[aka_yorkie_mama]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

Hear, Hear Kim. I wasn't adding in those costs. But, here's a few more to add. Pre-breeding screening....Hearing and eye tests by specialists. Smears for STDs. X-ray on hips and legs.....OFA testing, Bile Acid Testing. Temperament testing on the pups and the same tests as above run on the pups - the STDs. And then how can you put a cost on the countless sleep hours lost.....your mother hearing is turned on. Countless wash loads (soap, water and machine wear). Oh yeah! The time it takes to keep your dam in condition...

ok thank you i read page one and was about to rant back and this covers it and a litter takes over 40 hrs a week in MHO for 12 weeks in the end i make less than minimum wage.and lets forget about the price of health clearences for sire and dam cesarians and shots wormers ect but the puppies them selfs two or three times at the vets liver shunt test and when a problem ariseks thousands of dollars ...in some litters i do make money but the next litter will suck that right up.