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Originally Posted by JeanieK  And you might make profit one year and lose the following year. There is a lot more invested in it than the cost of the dogs and their food. And then there is the time factor, some people have to take time off work for whelping and caring for mom and the pups. |
I've actually never made a profit at any time. I can't take off work for any length of time but I am lucky that my husband works only a mile from the house. I try and plan litters around the time I will have time off since I work at the schools.
When I do have a litter it's always going towards the showing expenses I have. As Mary pointed out I have had 2 specials in the ring and that is a major expense within itself and alot of weekends away from home if I'm doing it myself. When I had my bitch out as a special and was the #1 yorkie bitch in breed in 05 I paid a handler but I traveled with her and was out almost every weekend. And then Radar was out as a special in 08 and was the #5 yorkie in the country and I had to pay the handler $800 a month on top of the entry fees and then the extra shows that I had to fly her to a specialty in WA. Whewwwwwww so much involved LOL