Comments on: Should We Discount Price On Dog Adoptions? http://puppyintraining.com/should-we-discount-dog-adoptions/ A Guide Dog Puppy Raiser's Blog To Raising Dogs And Puppies - ecoDogTraining.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colby http://puppyintraining.com/should-we-discount-dog-adoptions/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 Colby Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:10:29 +0000 http://puppyintraining.com/?p=2294#comment-2936 @Ally, thanks for your response. $150-350 is a pretty steep price for adoption. I agree...I'd rather save money on adoption and put that money towards other items for my dog. One other expense that I failed to mention that is very important is dog training. We spend between $65 and $275 on 4-6 week group training classes with our dogs. For us training is an ongoing process and we will continue to attend classes throughout t he lifetime of our dogs. We're looking to get Stetson into a scenting class and therapy training. Linus is interested in agility. A good idea would be to include basic training classes in the adoption fee price. A well-behaved dog is more likely to become a part of the family and avoid ending up back in the shelter. @Ally, thanks for your response. $150-350 is a pretty steep price for adoption. I agree…I’d rather save money on adoption and put that money towards other items for my dog.

One other expense that I failed to mention that is very important is dog training. We spend between $65 and $275 on 4-6 week group training classes with our dogs. For us training is an ongoing process and we will continue to attend classes throughout t he lifetime of our dogs. We’re looking to get Stetson into a scenting class and therapy training. Linus is interested in agility.

A good idea would be to include basic training classes in the adoption fee price. A well-behaved dog is more likely to become a part of the family and avoid ending up back in the shelter.

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]]> By: Ally http://puppyintraining.com/should-we-discount-dog-adoptions/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 Ally Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:41 +0000 http://puppyintraining.com/?p=2294#comment-2927 The local shelter charges anywhere from $150-350 for dogs and $50-90 for cats. The animals do come microchipped, spayed/neutered, up-to-date on vaccinations, de-wormed and with a free vet visit and you can license your dog with the county at the shelter when you adopt it. However, half-price adoptions do wonders here and I'd be more willing to adopt a dog from the shelter if they charged less (I worked there and prices for dogs were half what they are now, with all the same perks but you couldn't license the dogs there) There are so many things for the dogs that I would rather spend my money on than their adoption price. I got my girl dog from a private owner rather than a shelter and only paid $100 for her and got half that back when I spayed her. I know shelters need to make money to function but they need to consider their adoption prices and how they compare to purebred/breeder prices. Around here it's cheaper at times to buy a purebred than to adopt (without all the perks of course but those are underestimated by most people). Great post! The local shelter charges anywhere from $150-350 for dogs and $50-90 for cats. The animals do come microchipped, spayed/neutered, up-to-date on vaccinations, de-wormed and with a free vet visit and you can license your dog with the county at the shelter when you adopt it. However, half-price adoptions do wonders here and I’d be more willing to adopt a dog from the shelter if they charged less (I worked there and prices for dogs were half what they are now, with all the same perks but you couldn’t license the dogs there) There are so many things for the dogs that I would rather spend my money on than their adoption price. I got my girl dog from a private owner rather than a shelter and only paid $100 for her and got half that back when I spayed her. I know shelters need to make money to function but they need to consider their adoption prices and how they compare to purebred/breeder prices. Around here it’s cheaper at times to buy a purebred than to adopt (without all the perks of course but those are underestimated by most people). Great post!

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