Would you give money to someone rehoming?
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It would depend on the dog and situation. I wouldn't mind a small fee like $50-100 especially if the dog came with a crate. Maybe up to $200 if it were a young purebred and already spayed/neutered and current on everything.
For any dog I rehomed myself and was not a rescue, I did not charge for. Like the Greyhound I got to race in NOTRA. Due to some circumstances in my life, I couldn't get him to the track and found family that could. He ended up being #1 Greyhound and #4 All breed in NOTRA last year, but hey that is the breaks of life. He was a performance dog and wanted to run. I couldn't provide that for him and he is happy in this home that could provide it. I could have sold him, but that wasn't the point.
You don't recoup cost or profit off dogs and if you do, you are doing it wrong! Weeding out nutjobs that just want to flip the dog, I understand though, but it doesn't have to be a huge fee or you really don't have to take it once the right home is found.
For any dog I rehomed myself and was not a rescue, I did not charge for. Like the Greyhound I got to race in NOTRA. Due to some circumstances in my life, I couldn't get him to the track and found family that could. He ended up being #1 Greyhound and #4 All breed in NOTRA last year, but hey that is the breaks of life. He was a performance dog and wanted to run. I couldn't provide that for him and he is happy in this home that could provide it. I could have sold him, but that wasn't the point.
You don't recoup cost or profit off dogs and if you do, you are doing it wrong! Weeding out nutjobs that just want to flip the dog, I understand though, but it doesn't have to be a huge fee or you really don't have to take it once the right home is found.
200 seems like the normal people charge when they're rehoming their dogs, at least from what I've seen on kijiji. It's still cheaper than pretty much 80% of the rescues and when you look at it, $200 isn't that much money. For the right dog (and that particular one is utterly ADORABLE) I would pay $200. Not much higher, mind you.
It depends on things too... if the shots are up to date, if he's mild mannered, young or old.. etc.
It depends on things too... if the shots are up to date, if he's mild mannered, young or old.. etc.
I used to believe that I would not pay a re-home fee, but now have changed my mind. I payed a re-home fee for Mitsu, she cost me 300.00 and to me that is nothing. Having her in our lives was priceless.
My parents just paid a 350.00 re-home free for Fancy from a breeder. She was just recently Spayed, UTD, although she has some training issues, like house training and some basic training.
If its the right dog, I see nothing wrong with paying a fee.
My parents just paid a 350.00 re-home free for Fancy from a breeder. She was just recently Spayed, UTD, although she has some training issues, like house training and some basic training.
If its the right dog, I see nothing wrong with paying a fee.
Oh gosh, he IS cute!!
It's definitely possible once she talks to your vet her rehoming price will drop - there is apparently a thing such as "dog flipping" that occurs on craigslist, at least our local one. People will find the dogs that are free or have a very low rehoming fee, "adopt" them, then turn around and sell them again for a few hundred bucks. So she might have set the price high just to run people off but once she finds somebody she knows she can trust will lower that price.
Good luck!
It's definitely possible once she talks to your vet her rehoming price will drop - there is apparently a thing such as "dog flipping" that occurs on craigslist, at least our local one. People will find the dogs that are free or have a very low rehoming fee, "adopt" them, then turn around and sell them again for a few hundred bucks. So she might have set the price high just to run people off but once she finds somebody she knows she can trust will lower that price.
Good luck!
He may be, his weights good and when I was on my flights most dogs didn't fit "under" the seat but were between the owners legs on the floor, West Jets also a bit liberal on room in the carrier for flights less than 2 hours, one gentleman with a Lapso (sp?) said he's fine on short flights but when they tried flying to BC they said no...
Worse case its only a couple times a year, I'll check him, their cargo is good as well, but Id prefer not to...
Assuming I don't drive anyways, having no car at the other end and renting can get pricey enough to rival the savings of flying
Worse case its only a couple times a year, I'll check him, their cargo is good as well, but Id prefer not to...
Assuming I don't drive anyways, having no car at the other end and renting can get pricey enough to rival the savings of flying
Well, met her and he's a complete doll!! He does tricks and cuddled with me on the chair, he's likely going to be too big to fly, but frankly after meeting him, I don't care... I'll drive or Cargo him every now and then...
He sooo smart, she was a mess :-(
She called my vet, he was in surgery but the girls spoke so highly of me and how I cared for my pets she said she doesn't care if she talks directly to him..
She also totally rescinded the fee, she was only asking to, as someone here guessed, keep flippers away, there was not enough "profit" in him for them to bother...
She only asked that I think it over and if I'm sure come back on Sunday, that way I have no regrets and she and I both know its not a impulse decision..
I'm glad he's only 15 minutes away!!
I can't believe I had given up finding an adult rehome and decided to start looking at puppy options and found one I adore the same day!!
He sooo smart, she was a mess :-(
She called my vet, he was in surgery but the girls spoke so highly of me and how I cared for my pets she said she doesn't care if she talks directly to him..
She also totally rescinded the fee, she was only asking to, as someone here guessed, keep flippers away, there was not enough "profit" in him for them to bother...
She only asked that I think it over and if I'm sure come back on Sunday, that way I have no regrets and she and I both know its not a impulse decision..
I'm glad he's only 15 minutes away!!
I can't believe I had given up finding an adult rehome and decided to start looking at puppy options and found one I adore the same day!!
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Tango was a foster, so a bit of a different situation. But what I had planned to do was ask a small fee (definitely NOT $200, even though I spent way more than that on his surgeries) if he had been adopted locally, just to ensure they actually were serious about him (this in addition to vet references and a lengthy application). As it turned out, he was adopted by a Chazzer and she paid to fly him home. The way I see it, if someone is serious enough about adopting the dog to freaking FLY the dog home (which isn't cheap!), then there's no reason they need to pay a "rehoming fee" on top of that. Same would go for someone driving a long distance to get the dog. Locally, though, it's a good safeguard. I don't know that I would pay $200, but I'd certainly be willing to pay $50-$100.