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03-29-2010, 11:11 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chandler, Arizona, USA
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| Is this common practice?? I brought a yorkie pup, 9 wks old, for $1,200.00. I have no regrets on paying this amount of money. I bought the yorkie under the AKC Limited Breeding clause--as I did not intend to breed the pup. She is now 17 months old and is currently going through her 2nd heating cycle. She is a beautiful animal and we are now having second thoughts on getting her bred. However, in order to breed her, outside of her blood lines, we must pay an additional $500.00 to the initial breeder in order to release her from the Limited Breeding clause. I can see why the Limited Breeding clause is a useful tool--that is--to apparently protect the history of the blood lines. However, I think the additional $500.00 to cancel the clause is a little too much. Not to mention, the $600.00 to pay another breeder for the stud service. Initial breeder's studs are either too close in the blood lines or a little too large for my dog. Has anyone had any experience of obtaining a release of the Limited Breeding clause? Is the $500.00 a little out-of-line? Tks. |
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03-29-2010, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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| I'm not a breeder, nor do I ever plan to be, but I think the reason the fee is so high is to deter you from breeding in the first place. Other than your baby being beautiful, why did you change your mind?
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03-29-2010, 11:30 AM | #3 | |
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Personally I don't think it is out of line IF it was when you picked your baby up. It sounds like maybe this breeder is in it for the money. She is willing to give you full reg. now IF you pay 500$ extra. I've never heard of a breeder telling you after 16 months if you want to breed now you need to pay more. Have you stayed in contact with this breeder? Got to know her personally? If not I don't see why she would be willing to let you breed just for the hell of it. Have you researched breeding or looked into it at all or you just want to do it because your dog is beautiful? Just because she is beautiful doesn't mean she should be bred! | |
03-29-2010, 11:39 AM | #4 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Colorado
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| well... I won't get into the "should you breed" debate, but, personally...I paid $500 extra for my female, Tea', to be fully registered for breeding (so no, i do not think it is out of line pricewise). You also have to keep in mind, breeding can be an expensive business...the stud fee is only part of the whole picture. You have vet fees for well visits, testing for the female, etc., setting up your gear to whelp, then you have the chance your female may have to have a C-section, visits for the puppies for well visits, tail docking, dew claws, shots..on and on. I think I digressed here...but again, no...the price is not unreasonable. Debbie Tasha, Tea' & Katie |
03-29-2010, 12:33 PM | #5 | |
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From what you posted, it sounds like your breeder is in it for just the $$$$. You took a pup home at 9 weeks (minimum for the yorkie breed is 12 weeks) and the breeder is willing to change your contract as long as she has some cash in her hands. In other words, she'll give you what you want as long as she can make a buck.
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03-29-2010, 12:44 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | If you signed a contract stating the additional $500 for breeding rights, there really is no incentive for your breeder to lower the price. You agreed to it, & now you're stuck with it. Like dbeach said, that $500+stud fee+all the vet testing that needs to be done prior to breeding+after all the other puppy vet visits is going to add up to a pretty good sum of money. Not to mention allll the work involved w/the litter. How much have you studied up on all of this?
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