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Originally Posted by concretegurl  Personally I used the term greeder for anyobe who I can determine is breeding for profit only and furthermore they deny the standard costs of veterinary care, do not health test etc, just a BYB with a lot if dogs pumping out litter as a side income for themselves.
Health testing isn't that expensive actually, OFA and chic cerf are, but basic health screenings and knowing the line genetics is so cheap compared to the costs of a mishap, or parvo like Yorkimom went through....a greeder would not hace spent that they'd have considered the sale of those pups lost income and well hopefully dumped the litter at rescue, many put them down some themselves to ecen cut the cvet euthanasian cost.
FYI for breeders health gene testing for colors is only a couple hundred at most too so off standard breeders even do this.
The vreeder I was refering to previously that 2kprice was for limited registration pet only quality pups. |
To my mind basic screenings are those that are required by the breed club and beyond that as well. HD AND ED OFA' d xrays and cost to post results were about $250 which included a nominal fee to have them evaluated by OFA and posted. CERF testing for PRA and cataracts is $15 to post and at a show sponsored health clinic about $60 to do. Doing private PRA testing with a board certified opthamologist is about $180 here in TO. BAT testing is relatively cheap I think about $60. Thyroid testing I paid about $150.
Heart Doppler testing about $100 or so dollars. Brucellosis testing is $250 here. Basic full blood screen $100. I don't do BAER as my breeds do not have a genetic predisposition for hearing problems. By my rough math we are already at almost $900 or so dollars. Then there are other tests, hyperuricosuria genetic testing $65. I've not done the color test at this point so I don't know that $$.
So I disagree in that to do the proper screenings it is not cheap at all!