re: Pets that cost 2500+, are they worth it?

3k for a lab

That's a serval. Savannah cats are a hybrid between a serval and a domestic cat.

Aspy!!

Yeah I hate to admit it, but I treat our horses like big dogs. all but a couple of the mares act like dogs too. I swear my palomino understands what I say like my dogs do. If a canine or equine ends up here, they've hit life's lottery.

I bought a border collie/catahoula mix from a good ole boy's farm for a $100 (paid for the shots/food). Best dog ever. I will never understand why people spend a ton of money on a dog

Yeah my nutjob golden retriever rescue was free.

But I'd gladly pay a few grand if it meant he spent another decade with us. Hell I'd thank whoever I wrote the check to for the opportunity.

No, not usually worth it ( to me)

I would not pay that much for a pet

I'll pay $1,000 to $3,000.

If you buy dogs that cost that much, you should breed then.

im not reading this whole thread but on the first page I said when you paid that type of money your dogs shouldn't have died so young. Were they AKC dogs? If not go to the american kennel club website and find a breeder near you of AKC dogs of whatever breed you want, hopefully you're near a major city and one exists. We had to drive 300 miles from houston to get our dogs but they came from a breeder with all kinds of documented info on the dogs family history, etc. It sounds silly but before that we went to some lady off the internet and we got a great pup who died at 6 months old from god knows what and it was sad. The vet was on the one who told us about getting AKC dogs that are a little pricier but come with better info on the dogs genetic background. Our breeder told us that dogs with problems either socially or genetically were taken out of the breeding pool over the years. Our dogs knock on wood are still young 2,3,and 4 but they've been healthy to this point thank god.