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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I will say that most of us breeder/exhibitors breed for ourselves first. And I will say that most would be surprised those that we do sell, are sold for much less than those breeders that are breeding only to sell puppies.
I know I wouldn't want to sell heartache, and not knowing if some underlying problem existed in a wee one, I wouldn't sell it for an astromical price, I'd place it in a home that knew how to care for a dinky. |
You might be the exception to the rule. From what I understand, show breeders set their prices according to how many champions there are in the pedigree. The more champions, the higher the price.
I would not want to sell heartache either. I researched my breeder before I bought from her and I believe my dogs to have come from good healthy stock. I want to develop my own line and work on improving it for my own satisfaction, I have no interest in showing.
Just because a dog is not of show quality, does not mean that it has health issues. In fact from what I understand many champion lines develop health issues just because of the selective breeding. Which is not to say that all show dogs have health issues.
On this forum, the term reputable, responsible breeder is used synonomously with show breeder. Not all show breeders are reputable and honest, and not all non show breeders are disreputable and irresponsible.
I enjoy breeding but do not have the desire or the money to show, does that make me a bad peron.