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| | Author | Messages | |
shanakerr
Posts:43
 | | 07/28/2007 8:05 AM |
 Alert | We have some very nice animals in need of forever homes.
Of course we have Great Danes, but we also currently have a white Doberman, a gorgeous black Standard Poodle and Hope a Sphynx cat.
If you or anyone you know has been considering adopting a new friend, please send them to our web site www.azanimalassistance.com, these guys need loving homes!
Thanks! | |
Shana Kerr
Arizona Animal Assistance
www.azanimalassistance.com
Bulldog Rescue of Arizona
www.bulldogrescueofarizona.com | |
| | nursiegurl
Posts:75
| | 07/28/2007 9:54 AM |
Alert | Shanna,
I left you a message about Hope, I may also be able to put you in touch with someone about the std. | |
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss, The Lorax | |
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| | MommaToni
Posts:1045
| | 07/28/2007 10:19 AM |
Alert | | Is hope declawed? Good with dogs/cast/kids? | |
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| | MommaToni
Posts:1045
| | 07/28/2007 10:21 AM |
Alert | Nevermind I looked at the website...that's a prett big adoption fee for a himeless cat.
Good luck she's cute! | |
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| | TC.
Posts:0
| | 07/28/2007 10:45 AM |
Alert | | Wow! You are right about the fee! Just curious.....Why so much? I got our Nez from this site and he was $75.00. That was only two years ago. | | | |
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| | nursiegurl
Posts:75
| | 07/28/2007 10:59 AM |
Alert | | Actually the adoption fee is quite reasonable and the bottom line is this- all life is priceless, especially those in rescue, many of which have had untold sadness in their life. | |
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss, The Lorax | |
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|  | TC.
Posts:0
| | 07/28/2007 11:23 AM |
Alert | I adopted a cat from there and he was $75.00. That included shots and neuter. Last year I adopted a cat from a local vet office here that cost the same and that only included a micro chip and a feline Leukemia test.
Years ago, we adopted two from a Humane Society and paid $150.00 for the pair. That included feline Leukemia tests and a neuter voucher for both.
$150.00 for a cat that needs a forever home seems a bit much....IMO. I think you will find her a home, but it may take longer and she will stay in a cage until then. I'd rather have someone go through the screening and approval process, pay $75.00 and start giving her a loving home now.
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| | JillyBean
Posts:375
| | 07/28/2007 12:05 PM |
Alert | | $150 is not a lot for a pure bred animal. If they can get more of an adoption fee for her.. why not?!? It's not like they are profiting from her! The money goes into the fund to help rescue OTHER ANIMALS! | |
Tens of THOUSANDS of pure-bred dogs are killed in shelters in the Us EVERY YEAR!
Do your part
~Spay or Neuter your pets
~DON'T buy animals from irresponsible breeders..
~There is an adoption group for every breed of dog.. | |
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| | MommaToni
Posts:1045
| | 07/28/2007 12:06 PM |
Alert | The cat I have now was adopted from a shelter and only cost me $45...but that was 10 years ago! haha
I am sorry, but I have to agree with TC it does seem expensive for a cat in need. I would think that they would be cheaper so you could move them faster and free up the space for another one. | |
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| | shanakerr
Posts:43
| | 07/28/2007 12:33 PM |
Alert | Mommatoni and TC, Hope's adoption fee is incredibly low, she is a pure bred Sphynx, to buy one would cost over a thousand dollars or more. We have spayed this cat, vaccinated her and mcirochipped her. If you got her for free, it would cost you yourself mroe then that just to do the vet work we have already had done on her. Our usual cat adoption fee is $75, and we always lose money on them, $75 does not cover the cost of just the vet care, not to mention food, toys, litter, housing etc. When we get a cat like Hope we can ask for $150 and get it, easily, so why not cover our expenses? We could ask for a lot more, in California the Sphynx rescue there charges $400 bottom line, and young cats are more like $500, so lets not get too excited here about a $150 fee paid to a registered not for profit group and a pure bred cat with a spay, shots and a microchip. The county charges $160 dollars for any "high interest" cat. The Humane Society does as well, this same cat would be $160 at the county animal control shelter because she would be marked as a "high interest pure breed", I guarantee it. I am betting the cat you adopted for $75 was not pure bred nor a Sphynx.
