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Originally Posted by candybaby Nobody attack me I'm just stating my opinion.
I agree with you on a certain level, because I know alot say I do it for the love of the yorkies but in reality they know they do it for a little bit of extra spending cash. Especailly, the ones that sell theirs for over $2,000 it does not cost that much for quality dog food, shots, dewormer, tail docked, and dew claws, so those ones can say all they want they do it for the love of the puppies buy they do it for the money as well.
But, giving them away for free is ridiculous do you know how many yorkies that will be in the pound. Most people will not take care of them the way we take care of ours. I once asked a breeder why she sold her's for soo much and she told me if someone is willing to pay that much for a dog then she knows they are going to take well care of them.
I think they should sell them for how much they put into them and maybe a $100 or $200 more to put back into breeding. With this being said yorkies should not be sold for more than $500, $600 the most. You can sell a healthy puppy for that amount and get a little extra to put back into the breed. |
I totally understand how you feel and I agree with some of your post, but I respectfully disagree with one part ... "the ones that sell theirs for over $2,000 it does not cost that much for quality dog food, shots, dewormer, tail docked, and dew claws."
This is how I look at breeding (from my limited knowledge), a breeder gets no perks (except of course all the puppy kisses LOLOL))!!! And when I say perks, I will use my job as an example. If I work overtime through my lunch hour, my firm buys my lunch. If I work late, my firm buys my dinner AND they send me home in a company car!! I get paid overtime for every minute ... even if I only work 15 minutes overtime.
No one MAKES me go to work ... I do it because I want to. So should I not be paid because I choose to work? Should I not be compensated for working all day and should I not be compensated for working overtime?
So now if a breeder (for example) has 5 pups and the mama is sick and can't nurse the pups, then you have to bottle feed them all day long, plus you must wake up at intervals all night long to bottle feed FIVE pups!! Who pays the breeder for overtime?? Who buys then lunch and dinner? Who sends them off to the vet in a company car? It all comes out of the breeders pocket ... even friggin gas to get back and forth to the vet!!
So yes, I feel that breeders should be compensated for their TIME as well as everything else that goes into breeding.
A breeder I knew recently had a pup who eye was scratched and had to be rushed to the emergency vet ON A HOLIDAY!!! The vet bill was AMAZINGLY HIGH!! So that too should account for the price of the pup ... the breeder should not sell a pup and then be set back financially ... because if all breeders did that, no one would breed and we would not have these little angels that we all love so much!!
Again, all this is just my opinion so please no yelling.