Bloodlines (2011)
“He let himself in. At breakfast on Wednesday morning, I thought about telling him what was going on, but decided against it. Dragging him to a pet shop had been okay, but hauling him into this mess of puppy mills and brokers? Those bastards couldn’t operate without shady veterinarians to certify the health of sick puppies they’ve never even seen. I wanted to keep Steve completely away, totally protected.
As soon as Steve left, I called Bill Coakley and offered him five hundred dollars in cash f...or Missy’s return. The amount—roughly four hundred and ninety dollars more than I could afford—was probably a hundred dollars less than Edgar Sievers had paid for her at Puppy Luv. Now that Missy was no longer a cute little baby, though, her market value as a pet had probably plummeted to one or two hundred dollars, assuming that someone would buy her at all.
But what was Missy worth as a brood bitch? She was eight months old, due to come in season any day now. A puppy mill operator would probably consider her a better deal now than she would have been four or five months ago because she could be bred almost immediately.MoreLess
As soon as Steve left, I called Bill Coakley and offered him five hundred dollars in cash f...or Missy’s return. The amount—roughly four hundred and ninety dollars more than I could afford—was probably a hundred dollars less than Edgar Sievers had paid for her at Puppy Luv. Now that Missy was no longer a cute little baby, though, her market value as a pet had probably plummeted to one or two hundred dollars, assuming that someone would buy her at all.
But what was Missy worth as a brood bitch? She was eight months old, due to come in season any day now. A puppy mill operator would probably consider her a better deal now than she would have been four or five months ago because she could be bred almost immediately.MoreLess
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