[gracielove]

I have never shown dogs but did show purebred cats. By the time you just get started in such an endeavor you have put in many long hours traveling to shows and visiting and working with breeders. If you buy your breeding stock outright you have put big money into those animals that cost much more than a quality pet. Vet bills and proper equipment, not to mention the best of food and supplements, is costly. Selling a few puppies (or kittens) a year does not come close to covering the investment in hours and dollars. It should be a labor of love although the sale of puppies/kitten does help keep the line going but I would call it more of a supplement.

That being said I do know of breeders that in my personal opinion do breed much more than I feel comfortable with in order to sell puppies to help with their ambitions. My main issue with this is that the animals become less of a labor of love and much more about the money. I guess it depends on what a person's aim and ambitions are.