Again, if I gave you this cat for free, you could not have all the work done for $150, it would cost you far more, and you would never find a Sphynx for sale for less then between $600 and $1200.
Nursiegurl, I dont have a phone message from you, I just checked, please try me again ay 480-226-6299! | |
Shana Kerr
Arizona Animal Assistance
www.azanimalassistance.com
Bulldog Rescue of Arizona
www.bulldogrescueofarizona.com | |
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| | shanakerr
Posts:43
| | 07/28/2007 12:35 PM |
Alert | Oh yeah, by the way, we pulled this cat from the county because they needed space and she had been there more then 48 hours for adoption, her aodption fee was $160, I just confirmed it.
That should settle it.
Thanks for your commentary though!! | |
Shana Kerr
Arizona Animal Assistance
www.azanimalassistance.com
Bulldog Rescue of Arizona
www.bulldogrescueofarizona.com | |
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| | MommaToni
Posts:1045
| | 07/28/2007 3:23 PM |
Alert | | No one said you weren't doing your part or a good thing.... our OPINION which we are more entitled to have was that we thought it was a bit high.... I also said that it had been along time since I adopted a cat so I didn't know the going rate.... no need to get your panties in a twist. No one was attacking you in any way...geez! | |
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| | shanakerr
Posts:43
| | 07/28/2007 9:01 PM |
Alert | Mommatoni you certainly were attacking our adoption rate and implying we would rather charge more then adopt her out faster to make room for more. So, it is about the money and not the animals, that certainly is rather offensive to any rescue person, I can guarantee that.
First, the animals are kenneled at night when I can’t be monitoring them, but when we are here and around they all take turns being out, so they are not "caged". Second, we make room for more all the time, despite what is here already, I have 4 animals, 3 being Great Danes, in rescue in my home two others in foster, we would make room tomorrow for any Dane or mastiff tomorrow regardless. Third, it isnt about moving them fast, it is about finding the right home, and if you cant pay $150 for a Sphynx you will have a hard time covering vet bills for a pure bred animal and a breed that is prone to certain health issues. We adopt to the best home, not the first home.
We are not a shelter, we are a rescue, there is a difference, I don’t push out the animals here to make room for others, once they are here we love them all like they are our own until the best and most sincere home can be found. We do not stress ourselves out with space, we take what we can, try our best to make room, but not at the expense of our policies and feelings about the animals.
My panties were not in a twist, yours were way up there when you decided to comment on our rescue adoption fees. You expect me to not respond when you basically allege we are ripping people off and doing so at the expense of the animals. You thought I wouldn’t respond?? We spend all day long rescuing and rehoming pets just for the fun of it and you though I wouldn’t respond to that?
I see how it works though, you can say whatever, I respond and my panties are all "in a twist". Hmmmm, funny how yours became yanked up tight when I had the nerve to respond to your implications about our adoption fees.
Sorry to burst your bubble and inform you the county shelter, the "pound", was charging $10 more then we are for the very same cat. I guess my panties became twisted up about the time I was right and you didn’t like that!
It seems you started this whole discussion, but when I respond I have twisted my under garments up, maybe you shouldn’t have even gone there if you didn’t want to get a response.
