Why can't I find a pug UPDATE PAGE 7

[chisNchickens]

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Haha! ChisNChickens, I just realized I know you! Hello! I might be needing a new lap baby in the spring, I miss my Wolfie terribly!

Well duh....! Thought you figured it out on the post with all your roos. lol. Yup its me
Hmmm...puppy breath sounds good doesn't it?

 

[redhen]

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Non profit doesn't really mean non profit. My sister used to work at a thriftstore. They recieved all their stuff for free, donated 10 percent of earnings so they could be non profit and get everything that goes with it, paid their employees minimum wage and no benefits, and made lots of money.

Uuh yep, very true..
I work for a non-profit foster agency.. they just got busted for mis-spending in the hundreds of thousands in state funds.. (the big shots were getting reeeal big bonuses..)

 

[dainerra]

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non-profit means that any money goes back into the organization. There is no board of directors or shareholders that divide up the profits like in a "for profit" company.
As I said, though, there isn't a huge pile of money rolling in for 99% of the rescues out there. For every dog that only needs to be pulled from the shelter for a small fee, there are 2 more who need hundreds or even thousands of dollars in vet care.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Non-profit means that at the end of the year the company does not show a profit. The people that run it an work there can walk away with millions an still be non-profit.

American Red Cross

This far-reaching, $3.3 billion nonprofit paid its CEO, Gail J. McGovern, a 2008 salary of $467,252.


Read more: Top Non Profit Salaries | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_6897803_top-non-profit-salaries.html#ixzz1ZOUUsxuT​

 

[AinaWGSD]

Oh dear, I'm sorry to further the tangent this thread is taking. But I wanted to throw one more reason out there for the "outrageous" prices many breed specific and private rescue groups charge. The sad and simple fact that people value what they pay for...and if they pay very little for something they are more likely to value it less than if they had paid more for it. Obviously not everyone is this way and there are lots of people out there who put as much value on a "free" mutt as they would on a champion show dog. But there are at least as many, if not more, out there who were raised in the disposable culture where they figure it's too expensive to provide adequate medical care, shell out the money for a secure fence, training, etc and if something happens they'll just get another dog. Personally, it doesn't bother me when rescues ask the same average price as the local backyard breeders for their dogs.

I do agree that there are disreputable "rescues" out there. Even in this economy, pets are big money. There are plenty of people out there calling themselves rescues and scamming others with dogs. But most rescues genuinely do not make a profit.

 

[watchdogps]

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Ask them for their financial reports. Any registered non profit has to keep them and they have to be available to the public. Having founded and directed four different rescues over the last 18 years, I can tell you that IS how it is. Those dogs that come out of the pound for $50 and they dont spend more are the minority. Actually, I wouldnt be surprised if those "ready to go" dogs ended up costing them $ anyway when they come down with kennel cough from the sheltr or when they discover the dog has luxating patellas (shelters generally dont check for those things)

Yes, there are rescues that "flip" dogs, but most dont.
Most are based on foster homes, and are small organizations that struggle to be able to pay their vet bills.

 

[carolinagirl58]

This is one of my favorite links. It does all the leg-work for you! Just find the charity you want to review and it will give you all the financial info.

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.results&cgid=1&cuid=2

I think you will find that although most rescue groups claim they are non-profit, most have not actually filed the 501(c) paperwork to keep it legal. If they keep their bank account under $10,000 the IRS does not bother with auditing them.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Ok, even "assuming" they are spending that much, I'm sorry but the point of a rescue is to rescue an find them homes. It is not to bring them in an find as much as you can wrong with them so you can pay for a vets summer home. The local rescue does fine as a rescue an does it with a $75 adoption fee. They do fix them an treat hart-worm an other things but no point in x-raying for bad knees. Sure they could probably find enough wrong with enough dogs to make excuses to raise that price to $400 but they would adopt out way less dogs an that defeats the point of being a rescue. They're running a rescue, not a health spa. People will pay thousands at the vet for there dog once they have it without question but they are not to keen on paying for previous vet care on a dog that is not yet theirs or the vet care of a dog other than the one they are adopting.


If the local (all breed) rescue can rescue can adopt out for $75 but the Pug rescue is asking $400 something is not right. An I bet that most people agree its not right. I sell pups to people all the time that wanted to adopt till they saw the price tag. I mean why spend $400 at a rescue for an older dog who may or may not be healthy when you can buy a pup for $300 an the breeder will stand behind the puppies health.

I bet if you tried to adopt out a dog threw Craigslist with a $400 fee it would get flagged off quick cause the general public does not believe $400 adoption fees are ok.



I do understand the mindset of thinking that people take better care of things that cost a lot. But "a lot" is relative. I have to assume that most people that will adopt a dog at $400 are well off enough to not think $400 is "a lot."

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

never mind

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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Thank you. I believe he is going to be making the move to Illinois to live with GAChknGirl.