[magicgenie]

In New England you get 3 pups at $1500, that's $4500. If nothing goes wrong your expenses will be : X-ray, exam and post whelping oxytocin for dam, $300, tail docking is $150, 2 sets of vaccinations $350, food and supplies $500. That leaves you a whopping $3200 for the 6 hours spent sitting on the floor assisting with the whelping, two hours a day for 90 or so days feeding and cleaning up after the puppies, 30 loads of laundry, travel expenses to the vet, advertising your puppies for sale, answering phone calls at all hours of the day and night from people inquiring about your puppies--and believe me they do call at 11:00 at night--then the inconvenience of having total strangers come to your house with all their friends and relatives to look at your puppies, then try to bargain on the price. If you think that's good money...