Michele Dixon, CA 6/26/2008 11:36:57 PM Everyday people once could afford to go camping, spend a day at the beach. Now it's unaffordable to many because we now pay for what was free. It was once easy to find a free puppy in the paper and now people are paying $400 for a mixed breed. We will have to pay for spaying or neutering an animal instead of being responsible pet owners IF we can afford to get a dog in the first place!