Some show breeders do sell show prospect puppies at 12 weeks or a little older but they sell them at a reduced price and do not guarantee them to be show quality. You take a risk when you do that. Some people just cannot afford to pay $2500 to $3000 for a show dog with a show contract. I would expect a nice show prospect to run around $1500 to $2,000. By show prospect I mean the puppy at 12 weeks should not have any glaring faults and should have a halfway decent pedigree behind it.
What I do not like about this pup is the ears. They are too floppy and I don't know if taping will bring the up but they should be taped. It is impossible to judge the conformation of the puppy from those photographs.
As for the hernia. I had a pup once that had what we thought was a hernia and it looked just like that. I took her to the vet to have it repaired and when I went to pick her up the vet said it was not a hernia but just fatty tissue that was trapped. The ring had close correctly on the puppy and just trapped some fatty tissue. The vet removed the fatty tissue and the pup was just fine. Personally, I would never dream of selling a pup to someone that had what appears to be a hernia without talking to them about it first and I would sell the pup at a greatly reduced price or have the hernia repaired before placing the pup.
To answer the question about deposits, some breeders do not take deposits on pups. They hold the whole litter for evaluation and then the ones they decide to sell, they most likely won't require a deposit because the pups will already be old enough to go to a new home. Many of the top breeders have waiting lists. |