as you say LL it doesnt, I have had cats for nothing, cats for 30 and one at hundreds. They all get looked after the same way.
I agree with baileysblind and Malka. All the pups from rescue at that price I have seen have cost the rescue money, for a start they didn't breed them but are giving up their time, energy, using their cars, have other dogs to look after, websites to maintain, homechecks, vaccinations......and usually at least one of the pups had been ill and needed vet care that the breeders didn't want or couldn't pay for. Plus will help with neutering costs later in some instances. Plenty more overheads and if it more than covers the pups cost the there will be adult dogs that get help from that money.

They are not exactly mongrels if they are a cross between two pedigree breeds, especially two pedigree breeds that share a lot of similarities.

obviously people have more money than sense.

If someone wants to pay £2 or £2000 for a dog that's up to them. There are people who have spent thousands shipping animals over from greece or afghanistan after falling in love with a stray, these are live animals we're talking about not a tv or a new car.

And I'm sorry but if I had to rehome a litter, ANY litter, I would charge a similar price for them. Not because I want to profit, but because I'm much more inclined to trust the commitment of someone who would pay £100+ for a dog regardless of the breed than I am to trust someone who walks in off the street offering me a fiver. Which do you think would be more likely to love and care for their animal properly, given that it's impossible to vet potential owners 100%?

Again funding the next rescue supplier is a bit different to actually paying to ship a rescue dog over.

The original stock though were mixes - mainly mals and to a much lesser extent huskies, but Eddie Harrison also used a collie twice - and before she started using mals, she was using GSD's. As far as I am concerned they are mongrels, and coming from me that is a compliment, not an insult. They are both beautiful boys, although to me neither of them can hold a candle to Ben's father, Hal.

Possibly - but then I think that people are mad to pay hundreds or even thousands for certain pedigrees, knowing full well of the endemic health problems in those breeds.

Why is money an indicator of 'trust' or how good an owner will be?

Unfortunately a litter of mongrels is likely to attract undesirables anyway. Why would anyone who is clued in about dogs choose to support and line the pockets of an irresponsible breeder?

I am a good owner get I wouldn't pay a penny for a mongrel from an irresponsible breeder. Why would I support irresponsible breeders when I could rescue one and support a much better cause?

What? I don't even know what you're referring to here. What I meant was that people will pay a lot of money on a dog regardless of it being mixed or a pedigree because they're living breathing creatures we can form emotional attachments to.

and what about these siberian husky breeds that cost £600-£800 that all seem to be in rescue homes?? it doesnt matter how high the price that has nothing to do with whether they will be looked after.