Fair Adoption Fee??? - Page 2

I am no good at pricing things, so by all means take that with a grain of salt. (I don't want to offend either!)

Although there is a GSD RESCUE around here who asks $300+ for un-papered, un-trained, zero-mannered, BYB dogs who may or may not even be purebred. THAT is what I would consider to be a Pet, and if that is considered a fair price, I'd think a fair price for Jen would be $750+ at least. He could still do lighter sports, like competitive OB or Rally, after-all.

I hope he finds a good home.

And no worries... this probably is the most flattering picture I've had in awhile too. LMAO!

Jenni, you know better than any of us. I'm just a giver. I look at it like this, if you couldn't pay me to keep a dog, how can I charge? People pay hundreds for stupid toys, like legos. I don't need or want them, so I would give them away.

If he wasn't a dog I would keep for myself, I certainly wouldn't have poured money I don't really have into him to give him the best shot possible of a good future. He's a very deserving dog. Hardly a case of "I don't want this crappy old thing so you may as well take it". It's a simple issue: I can only do justice to so many animals at once.  I'm not a hoarder. 

Hank, Dawulf and Bronco...good points. I'm torn on this. I wasn't thinking as much as a few of you were because of the "fear factor" aspect of the future and all the unknowns about his prognosis, but you're right; he still has a lot of good, desireable qualities. I guess I'll leave it at " reasonable fee applies" and hope that will weed out the wackos and bargain hunters but not scare someone off of him. 

Thanks.

p.s. Dawulf, are you biased? LOL  Is he the one you held when you were here? 

If Dawulf was serious about , he can come hang with us, AND, they already bought a dog from you, If it were me, I would send him for free there. To me, there would be no amount of money worth taking the risk he gets re-injured, or re-homed again. What is "light duty" to one could be totally different to another. For Real, I would send him with someone for free, That I KNOW was going to give him the life he deserves now, comfortable and easy...

Typical adoption fees in my area run $400, but "adoption" would not be an appropriate choice of words, unless I was registered as a nonprofit organization which would allow the adopter a tax write off.

KitKat, I'd send him to Dawulf in a second- but I'm afraid the poor girl would find herself homeless;-). Grouchy Granny (and I mean that as a term of endearment...) would have "stroke 15" as my own grandmother would've called it. 

I know, Daryl, but dang it, this PC rescue stuff has made it so that I can advertise a dog worth $3-4k and get emails wanting to "adopt my baby" and what is the "fee."    Now, I'm not registered as non-profit, but one would certainly think I am running some kind of rescue if they looked around at the sad stories that wind up here, lol. Not a rescue, just a sucker!      I just thought it would somewhat differentiate between a "regular", totally sound dog I have for sale and one that needs a bit of special attention. 

I have a very promising-sounding home waiting on his last follow-up visit/xray which will shed even more light on his long term prognosis. They are within driving distance, which is nice for all of us. Stay at home mom w/a couple little kids, big fenced yard, active family but he'd be primarily a pet. Of course, they haven't met him yet, so if anyone knows someone who might be interested and they can vouch for their character, back-up plans are being accepted. I don't mind keeping him, but the sooner he gets where he's going, the better off I think he will be in terms of bonding, etc. I will take him back at any time should a problem arise. 

Thanks again; this was very helpful.

If he can do SAR you can donate him to a good organization, also there are organizations that supply service dogs to people and they always need good dogs without absolutelly NO issues able to live in cities also around MANY dogs. You know your dog... I donated healthy dogs to them but if you think he could do something like that, why not? right?

My adoption fee is $300 but people dont care about the bloodline, they just want to give a nice dog a good home.I myself would not pay more, that is how I view it.

A dog that has had any problems with elbows-bad enough that required surgery is a gamble for anyone. If he were my dog, I would place him for free with the right family/person. You can go to a shelter and get a perfectly healthy, nice dog for anywhere from 60 dollars (city shelters) to 200-300 at a regular shelter. 

500, 750, 800  ?  Who in their right mind would pay that .. when for a hundred or three more get a broker and import a good dog or pup.

That just sounds like a rip off to me. I buy crippled G1 rated Stake horses off the track for 200.00 - 250.00 sink about 3-4 grand into them then donate or sell to 4-H kids, scout and/or riding camp papers included. The most I ever charged was 500.00 and that was for a (PbHb) Native Dancer mare.

JMO.

Good to know this dog had the surgery he needed.  I don't normally like to see dogs given away free, but in this case you may have to do that.