Obama’s Dog Is Worth $1,600 or Precisely 8x What My Dogs Cost

Financial records indicate that the estimated worth of “Bo” the dog that was a gift from Ted Kennedy, is an astounding $1,600.  Now, before I go on you should know that I am an unabashed dog lover.  I volunteer for a dog rescue (Pittie Love…donate accordingly) and will tell anyone within earshot the virtues of pitbulls and other rescue-mutts.  So when the leader of the free world acknowledges that he accepted this dog, even as a gift, worth $1,600 I get more than a little upset.

First, “designer dogs” are a new phenomenon in the United States but the irresponsible breeding of such dogs is as old as time. A responsible breeder will put a lifetime guarantee on the health of one of their dogs and should any problem present itself, a breeder wants to know about it so they can pull those dogs from their breeding line, in order to better preserve breed standard; producing better, healthier dogs.

But here is our President, getting a dog (yes, even as a gift) which supports an industry that hurts animals; as long as there is a market for these dogs the bitch and sire (the parents) will basically be breeding machines, a living ATM for people trying to make a buck.

The most obvious point in all of this is that for $1,600 a lot of dogs could have been saved from shelters or at least given second chances.  I have to shelter dogs, and at a total cost of $200 they are no less awesome (in fact, more awesome) then a so called designer dog.  I’ll take my pitbull and hound…err…lab…er not-too-sure dog any day of the week.  I encourage all FWG fans to consider rescuing a dog before they do like the Obama’s did and get any dog that was sold by an irresponsible breeder.

Oh, and give all your dogs the Bob Barker treatment.  No, not slowly ushering them out of the spotlight in the twilight of there careers….I mean spay and neuter all of them.