re: When did dog breeders lose their damn minds?

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don’t hate because you a poor and can’t afford it!

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don't hate because people are financially responsible,

You remind me of a dude I used to work with. There was a turnaround for over 3 months. for over 2 months it was 7 12s and when it slowed down he told me "man I made a lot of money and dont have anything to show for it"

I mentioned something about saving money and dude told me "but my new furniture looks good. My new clothes look good".. he went on and said something like "thats what money gets me" I told him to get back to me in 15yrs so I can ask him if he wish he kept the money or happy he bought new furniture and clothes".

She's really cute

The market for hunting labs has gone down quite a bit. Our dog before this one cost $3000. Our current one, from the same breeder with a comparable pedigree, cost $1500.

Sorry you're poor.

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Unfortunately not as much anymore. The non-pitts get scooped up by rescue groups and they ask for 30 pages of questionnaire and at least 500 dollars.

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Our area too.

Rescues here make people jump through so many hoops I'm convinced they don't even really want to adopt out dogs. Applications, home visits, family interviews, they check vet records of former/current pets, they ask what you plan to feed, how you plan to train. Most will automatically deny if you don't have a physically fenced in yard (can't be an invisible fence) or will leave the dog alone for more than four hours at a time (no working outside the home). They will not adopt to someone 60 or older, some will not adopt to families with young kids. They also have provisions allowing them to take back dogs at any point in the dog's lifetime if they feel conditions are not up to their standards.

We put in an application for a puppy our neighbor was fostering. The rescue denied our application because our 1.5 acres isn't fenced. Dog is still being fostered by neighbor nearly a year later and they don't have a fence.

We considered buying a dog to avoid the rescue run around but ended up finding a rescue in a rural area that only required we neuter and keep up to date on vaccines and heartworm medicine. We adopted through them and he is the most spoiled good boy there is.

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My 21 year old daughter wants one bad. She told us how expensive they were and said she will wait to get one when she’s out of college. I went online and searched and found some for $400 to $500 and showed her. She said those probably weren’t from prized breeders or were the wrong color/ Whatever. She can wait to get one.

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I have two mini dachshunds. Both healthy. Both pure breed. I have a grand total of 300 bucks in obtaining both. One was free. One was the pup of a dachshund pair where the owners procrastinated in getting the male fixed.

Both great dogs with big personalities.

Most bred dogs within my family experienced significant health problems that caused them to die early (10-12 years). The rescue dogs we've had all lived longer

I get the health problems, though my experience (considerably less than yours in a single breed) has been quite the opposite. But if you're looking for a pet, not a breeder or show dog if the hair is a bit courser, or the color marking aren’t exactly as that should be is that worth an extra 3k? I guess to each his own but I do not see the value in it as I said if your not working these dogs in show or breeding stock.

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Rescues here make people jump through so many hoops I'm convinced they don't even really want to adopt out dogs.

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At least for the “desirable” ones. I got my pittie without a question asked.

I had such a terrible experience with my rescue mutt being mean that my husband wanted a frenchie.

She was originally $7k and vetted for health but I got her at 2 years of age because she never went into heat. Of course she turns around and goes into heat so now I gotta get her fixed.

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I have two mini dachshunds. Both healthy. Both pure breed. I have a grand total of 300 bucks in obtaining both. One was free. One was the pup of a dachshund pair where the owners procrastinated in getting the male fixed.

Both great dogs with big personalities.

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Dachshunds are amazing dogs. Matter of fact all german breeds I've owned are awesome and some of the smartest dogs around. (Dachshund, German Shepherd, Std Poodle.) All smart as whips and very loving pets.