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Originally Posted by Lorraine  the purposes of Businesses is to make money to support the business and the business owner and in some cases pay a few employees as well. If the business does not do that, the business closes up, moves, whatever.
A dog fancier breeding, showing purebred dogs do not make a living from selling the odd puppy they may have for sale. The cost of showing, looking after their dogs and all the things that come into it far outweigh what little income might come in from the sale of a puppy or a few puppies. Show breeders i personally know sometimes have a show potential or show dog and do not sell it to a show home unless they know the person quite well and are willing to risk that person having their line. Many are sold spayed/neutered for pet instead at a pet price, not a show dog price.
I don't know of a show breeder that makes it their income. All have jobs, spouses with jobs sometimes where the other person has a great income job so the breeder can stay home, or have private investments coming in to support them.
i have my own business - mobile dog grooming. That is where I make my money to support me and my dogs. I can juggle my bookings as necessary to be home with my dogs at times I can't leave, ie whelpings, sick dog etc.
When I first got into this, my mentor cautioned me if I ever am looking at breeding a litter to sell puppies to make a little money, and I want to do things properly, it won't work out. Something will go wrong and money will not be made as i had in mind to do.
For those that sell many litters/puppies, sell anywhere, don't honor guarantees, sell them young enough before trouble starts, well that puts it on a whole different situation. |
Sorry, even a business that isn't making money is still a business, and not a "hobby" (in the sense it is used here/breeder's claims to imply they do it never assuming the possibility of a profit). Not everyone chooses to show their dogs, thus if they are breeding (and yes, many non-show people do breed high quality dogs, where they've spent a good deal of money on buying the best breeding pair, often times producing "show potential/quality" pups) barring problems, eventually could make a profit from the sale of the pups. There's nothing wrong with recouping your costs, and nothing wrong with actually making a profit off a particular litter.
Did I make money off of my litter? No, but I also spent a lot of money on high quality dogs/proper care/testing, etc., etc. Could I, at some point actually see a profit? Yes. So if I did, would my dogs be any less quality for that? If I personally choose not to show at this time in my life, are my pups any less 'show potential'? No. Don't get caught up in the verbiage of some people. Look at the overall facts. Remember showing one's dogs is a choice. Would I like to do that someday? Yes (& I am diligently studying the show aspect), but I can't show at this time, it's the way it is, not some sinister plot to breed willy-nilly.