I’m seeing some of the same thing within the dog-rescue world I work in. Nearly all of the Weimaraner rescues nationwide are inundated right now. Some have had to stop taking in new dogs because they don’t have the foster homes or the funds to put them in a boarding kennel. Some have more than 20 dogs boarded, which probably runs over 200 dollars a day minimum. The rescue I work with is, thankfully, not overrun, and we’re taking up the extra dogs from a couple others. The transport costs of doing this are tremendous, though. Right now, we’re looking at bringing a dog all the way from Orange, CA to San Jose. That’s a lot of driving. I’ve put over 1000 miles on my car in the last month, just transporting dogs. That’s one person, working with one breed out of many., That works out to a lot of effort.
There is no animal shelter out there with a problem that a would not be taken care of by a few box’s of .22 ammo. There is no reason to spent hundreds of dollars when 2 cents well take care of it.
I’ve seen it at my shelter.
We’re full up at my house. People have to realize these guys are totally dependent on them when they get them.
We have a sheet we show people that gives an estimated breakdown of annual costs an animal (dog, cat, rabbit, birds, etc) have. It is easy to say it’s between $1000 and $2000 a year for dogs, cats and rabbits. It isn’t a stretch. I think it’s sobered a few people up and helped thme not to make a mistake and adopt when they weren’t fully committed to an animal.
And yet you can be sure that “responsible breeders” of Weimaraners, along with puppy mills, are continuing to churn out new Weimaraner puppies. And Weimaraner lovers will continue to refer to the “responsible breeders” as “responsible breeders”.