Yep, and bills add up later on even when it's not a life and death emergency.
Found a lump on Audubon, and she ended up having to have surgery and a biopsy, plus follow-up x-rays after the lump was found to be a mast cell tumor.
Mattie's teeth were so rotted, the roof of his mouth started coming undone (yes... undone) as the bone had been eaten away from infection, and needed corrective surgery to glue it back in place and repair it.
Gracie started having white gums and a lack of appetite. Took her in and she went thru rounds of x-rays and bloodwork only to find out her liver wasn't working properly. Not to mention one month after I got her (and this is a dachshund, btw), her back went out completely and we had to have that fixed too.
We adopted Jake, only to be told he had a heart murmur the day we took him home. So I took him to the vet, and a ECG, 4 x-rays, and 2 sets of bloodwork later, we found out that he has an enlarged heart, mitral valve prolapse, and congestive heart failure, on top of the fact that his kidneys aren't functioning quite as they should. Now he's on daily medication and special diet.
The list goes on and on and on. All my guys are rescues, and half are on medications for *something*. My cabinet looks like a pharmacy, litterally. Because the reality is, when you take in a rescue dog, you are typically not taking in a top of the line dog from great genes. You are taking in the leftovers of BYB's that have bred, continuously, genetically screwed up dogs.
And I know you've seen a lot of our responses, as you logged in last night, but never replied back. No one here is being rude, but the 4 pages of responses are because we CARE about the future dog you take in, and we want what's best for it. And your heart may be in the right place, but that doesn't mean your intentions will be the best thing for this dog, especially if you cannot financially support the dog, and your mom is not willing to. One of your dogs died of parvo awhile back because your mom refused to give it vaccinations. You say she's treating her animals better now, yet you posted the other day that she's threatening to throw your cat outside because you can't get it litterbox trained. This is on top of the fact that you are not working.
I think we all just worry about the future well-being of the dog. A lot of us have been there and done that, and we know the costs that come with owning a dog, especially a bad bred BYB breeder dog. It's not necessarily how many dogs you own (hell, I have 15), but it's a matter of being able to financially support all of them, especially if they need a vet. I may not be rich, but my dogs have never been denied a vet visit, or even a specialist when needed, nor have they ever been deprived medication or expensive testing when it's called for. Bills get paid, and they see a vet, no matter what.
I think the bottom line is, according to your latest threads, many here don't feel you are ready for a new dog. Not when the others are not being properly cared for. When those begin to be properly cared for, and you are working a job that enables you to financially care for the dogs yourself without replying on your mother, then that will be an entirely different story.
JMHO.