Adoption fees - what do you think?

I personally feel that the fees are a good idea. It isn't an outrageous price, usually around £100-£150, considering how much it costs to take proper care of a dog. Rescues operate on donations as well; the least we can do is reward them for taking such good care of our new dog beforehand.

We paid £99 for Chance's adoption fee which is probably one of the lowest fees about, but i agree with them, as long as they aren't ridiculous

Yeah, that's a good fee! Did his past affect the fee at all or was it just a general thing at the rescue?

No that's there standard fee for an 'adult' dog pups were £150 i think

Ah, okay. Guessing that the price for pups is higher because people tend to jump straight to them and ignore the older dogs.

aye most places i looked at had a higher rate for pups, and ever some had a much lower fee for an oldie!

I think that's a good idea! Puppies don't usually have much trouble finding homes, but the poor oldies do

aye theres plenty of oldies needing a home some were as low as £40 to rehome an oldie!

Aww!

One of the many reasons why I want to foster dogs in the future - give the 'unwanteds' a comfortable home until/if they find their forever home.

I'd love to foster in the future too!

It comes with its sad moments when you have to say goodbye to a dog, but it must be well worth its rewards!

the rewards being you're doing it for the dogs, your giving a dog it's life back

Exactly Giving them a life outside kennels so that they can recover!

I would love to rescue a dog, but I also like to bring a dog along from a young pup. Our problem is that our front door is on the first floor, and all the rescue centres round here won't even consider it!

Yeah, I remember them saying that before we got Dempsey!

utterly ridiculous!

It was upsetting at the time, but if they'd said yes, we wouldn't have Dempsey! Always a silver lining!

definitely but still wrong!

Yeah, not sure why exactly they didn't allow it.

and you wonder why there are so many dogs looking for homes!

Doesn't help much! I wouldn't have minded so much if it was explained.

The only one that offered an explanation said that when the dog gets old it won't be able to manage the stairs!  

Like we wouldn't find a way round that!

Tbh, if necessary, we'd do what we used to do with Dempsey when he was little - block off the stairs with a baby gate so that he couldn't go down and get stuck, then when he needs to use the stairs, lift him down gradually. Only takes a few minutes!

Ridiculous excuse IMO