Girlfriend paid $6000 for a puppy

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hemiram

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Originally posted by: Muadib
I buddy of mine just got one of these. His wife got it, and paid over $3000. He was ok with it though, at least that's what he tells me.
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At least a Cane Corso is a real dog. Slobbers a lot though..

My friend had a Lab/St.Bernard/?? mix that made a Corso look like a girly dog..230 pounds at 10 months, looked skinny as hell too. Needed another 2 years to "fill out".

I'm sitting there one morning, listening to the scanner..

Dispatcher: "Uh, we have a woman, wait... uh two people now, calling in saying there's a lion sitting on a rock at the end of the 1200 block of Pecos Rd!"
Patrol car: "A mountain lion??"
Disp: "No, like an African lion!"
Patrol car (laughing): "Ok, we'll be there in about two minutes.."
Disp: "Do you want me to notify animal control?"
Patrol: "I think Siegfried and Roy would be more helpful!"
Disp: "OK, be careful!!
Patrol: "Yes Mommy"

I knew right away it was my friend's "puppy". I called him up and asked him where he was. He said he was out in the back yard. I say, "No, I bet he's at the end of your street, sittting on a rock! The cops are on their way to check out a Lion sitting on a rock!" He says: "Aw damn, I gotta get out there before the dumb bastards shoot him!", and hangs up.

I sit there waiting for what seems like the longest time, and the dipatcher calls the patrol car and asks if they are ok...

Patrol Car: "We are ok, the owner is here. It's the biggest damn dog I have ever seen in my life! It does look like a lion. Just tell anyone who calls it's just a really big PUPPY" (laughs)
Disp: "How big is it?"
Patrol: "Bigger than me!"
Disp: "You're kidding!"
Patrol: "Hell, he's probably as big as both of us!"
Disp: "Take a picture and bring it in!"
Patrol: "I already did, we sat down on the rock wth him!"
Disp: "Jeezus, I gotta see that!"
Patrol: "Well, the owner is taking him back home, and we are back in service"

A few months later, he was even bigger and got out again, and this time he came back with a surprise gift for my friend, a man's mummified hand, complete from the wristjoint, with a ring on it. And I thought it was bad when my dog used to bring me dead mice!

The hand belonged to some guy who was "popped" and semi buried in the desert afterwards by his gangster buds. The dog was on TV that night, but they just showed him in the back yard lying there, so his true size wasn't apparent. My friend was on tape, saying, "He brings me rocks and stuff all the time, and I just thought it was another one, then he spits it out and I lost it, and called the cops!"

He was a great dog, lived to 12, pretty good for a big dog...
 
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Ryan42

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Lets see, what can I get for $6,000.....
More RAM for server.
Better shortwave radio.
Awesome video card for G4.
Used DeLorean.
55 gallon drum of Coca-Cola?
 
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SilentZero

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Thats not really that bad depending on the breed. I paid $4,800 for my English Springer Spaniel (which I don't breed, hes just a family pet), not to mention the travel costs because I bought him from a breeder in Finland. Between the cost of delivery/airfare and the 1 month quarantine fee here in Hawaii, it was around 6k in the end. As long she is happy with the purchase, I wouldn't be concerned. I am sure there was a good reason why the dog was that much money.
 
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whoiswes

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hell, give ME the $6000...i'll walk around on all fours and sniff your crotch...and do the dishes!
 
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Shame

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Do the right thing... Do the humane thing... Put her down... And no, I'm not talking about the dog.
 
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sxr7171

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Originally posted by: SilentZero
Thats not really that bad depending on the breed. I paid $4,800 for my English Springer Spaniel (which I don't breed, hes just a family pet), not to mention the travel costs because I bought him from a breeder in Finland. Between the cost of delivery/airfare and the 1 month quarantine fee here in Hawaii, it was around 6k in the end. As long she is happy with the purchase, I wouldn't be concerned. I am sure there was a good reason why the dog was that much money.
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Sometimes my friend, things just cost a lot because they have become fashionable. For example if someone recent movie shows the lead carrying little dogs of a certain breed around in a handbag the value of both the dog and the bag goes up due to demand by the trendoids. So that's the reason right there.

