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Bubbles
Member
08-31-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:19 pm
Jarreau, I am sure the lady felt bad enough without people bashing her. That is an example of how people go nuts on some stories. I would have felt bad for the poochie, but it was an accident if he got out of her collar. Nuts to prosecute her.
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:21 pm
Lurk - our adoption fee is $60.00! All that does is reimburse us for the spay/neuter and their shots! But yes, some of the adoption fees are high BUT some of these rescuers put a lot of money into the dogs - treating them for heart worms, mange, microchipping, etc. plus there is the transport fee up north - $175.00/dog..... AND, there is a BIG movement against puppy mills now! So, unless you can find an individual breeder......
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:22 pm
BB - Please stop humming......maybe that would work
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:22 pm
You're talking Disney without me?! Love the parks, both CA and FL. I try to go to each once a year. I saw the cute nightwear at Walmart but it seemed to run small and I didn't have time to try on. Very cute. May need to go back! As for adopting a pet -- when you have kids, many of the rescues won't even consider you. I understand why people resort to a pet store.
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Bubbles
Member
08-31-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:22 pm
ITA Lurk, Um I mean cousin Lurk. More people would adopt if they could afford the dogs from shelters.
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:23 pm
Bubbles - I know.....and one woman indicated that she was psychic and would see what she could do!!!!!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:24 pm
WOW Jarr that is super cheap. When I looked into pet adoption the cheapest one was $500. Most were around 700! I thought that was nutz for adoption. And LOL Bubbles! um Cousin Bub hehe
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:25 pm
Lurk, rescues lose money as it is on the adult cats because of the cost of the shots and spaying/neutering. I am part of fancycats.org and we only "make" money on kittens. Overall we lose big time. Long story, but trust me, hard to make a rescue work.
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:25 pm
Brenda - are you serious about rescuers not wanting to adopt to families?????? Now, there are some dogs that don't do well with children BUT Labs, Golden Retrievers, mutt dawgs for the most part are great with kids. And, I believe that every child should have a dog growing up........ Sometimes I think these people lose sight of their mission - finding these animals good homes.....
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:25 pm
Our fees are around $125 for adult cats.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:26 pm
It does run small but only 1 size. And sorry Brenda lolol. Cute wasn't it?! I love what I got. Dang forgot what the shirt said but liked that too. OMG Ragan sounds like Rainman here
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Lurk - ARE YOU KIDDING - $700!!!!! Now, that's a little outrageous...... We primarily operate on donations - not through what we "make" on adoptions.....
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:27 pm
Brenda, most rescues don't give kittens to families with kids under 7 because we hear so many stories where the kids 'loved the kitten to death.' But we allow adults to go to families with kids because they can defend themselves.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:27 pm
Being allergic I never checked the cat fees but did the dogs...I've long considered one. What I don't get is if they are going to put the poor animal down but don't reduce fees here OMG feed alert Matt talkign to Ragan
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:28 pm
Alisons - our adoption fee for cats is $35.00 - definitely NOT a money maker. I am beginning to favor more and more TNR (trap, neuter, release) programs. We are OVERRUN with cats right now - we're giving them away if people will take them.......
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:29 pm
Lurk, the rescue I work with is no kill.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:29 pm
WOW New England needs to learn some lessons from you! It's a HUGE problem here with pricing.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:30 pm
awww thats a really good thing Ali!! I want to hear this convo grrrrrr
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Bubbles
Member
08-31-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:30 pm
Lurk, I have allergies too. Dander, dog hair, cat hair, dust, pollen, sinuses ,.. Had allergy tests as a kid... It must run in the FAMILY!! LOL
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:30 pm
We were looking for a dog,not a cat. I understand wanting to match the animal to the family, but the no-kids policy is a bit much IMO. It forces families that want dogs to look elsewhere, like pet shops. We waited and found a dog at a shelter, Humane society. A friend in another state had the same issue with rescues -- was trying to get a lab. Ended up buying a puppy. the rescues made it too hard and she gave up.
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:31 pm
My shelter is no-kill also. BUT, because of our "Adoption Director" hoarding dogs I think the parish is getting ready to take the shelter back over and it will then become a kill-shelter.....
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Alisons
Member
01-10-2003
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:31 pm
Jarreau, we adopt out about a thousand cats every year - we don't really do dogs but if we get a cat and dog together we will adopt them out together so as not to take away whatever remaining 'family' they have. We operate a quite a loss and end up paying tons out of our own pockets to keep things going.
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:32 pm
Brenda - we have labs coming out of our A## and can't give them away - everything down here is a lab mix........and the majority of them are black - the hardest color to adopt out......
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Jarreau
Member
03-02-2008
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:34 pm
Well, being in a rural parish we have more animals than people wanting to adopt - it's a real problem. And, our AD keeps going to the vets offices and bringing in more and more puppies......it's nothing nice.......
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Monday, August 23, 2010 - 10:34 pm
Yes, Jarreau -- have heard countless stories of rescues not working with families. Called several when I was looking and was told the same. So, my only option was animal shelters. Some do a better job than others of trying to find you the right temperment animal when you have kids, but it's really not that easy to adopt an animal. My dog was $100 from the shelter, 5 years ago. I felt that was very reasonable.
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