catching up since last night
my opinion is this...if a person is advertising 800 and another is advertising the 1500-2000 who do you think gets the first phone call, who got the first sale. now if you are looking for show quality is understandable that you will be paying the big bucks, but if you are selling pet quality (limited registration) my feeling is the prices should be drasitically different.and just because you consider some one a byb doesnt neccessarily mean you are right, thats your opinion. they might be great hobby breeders, who enjoy having puppies a time or two a year. and then of course knows they cant keep them all and knows they will sell and lets them go to good homes. most rept breeders also badmouth other breeders and call them byb because they have more than one breed. Most people like more than one breed and if you have the capablity to handle them, then you shouldnt be labled a poor breeder because you enjoy more than one breed.
the average person can not spare 2000.00 on a puppy it would take a lot of savings, and then if you are married try justifiying to your spouse why to spend 2000.00 on a DOG. but you can probably squeak by with a 650-800 yorkie to them. and you might get a wonderful , perfect yorkie and you might not. plenty of people have come here and said how much they spent and how many problems they have had since. In the same token if emergencies arrise and person can usually handle it if neccessary so the "pocket book" shouldnt make the decision on wether or not you will speak to this person or that person about selling your puppy to them, if someone spoke to me in that manner and belittle me for the money my family works hard for then you dont deserve my money for your puppy and that makes you a bad breeder in my eyes and everyone i would meet i would explain the problems i had with you. So it goes both ways. i have had someone treat me like i was beneathe them because of the money and i will never go back to them and i always tell people to steer clear of that breeder. she also told me my other dog was disgusting because it was a mix, so there is another area where you might miss a sell. degrading others lifes and lifestyles doesnt win you anything. |