything, fully vaccinated and as house trained pups they were ready to go and wouldn't have been in rescue for long but she still had to pay for the rescue to take them.

To the poster saying £ 75 is not a lot in the grand scheme of things - I wish I could agree with you!

How much is a vet check, fleaing, worming and neutering?

Honestly I think that's a cheap price for knowing you're doing the best thing for the dog,

That’s hardly nothing considering your dog hasn’t been sterilised which can cost £200+ and then there’s food, vet care, vaccinations. The rescue can’t carry the burden of every rescue animal that people dump on them. So YABU.

To the poster saying £ 75 is not a lot in the grand scheme of things - I wish I could agree with you!

It's a very cheap price considering the dog will need to be fed, sterilised, fleaed, wormed have a health check and vaccinated before being rehomed.

I think thats quite reasonable. These places will have quite high running costs. You will be saving on food, vets fees and grooming expenses. Agree with others about the breeder. Not sure I would swallow that elaborate tale.

I get what posters are saying but if she hasn't got £75 she hasn't got it.
How about trying other places? And explain your situation.
Sorry things are tough.

if You love your dog why not find a foster home for her rather than adoption? that way if you can get back on your feet you can have her back?

Go to another rescue. £675 for a rescue dog is mental.

We paid £120 for each of our rescues - which covered their neutering, worming etc.

Just try another rescue, this all sounds very suspicious. I have a friend who rehomed her dogs but the dogs stayed with her until a home could be found. Which was much kinder to all. Again circumstances beyond her control. Took about 2 months for the right home to be found. All went very smoothly.

I don't think rehoming fees are a good idea. Most people who are giving up their dogs at the moment are doing so either for financial reasons in which case they won't have spare money or because they don't care about the dog in which case they'll just sell or abandon it. Responsible dog owners with spare money tend to keep their dogs. The dogs will lose out in the end.

People die and get ill all the time. How awful to take someone's tragedy and declare it a lie like it is a fact.

Standard type of excuse for not taking the dog back.

Plus a reputable breeder would have alternatives in place if they did happen to be out of the country for a year. For example, they would likely have a list of pre vetted potential clients who might be willing to take a young adult dog instead of waiting on another litter, the stud dog family might consider taking the dog, the stud dog family might rehome the dog via their client list, or they would tap into their wider network to find someone as part of their ongoing commitment to any puppies they bred.

Basically if a reputable breeder couldn’t take a dog back because they genuinely had a family emergency overseas I’d expect a reply along the lines of ‘I’m sorry I can’t fulfill my commitment to take the dog back, give me 3 days to contact some people and come up with some options and let’s go from there’

Can you not put feelers out to friends and family. My cousin did this, she had to give up her dog as it was effecting her child’s health, bad allergies. Another cousins dog had not long passed so they took her dog in for her. We got our baby a very similar way, through friends, they had a friend who’s dog had a bigger litter than expected, the pups went to family and friends, they didn’t want to sell them just cared about going to a loving home, they ended up keeping an extra one and we took the other.

Rescues do have to pay out a lot so can see why they ask for some help with costs but It's worth seeing if they will waive the fee given your struggling financially.
Tbh your breeder could've offered to pay it if they had contracted you to take back but now can't fulfil for personal reasons rather than take risk of you feeling forced to sell on, although they usually have friends in the breeder/show circle who'd also help out.

You could try asking on rescue helpers unite on FB too for assistance to locate a different rescue placement as are lots of smaller foster based rescues. Possibly one can help you keep your dog while find a home as they usually cover basics to fosters.

It's all very well people suggesting selling/rehoming yourself, but no matter what checks you do once you've signed over ownership you have zero control what happens next, those nice people may sell dog on for profit following week, if not spayed use for breeding then dump when no use or just few months/year find their circumstances change but aren't as careful about who rehome to.
Rescues usually contract adopters to return to them so they can try help maintain welfare for dogs lifetime which helps gives some reassurances.