There was a time when calamari was considered only fit for people who were too poor to eat any other kind of fish. Simialrly, Tilapia was considered a cheap source of protein for the world's poor because it is so abundent and grows in almost any conditions. Marketing changed that pretty quickly and we find Tilapia served at nicer restaurants at pretty high prices. The stuff should only be worth $1 a pound at best but sells for considerably more. It is generally raised in ditches and ponds by farmers with little or no resources. (source: http://www.worldfishcenter.org/reshigh.htm)I'm not saying the fish doesn't have some good characteristics as a nice neutral fish that takes on flavors well with a nice flaky texture, but it wasn't worth even a fraction of what it is today before it was "discovered."

As an almost unrelated story: I was in a pet store one day when two girls came in to look at a frog. One of the girls was literally going nuts (and I mean nuts) for 20 minutes over this frog. She kept talking about how cute it was and how she had to have it incessantly to the store clerk. Her friend interjected about how the last one didn't really have a very long life under her care, but she kept on going nuts about this frog and how she's coming back in the evening to buy it. All I have to say is that I feel bad for that frog. Imagine what the prices of those things would be if for some reason it became fashionable to have one and every numbskull wanted one. Imagine what ratio of the average lifespan in captivity to average lifespan in nature of those frogs would become.

Also, there's nothing wrong at all with a $6000 dog if it really is the kind of dog you want and they are rare or regional or of pedigree and you know how to take care of such a fine dog.
 
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sxr7171

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Originally posted by: Muadib
I buddy of mine just got one of these. His wife got it, and paid over $3000. He was ok with it though, at least that's what he tells me.
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But that's a badass dog for sure, and if you have the means and the taste for it - a good investment (and I don't even mean as a breeder, just as a good pet).



BTW, people: Pics are in the thread and the dog turned out to cost $1000 not $6000.
 
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DanJ

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Pet stores shouldn't be allowed to sell Dogs. Its like the most inhumane thing ever. Nothing worse then seeing a large dog laying in its own feces in a cage that barely allows him to stand up.
 
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SilentZero

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Originally posted by: sxr7171
Originally posted by: SilentZero
Thats not really that bad depending on the breed. I paid $4,800 for my English Springer Spaniel (which I don't breed, hes just a family pet), not to mention the travel costs because I bought him from a breeder in Finland. Between the cost of delivery/airfare and the 1 month quarantine fee here in Hawaii, it was around 6k in the end. As long she is happy with the purchase, I wouldn't be concerned. I am sure there was a good reason why the dog was that much money.
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Sometimes my friend, things just cost a lot because they have become fashionable. For example if someone recent movie shows the lead carrying little dogs of a certain breed around in a handbag the value of both the dog and the bag goes up due to demand by the trendoids. So that's the reason right there.

There was a time when calamari was considered only fit for people who were too poor to eat any other kind of fish. Simialrly, Tilapia was considered a cheap source of protein for the world's poor because it is so abundent and grows in almost any conditions. Marketing changed that pretty quickly and we find Tilapia served at nicer restaurants at pretty high prices. The stuff should only be worth $1 a pound at best but sells for considerably more. It is generally raised in ditches and ponds by farmers with little or no resources. (source: http://www.worldfishcenter.org/reshigh.htm)I'm not saying the fish doesn't have some good characteristics as a nice neutral fish that takes on flavors well with a nice flaky texture, but it wasn't worth even a fraction of what it is today before it was "discovered."

As an almost unrelated story: I was in a pet store one day when two girls came in to look at a frog. One of the girls was literally going nuts (and I mean nuts) for 20 minutes over this frog. She kept talking about how cute it was and how she had to have it incessantly to the store clerk. Her friend interjected about how the last one didn't really have a very long life under her care, but she kept on going nuts about this frog and how she's coming back in the evening to buy it. All I have to say is that I feel bad for that frog. Imagine what the prices of those things would be if for some reason it became fashionable to have one and every numbskull wanted one. Imagine what ratio of the average lifespan in captivity to average lifespan in nature of those frogs would become.

