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Originally Posted by POwsley  Thanks everyone for responding.............although many of you seem to be all over the place with answers. Ok so most of you agree that $850 is an average price for a puppy that a new owner would be able to register. We are not interested in showing but would have liked to have put him out for stud a couple of times to recoup some of the purchase price. Unfortunately with the conditional pedigree it will be 4 generations down from him before the pups would have a full registration. I am pretty sure there is next to none who would want to use him to sire pups if all they could get was a conditional pedigree. I spent alot of time on the phone with the AKC to try to understand what a conditional pedigree meant so I have a very clear understanding of it. I too wondered why the breeder did not know that there was a question with our little guy's father's pedigree...........but they were first timers so who knows. Perhaps they had purchased him for their female and the transfer of his papers had not gone through when the pups were born. We will be going back to the breeder to ask for $300 back on the purchase price because he was sold as a puppy who could be registered...papers given to us at the time of purchase. In answer to the questions about when we got him and what shots.....7 weeks and absolutely no shots and no spay/neuter contract either. |
I'm sure your dog is very lovable and would make a great pet but he is not breeding quality. A reputable breeder doesn't give breeding rights to just anyone because they work very hard for there lines and they also do not let a puppy go before 12 weeks. Its so very important that before breeding a dog you really know there lines and know that there are no illness and stuff running in the lines.