Thanks for this post.
Marcel came from a show breeder (Durrer lines, pedigree is champions/Can. Ch/BISS) and his price was on the very low side of the price you have listed for the show breeders. Bc he was the runt of the litter, the breeder knew he was "pet quality" right away, and kept him until 4mths since was a tiny.
And YES -
"Breeders create life" - here here - and those little lives should not be about profit.
Another great point you made - "Remember, that not everyone who shows is a good breeder" - very important point! There are people who show who are so wonderful, at some point, and then something goes wrong along the way - so they do have wonderful pedigrees to show,
from some point of their career, but they are no longer good breeders
. Or, like Nancy says - they show, but are just not a good breeders - at all. So then the question is - within the show world, how do we find a good show breeder? (that is probably a question for another thread, but ....)