Also, there's nothing wrong at all with a $6000 dog if it really is the kind of dog you want and they are rare or regional or of pedigree and you know how to take care of such a fine dog.
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I agree and I disagree. Yes, things go up in price because they are fashionable, but there are plenty of other reasons to account for the prices/demand of things. And I think your opinion, while in many cases true, mainly applies to those who tend to be shallow and only buy things to make some sort of statement or so that others have a favorable opinion of themselves. In the case of my dog, sure it was a lot to spend, but his lineage is excellent and he was meant to be bred (however thats not the route I chose to take), so in that instance I feel the price was justified. I do see where you are coming from though as far as trends go, as it seems that people today are more concerned with being trendy then anything else, which is just plain sad.
 
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sxr7171

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Originally posted by: SilentZero
Originally posted by: sxr7171
Originally posted by: SilentZero
Thats not really that bad depending on the breed. I paid $4,800 for my English Springer Spaniel (which I don't breed, hes just a family pet), not to mention the travel costs because I bought him from a breeder in Finland. Between the cost of delivery/airfare and the 1 month quarantine fee here in Hawaii, it was around 6k in the end. As long she is happy with the purchase, I wouldn't be concerned. I am sure there was a good reason why the dog was that much money.
Click to expand...

Sometimes my friend, things just cost a lot because they have become fashionable. For example if someone recent movie shows the lead carrying little dogs of a certain breed around in a handbag the value of both the dog and the bag goes up due to demand by the trendoids. So that's the reason right there.

There was a time when calamari was considered only fit for people who were too poor to eat any other kind of fish. Simialrly, Tilapia was considered a cheap source of protein for the world's poor because it is so abundent and grows in almost any conditions. Marketing changed that pretty quickly and we find Tilapia served at nicer restaurants at pretty high prices. The stuff should only be worth $1 a pound at best but sells for considerably more. It is generally raised in ditches and ponds by farmers with little or no resources. (source: http://www.worldfishcenter.org/reshigh.htm)I'm not saying the fish doesn't have some good characteristics as a nice neutral fish that takes on flavors well with a nice flaky texture, but it wasn't worth even a fraction of what it is today before it was "discovered."

As an almost unrelated story: I was in a pet store one day when two girls came in to look at a frog. One of the girls was literally going nuts (and I mean nuts) for 20 minutes over this frog. She kept talking about how cute it was and how she had to have it incessantly to the store clerk. Her friend interjected about how the last one didn't really have a very long life under her care, but she kept on going nuts about this frog and how she's coming back in the evening to buy it. All I have to say is that I feel bad for that frog. Imagine what the prices of those things would be if for some reason it became fashionable to have one and every numbskull wanted one. Imagine what ratio of the average lifespan in captivity to average lifespan in nature of those frogs would become.

Also, there's nothing wrong at all with a $6000 dog if it really is the kind of dog you want and they are rare or regional or of pedigree and you know how to take care of such a fine dog.
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I agree and I disagree. Yes, things go up in price because they are fashionable, but there are plenty of other reasons to account for the prices/demand of things. And I think your opinion, while in many cases true, mainly applies to those who tend to be shallow and only buy things to make some sort of statement or so that others have a favorable opinion of themselves. In the case of my dog, sure it was a lot to spend, but his lineage is excellent and he was meant to be bred (however thats not the route I chose to take), so in that instance I feel the price was justified. I do see where you are coming from though as far as trends go, as it seems that people today are more concerned with being trendy then anything else, which is just plain sad.
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I am certainly not talking about your dog as trendoids would never go through as trouble as you have in acquiring the right dog for your needs and tastes. The dog in question in this thread is actually a $1000 mall bought Yorkshire Terrier. If a particular rare breed and pedigree caught my fancy I would import one regardless of where popular opinion stands on that breed and regardless of cost (if I have the means).
 
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tami

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my friend just bought a pure-bred yorkie from a breeder for like $1600. your gf was totally ripped off.
 
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Gulzakar

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I would have seriosuly beat the crap out anyone paying 1000 for a puppy when there are so many homeless animals out there.


 
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CrazyApe

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Is it's name Laddie by any chance? Laddie, a supremely bred dog that can do tricks, save lives, use a toilet, and do back flips?

If so, what an excellent purchase!:thumbsup:
 
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