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Shana Kerr
Arizona Animal Assistance
www.azanimalassistance.com
Bulldog Rescue of Arizona
www.bulldogrescueofarizona.com | |
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| | Tigg
Posts:549
| | 07/28/2007 10:14 PM |
Alert | I'd have to say that I agree with what Shana has said here about the adoption rates. When I adopted Kuma from the Akita rescue, I first did a foster with intent to adopt. The rescue fully supported that decision - they supported it because it gave me time to make certain that she would be a perfect fit in my family and with my cats. I got her from the rescue the same day that they pulled her from the pound, so they spent very very little on her before adopting her out to me. I still paid the full adoption fee. No, it didn't go toward any bording or medical costs. It did include her microchip that they implanted, but that was about it. She had even been already spayed before they got her. But, that money went on to help other dogs that the rescue did have costs for - many of which I'm sure they take a loss on. So, I don't mind being one of the cases they actually made a profit with - if they weren't helping the other dogs, they woudn't have been able to pull mine and I wouldn't have her now. That adoption fee was a drop in the bucket compaired to what all I've spent on her in the last year (and I really don't want to know the total of that!).
And, they didn't just sell her to me. We sat down and talked about what I was looking for in a dog and what my household was like and what my expectations were so that they could match me with the perfect dog. Meanwhile, this dog they'd just picked up (now Kuma) was sitting next to me with her head in my lap the whole time and I just couldn't resist her. We all decided that she looked like a potentially perfect match. That ended up being simple - they brought her to my house later that evening and did a home visit to make sure everything was safe for her (like the yard being secure).
Before that, I'd talked to other rescues, looked at several breeds, met a number of dogs. . . the whole process is what rescue does. They don't just hand you whatever dog, the take the time to find the dog that's a perfect match. It was one of the other rescues that I'd talked to that took me over to the Akita rescue because she thought that an Akita might be just the right dog for me after taking the time to talk to me in some detail. She didn't get one of her dogs adopted out, but she still helped to get a dog a forever home - which is the goal of any rescue. I hadn't even thought about an Akita before that, so I may have never found the Akita rescue if it wasn't for the other rescue taking the time to really get to know what traights I was looking for.
I'm sure Kimberly would agree that I was high maintenance in looking for the perfect dog, but it was well worth it! <img src='http://www.85239.com/desktopmodules/ntforums/images/emoticons/hehe.gif' height='20' width='20' border='0' title='HeHe' align='absmiddle'> | | | |
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| | JillyBean
Posts:375
| | 07/29/2007 10:29 AM |
Alert | I am a board member for a Greyhound Adoption group.. We add about $25 into our bank account for each normal, healthy, issue-free dog we adopt out.. But let me tell you from experience that ONE injured dog or a dog that has surgical complications can deplete a group's bank account in no time.
Last year we pulled a dog named Bronty from the Tucson track. He was chryptorchid, meaning one of his testicles hadn't descended which makes for a more complicated surgery. He also has a genetic bleeding disorder and had severe hematomas in one hind leg. The vets couldn't stop the bleeding and he had to be PTS. We were devastated and so was our bank account. A standard procedure costs us about $200 and his cost almost $2000..
So, before you begrudge the fees that a NON-PROFIT group charges for an animal.. think of all the others they have helped and think of all the ones still waiting.. Your fees help them do their job.. saving animals. | |
Tens of THOUSANDS of pure-bred dogs are killed in shelters in the Us EVERY YEAR!
Do your part
~Spay or Neuter your pets
~DON'T buy animals from irresponsible breeders..
~There is an adoption group for every breed of dog.. | |
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| | JillyBean
Posts:375
| | 07/29/2007 10:30 AM |
Alert | | and BTW.. If I wasn't completely full on cats. (I have 6) I would snatch her up in a heart beat! I LOVE sphynxs! | |
Tens of THOUSANDS of pure-bred dogs are killed in shelters in the Us EVERY YEAR!
Do your part
~Spay or Neuter your pets
~DON'T buy animals from irresponsible breeders..
~There is an adoption group for every breed of dog.. | |
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| | stinkerbell2
Posts:0
| | 07/30/2007 6:53 AM |
Alert | Is it just me or does anyone else see the "humor" in the title of the thread "a new FURRY friend" and we are talking about a Sphynx?? No...just me? Ok carry on...
BTW I paid 200.00 for my boxer and he had to have surgery before I got him so... for a pure breed sphynx this is pretty cheap-imo. Now if only I could convince dh that we NEED a 3rd cat hmmm... | | | |
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