What do you say when someone says you should sell your dog for extra money?

I think if someone suggested that to me...I'd shoot back with "Well, we could always sell one of the kids and lose a big burden". The fact is that for many ppl their pets are every bit as important as their children...more so for some. To suggest that someone sell their pet for financial gain is no different then suggesting someone sell their children, their spouse or their body. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

I did really have a friend in the past who sold his dog for an extra money because he was lazy to find a job and all he's doing everyday was having fun and borrowing friend's money including mine But in your situation, why these people are really keen to tell you to sell your dog for an extra money whenever you have a financial bind? Let me think, well maybe your dog is very beautiful and adorable. Don't you think they maybe are interested to buy your dog? Otherwise, if they are not interested then you should tell them to stop suggesting such thing to you because it will never happened in million more years

Well, maybe you could say, "First, she'd have to be a burden and she's not. We love her." Sorry if I got the gender wrong, I was making a guess by the name. I think some people who aren't animal people consider pets more like accessories like a new chair or tv. Not someone you'd love and consider like a member of the family.

this just happened to us, last month we have some slight financial problem so we decide to sell our 2months female shih tzu named half. and just after we sell it we felt some emptiness in us. and my girl friend always tells me how she misses her so i got her a poodle but there is still something missing. we wish we could just turnback time. so word of advice if you love your dog never sell them no matter how much money you get out of it its just isn't worth it.

A dog or for that matter any other domestic animal, becomes a member of the family. Persons who are asking you to sell the dog, do not know how loyal dogs are. If you misbehave or talk in rough manner with any family-member or friend, he/she would not talk to you for days. However, even if you beat your dog in the morning and go out, the dog would run to you and would start wagging its tail whenever you return. I regard loyalty of dogs, horses and elephants better than human being. Please do not give any explanation to such person as to why you would NOT sell your dog, just give them a polite smile.

not yet. But I do not like the suggestion either! I love my dogs and even if I do not have work right now, I can look for ways to keep them.. and also to keep up with my financial problem. I wont be able to sound mean, but I will tell them straight off. " I will not sell my dog!! I am not asking for your opinion.. please mind your own business!"

That is so out of line, on so many levels. I would probably tell them something about how a dog is really a family member, and who would sell a family member? Not to mention you never know who the people who buy a dog are. It is really not a nice thing to do, and I can't believe people would suggest such a thing!

Oh wow. I don't know if there is anything to say. I think pets are members of the family once you have them and have named them and raised them. It also can be traumatizing for them to be moved to another place that is foreign to them. Not to mention that I for example wouldn't even see it as an option to sell my beloved pet. But I suppose if this person has never had a pet they won't understand all that.