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Originally Posted by kl1977

I have a friend who raises bulldogs and this is the only breed she has. She will tell you strait up she is doing it for the money. Ill be honest its hard for me to believe that the ONLY reason that some people breed is to better the breed. I think people want to make money at the same time. I am not trying to step on anyones toes here Im just being honest. You cannot tell me that people keep breeding and breeding and never make a dime. I think that you can be breeding for standard and good quality and also want to make money to. Maybe I am totally in the dark about this. Have I gathered my info wrong? I am not saying this to make anyone mad. I am just curious.

Talk to reputable show breeders...I promise you they don't make much money, if any at all. In fact, some of them probably spend more money than they make. Breeding is expensive. Buying a quality female and male is very expensive, doing all the necessary health screening is very expensive, showing fees are very expensive, vet care & possiblity of c-sections. If breeders are breeding for the right reasons and are reputable breeders, they don't make enough money for that to be the reason they stay in it. Sure, it's easy to make money if you just buy two dogs, do no health testing, don't show, and then breed them together.... but those that do it the right way don't make money.