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Originally Posted by Nyororin
But really, as I said, pets are just expensive. For dogs to be the equivalent of a European car, there would have to be cheap and common pets. There really aren`t. Having a pet is a luxury of sorts (this doesn`t actually mean it is a status symbol - that would imply that other people would think more highly of someone for owning a pet), so the price just remains high.
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Is this true just for pedigrees, or are mongrels much cheaper? I just ask as I know in other countries, like UK and US, you can go to shelters and things and get dogs either free or very cheap, and even if you buy a mixed-breed as a puppy they still tend to be a lot cheaper than pure-breeds. Is Japan like this, so if someone wasn't picky they could get any animal cheap? Or is it all animals regardless of pure-breed or mixed-breed?
