new puppy in our household...nope! <sad>

recently darrin and i were told of an "oopps" litter with a pure english bulldog bitch and a mystery papa. they had the mama in a "secure" place so that boys couldn't get to her and low and behold, she ended up with some pups! the vet has no idea. at 13 weeks they weighed in 30 lbs. darrin's sister's friend's friend had the litter and was trying to get rid of them. when i hear "rid" i am hearing "free to good home" right? or at worst, pay for vet fees which is TOTALLY understandable . so for 4 weeks now we have been waiting and wondering how much they were gonna be. 3 days ago i find out. one thousand dollars, yes $1,000. crazy right? then it was said that if they don't find them "good" homes, they are gonna take them to the shelter! and not even a no kill shelter, just a shelter. i am all, uh, i can give you what YOU paid for their shots and maybe even a hundred more, but i can't come up with a thousand dollars to keep them out of the shelter. that is unfair right?

That just makes me furious. Were the parents OFA'd? CERF'd? Champions? Do they have any kind of justification for selling them (because thats what they are doing) for such a high fee? are these pups even full blooded? (Not that that matters for pets, but for $1000...and they didn't witness the breeding so they don't know WHO the father is or WHAT he is) AND threatening to take them to the pound? That's extortion. I would go in and say LOOK here's $250 or whatever it costs to get them their shots etc, I'll provide you with a copy of their vet certificate when I get them spayed/neutered, and a good home. If you don't like it, and you plan to take them to the pound, then I will go adopt them for $75 from there and you won't get a cent of it. Grrrrr stupid backyard breeders! How much you want to bet that wasn't an "oops" litter!

Well said. I couldn't agree more.