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Originally Posted by sugarbritches  I'm curious about this too. Do you mean you feel like the buyer who's looking for a puppy is paying for the breeder to show the sire/dam in the form of a higher puppy price? (just an honest question, trying to learn here)
I understand having to pay extra because of vet testing and unexpected bills, we all know how quickly that gets expensive. |
No not at all, and most show breeders are lucky to break even. It's not a "business" for them, and they aren't trying to turn a profit, but truly wish to improve the breed. If we didn't have show breeders, there would be no real standard, and it might be hard to find a yorkie that looked like a yorkie in future years. I meant that show breeders,
in a way, set the price, and lets say it cost them 1500 just to break even, another breeder can use that figure as the "going rate" and set their prices, even though their overall costs have been much less, and they actually do turn a profit. You also have to remember the show breeder started with much more expensive breeding stock. Not to mention all the time involved in really researching and studying about breeding.