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Originally Posted by yorkiekist  Did I understand you correctly that it cost 1200 per puppy just to have a litter and raise them up to 12 weeks to be sold and earlier if it is a bigger breed? Lets see, on a small breed that has 5 puppies, then the total cost of raising that litter would be 6000. On a large breed with 10 pups that would cost the breeder 12000. And all of these costs are before any pup is sold? If that were true, then absolutely nobody could afford to breed dogs. |
sorry, but its true.. dogs need things.. unless you are a back yard breeder who keeps dogs in cages outside..think again before becoming a breeder.. i would say 5 years to build up to being able to keep any mopney.. it all goes back into the dogs
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