Yes I have had rares to trade with.
Did it help me any? NO!!
I wasn´t able to trade for the last dog I needed in the trade thread at all.
Not even with the help of my friends throwing in their equally or better rares!!!
The rares of three people weren´t enough to trade for that sundog and to beat WAJA.
How did I get it then?
Well, I do have really outstanding friends in here. (Thank you again so much from here!!!

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And these friends have other friends.
So I was able to get a Sundog, that would probably never have been traded otherwise.
Just with CS-pets within the trade threads I would have been left without any chance and I do feel very, very sorry for all the kids, that have to invest their pocket money in WAJAs to complete their collection here!
Then it were really just consequent to say, OK, which dog do you want? Buy it directly from CS.
And I really believed before, that was not gonna happen. But that is only me to blame for my naivety, I guess.
And just to mention it now: I don´t have any personal interest in this matter any more!
My pet collection is complete and I don´t have to fight WAJAs any more in the trade threads. I just have to keep up with the current pets.
I just don´t like the way CS changed within the last couple of days.
And I do have friends, which are still looking for pets and don´t have the slightest interest or not enough time ior money for WAJA.
We all joined CS for a reason.
Knowing all that before, we probably just should have all started with WAJA instead from the beginning.
Life would be sooo much easier then!