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Originally Posted by cesar49  if a certain dog is more desirable and more rare.. then it makes sense that they would be worth more money..
as a breeder.. i would want to come out ahead..the money goes back into the breeding program.. to improve the lives of the dogs..  |
I'm not setting a standard price, nor am I judging, just trying to understand(I have yet to have my first furry companion so I am not extremely familiar what prices are for "regular" pups and "rare" ones). But, if hypothetically, the minimum price for a dog bred by a responsible breeder with the health and well being of a puppy in mind and the breed was/is a minimum of $1200, isn't $5000 an extreme jump in price even for rare one? I'm not saying it's wrong, if anything if someone could afford a $5k pup, kuddos to them. If the price was set at $2000 and maybe up to $3000 per pup, for the champion lines or rare puppies that's still a $800-$1800 difference in price. Couldn't that be enough to put back into the breeding program?
And the whole rarity thing, I still don't get. Some of the bad breeders, whether byb or puppy mills use those terms like "rare", "super tiny" or "teacup", or "designer" to market their puppies. I thought those were terms that signal "Stay away! I'm only in this for the money!!!" Or is there a time when it's ok to label puppies a certain way? Again, it's a question as I have yet to experience breeding myself, or even life with a cute little one. Feel free to correct me or point out whatever it is I'm missing. After all I am here to learn!