Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : My brother and I adopted a purebred Husky that had been abandoned by our neighbors when they moved (Lost their lease). We found out shortly thereafter that she was pregnant with what turned out to be also purebred (but not papered) puppies. My brother doesn’t work, so I paid all of the vet fees, food and supplies -which added up to a few thousand dollars. We decided to adopt the puppies out since I already have another dog and don’t have the space to keep them all. Anyway, we decided on a reasonable adoption fee and posted them once they were 8 weeks old. We had several people inquire, almost exclusively looking for female pups (there were 2 females and 3 males in the litter).  One couple emailed us saying they couldn’t pay the fee, but they are disabled vets who homeschool their two kids and also somehow care for 40 animals and train companion dogs and could we please give them a pup for free, and they specifically “need” the red female. I offered to give them a discount on one of the male pups (basically asked how much they could afford), but they “needed the red female” and she had to be free. I said no for the following reasons:

a) if you can’t afford what we’re asking (and it’s not much) for a purebred puppy, there are PLENTY of mixed breed puppies that need homes

b) I did pay for all of her care, food, supplies, shots worming and vet checks for all the pups and would like to recover some of that, especially since I didn’t know she was pregnant when we took her in, so it was an unexpected expense that came from my savings

c) the red female is the one everyone wants

d) if they can’t afford an adoption fee, how will they afford vet bills?

My brother (who has paid for nothing) got pissed and thinks I’m being a bitch and should give them the pup for free because of their sob story.  AITA?