[ironmike86]

Originally Posted by gemy

I do have to speak out here. You either dock the tail at 3-5 days old or you leave that tail intact. I would not go to her vet for s or n unless I had researched that vet met them and determined it was someone *for me* to bring my dogs to.

In terms of docking tails. There are very many show breeders who don't and who do. The USA standard calls for a
docked tail. But not at the age for goodness sakes that s+N takes place.!
I am a show breeder, and try to couch my opinions given the reality of the fact for any breed you name, we show breeders can not meet the market demand for puppies. I will couch my opinions with that reality in mind. I know what to expect from a show breeder, but in my mind the simple fact goes like this. If I spend thousands upon thousands of dollars, investigating, showing, health testing my champions, (and I do btw), give the ultimate in vet care, use the latest in puppy rearing techniques, and say oh for example charge $1500 for a pup of two Champions raised in this environment, why would you pay a similar price from someone who has done little if any of the above?? These will not be pups with just champions in their lineage, but their parents are champions of their own!


I am not sure now what the asking price of these puppies are but I can tell you if I was going to spend over $1000 for a pup the above would be what I am looking for.


Some food for thought.

Exactly my point. PPL will never get a "Show" dog.I say that because ppl always say I don't want one for Show. But They get all the work that goes into breeding one. Home/backyard breeders who charge $1500 imo I wouldn't support them. But ppl are Yorkie crazy and pay whatever. I would rescue one first. JMO nobody needs to agree. I was on a 2yrs waiting list for a female. But If a home breeder didn't show and put forth all the health check ect..I may still buy from them but not for so much$$ I see pll ask $2k..crazy