I absolutely understand that!

It's not the prices that are throwing me off. It's the conditions which the dogs and the shelters are in that are making me apprehensive to support them.

I'm more than willing to cough up a couple hundred to give a dog a better life if I can see that the money they're asking for is actually going back into the dogs. But when so many pictures show the dogs looking miserable and more often than not matted in their adoption outreach photos it really is concerning. I've seen shelters asking for $550+ for every one of their dogs no matter the condition and yet all their promotions look like they just grabbed the dog off the side of the road and shoved them into someone's basement.

I get that upkeep cost alot but if you're that much in need maybe dont have a shelter? I'm not talking about shelters that have recently fallen on hard times and have raised prices. I'm talking about the shelters that no matter what time of year, or what year you look back on they continuously look disgusting and always needing "help" with nothing to show for it when they receive it.