One can word it any way they want...... No matter what lame excuse/s are offered, it all comes down to the same sad story. One of the hand full of noble animals in the world is being deserted for expediency.
With very few exceptions...........there is no excuse.
Randy

Sad as that is it's better than the way it's done around here. People just take the dog out into the countryside and dump it out of a car. That's how I ended up with Molly. That was the middle of January too.

People do that here with cats. A lot. I don't see the red angry face icon but, imagine it right here: grrr!!!

I would never pay a rehoming fee from anyone.
If I had to pay that on top of the vet visit in the next week i would never be able to do it.
All of my dogs have been free and there the best taken care of to my abilty.
And I will say that I have had 2 litters of kitten and never charged a adpotion fee. But I did screen for them and there new homes.
And I have used craigs list But yes some people charge outrages amounts on there.
Sorry it is off topic but I wanted to say that.
But i do transport for fosters and yes the gas comes out of your money and in this time thats alot in it self.
And I spent at least 70 buck on each kitten.
And over 300 on each resue dog I have had which was 3

I've been to several events that just made me weep. The most heart wretching was a animal auction which included lots of dogs. We were there purchasing sheep and beef cows for the farm but I stayed when I noticed 10 lots of dogs/puppies. I had never heard of an auction with dogs in it so I stayed on to see what it was. I wish I hadn't.

The first group was a lot of registered beagles all in varying stages of health which were promptly bought up by what was a labratory buyers at $65 a head.

The second group was three labradors. All scared and again bought up by the same lab buyer.

The third group was a group of toy dogs. These dogs were in such a state of neglect that it brought me to tears. At that point I got up and walked out. I did write a letter to the auction company that they had lost my business because of their decision to include dogs in their auction which should not have passed the vet screening.

Craigslist isn't perfect, no one making the choice to get rid of their dog was likely the right owner but at least they made a choice to do an ethical thing and find the dog a new home. In my mind the other worse options are unacceptable.

Its pretty funny. In the working dog world dogs are bought and sold every day. Nobody makes a fuss about it. Then in the pet world when someone rehomes a dog everyone gets pissy.

That said, I don't really care for most of the attitudes on either pet nor working side of the fence. A friend of mine pointed out recently that the new trend in Europe is simply selling the dog, instead of figuring out and troubleshooting the training problem. I just find it pretty funny that it's both the same damn thing, just one charges a $150 rehoming fee and the other charges $5000-$7000+.

Granted, the homes that spend $7000 on a dog usually care about the dog, but not always. I've seen $8000 dogs treated like crap too. What's worse, is that many dogs that get sold are sold unwillingly by people who are tempted by the money. I've seen lots of people walk away crying, handing over their dog to a dog dealer because they needed the <$2000. I am fine with the buying/selling when they are willing participants, but when people show up crying because they are selling a dog they'd rather keep... well, it sucks.

Anyone that's ever sold anything on Craigslist knows exactly the typical kind of demographic that shows up at their door to collect the goods. I wouldn't ever "rehome" any dog on Craigslist.

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Its pretty funny. In the working dog world dogs are bought and sold every day. Nobody makes a fuss about it. Then in the pet world when someone rehomes a dog everyone gets pissy.

Interesting, and true. Having gotten several dogs from rescues, pounds etc for detector dog training, the only concession I've made is; if a dog can't make it through training, I find it a home. I will not return it to the pound. Dogs are purchased or otherwise obtained for training. If it can't do the job, it's gone. I do "rehome" them, but I'm sure not going to keep them.

DFrost

Pissy? Saddened maybe, but not pissy. That dogs are commonly used as a commodity is not strange nor new. Man is always placing the coin of the realm above all else in life including his own in many cases.
Selling a dog for a bit of change is no different then selling a more valued dog for a bit more change. It all comes down to expediency at what ever level it's talked about. And in my mind is the same kind of basic flaw in the human species that lends it's self to selling the first born child so the family can prosper in the short term. Inevitablely those same denominations will be needed the next month or the month after. Very short sighted at best, and at worst a major blind spot in the moral character of the human species.
It is just a sad statement of the human condition: Any and everything has it's price and that price seemingly is always something as mundane as money.
Randy

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It is just a sad statement of the human condition: Any and everything has it's price and that price seemingly is always something as mundane as money.
Randy

Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
(to borrow a phrase from my grandmother)

I prefer a more optimistic view; I think there are lots of things that you can't put a price on, like a belly-laugh from a 6 year old (that would be my first-born), and the gratification of seeing my pup respond to my sometimes fumbling efforts at training.

No doubt, there are many out there who are motivated mainly by money, but I have to believe that there are lots more that are motivated by the things that money can't buy.

I do know that alot of people say that they are charging a fee for their dog so that it discourages lab's or companies that do Animal testing from scooping up their pet.
It's a known fact that quite a few testing facilities do acquire their animals that way. By cruising ad's for free pets.
Im sure that 90% of the time that is untrue, they are more than likely just out to make a buck.