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03-25-2008, 05:46 AM | #1 |
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| Breeding for profit I'm not a breeder yet, still looking around and studying and trying to assemble some nice breeding stock. I won't bore you with the reasons why I think so, but I believe this is something I could do very well. I'm not rich but have financial resources to buy what I need to get started and take good care of my dogs. I have a nice big house with a safe yard. Everywhere I keep seeing breeding can't be done for profit. Please explain to me why not. I do understand that a good, responsible breeder will most likely not get rich at it because it is extremely labor intensive and the welfare of the dogs must always come first, but they should be able to make some profit. Some people make it sound like something dirty to make a little money breeding. I'm confused about this and would like to hear from some breeders who do make a profit. Thank you. |
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03-25-2008, 06:58 AM | #2 | |
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03-25-2008, 07:03 AM | #3 |
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| I didn't read this whole thing, but here's a thread that was posted not too long ago: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118151
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03-25-2008, 07:05 AM | #4 |
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| My thoughts on breeding I've posted this before, but I would like for you to read it as well. These are my thoughts on breeding... Breeding and working with dogs has been a blessing for me and my family. Sometimes I do well and make a profit sometimes I don't. We do a good deal of training and boarding Yorkies, so I am able to off set loss that way.. In the long run, I can say if I accounted for my time, not just expenses, I'm sure I am beyond the negative in profit.... That said, here's something to think about..... Every breeder on this board started somewhere…. Let me tell you the story of our humble beginning as something to consider. I had an excellent mentor….. She was passing the torch of 25 years of knowledge and experience to me (how lucky was I?)…. My second litter was due being whelped by my most beautiful dog (not to mention that I was also attached to her as much as I was my children)…. Talk about a textbook pregnancy…. 42nd day ultrasound showed 6 very well proportioned, small puppies…. Delivery started…..no distress….easy labor on the first puppy… then nothing….and nothing… I was prepared…. I had read all of the books…. Not to fear, middle of the day, no emergency call…. We headed to the vet just to be sure (12 miles)….she died in my hands as I walked through the office door…. I called my mentor in horror and unbelievable grief….she said, “you’ll know in a few weeks if this is for you.” …. She said that because I had 6 very tiny puppies (5 saved through c/s) that needed to be nursed every two hours for weeks….I buried my Gizmo where our new kennel stands today and got started with her babies…..I would hardly close my eyes b/f it was time to feed again….two weeks into it, one just didn’t thrive….now I was at wit’s end….three days later one aspirated on the feeding tube….I was done, called my mentor and told her to come get them all… she said, “no, this was your choice”…. 20 or so weeks later of round the clock care, One by one, these tiny replicas of their mom, of whom I had become a surrogate mother, were picked up by new owners, placed under various Christmas trees….and absolutely delighted special families….One to 4 kids, one to a wife of 35 years, one to an only child, and one to new bride. To this day, I still grieve for my Gizmo, to this day I still check up on every puppy I sell… I’ve shoveled truck loads of poop, dried gallons of pee, built kennels, torn down kennels, delivered puppies at 2:00 am on every holiday celebrated by man (even my kids birthday parties which I had to miss)….Breeding is a complete sacrifice of everything else when the moment counts b/c your female is counting on you for everything….If you bring puppies into this world they are your responsibility and yours alone. My mentor made that quite clear to me. If you do not have the ability to deal with the difficulties with the same passion as you delight in the rewards, keep you little girls as a pets….. If you do have the ability, this could be the blooming of a wonderful new career…one that I love more with every pooper scooper full…. |
03-25-2008, 07:08 AM | #5 |
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| Every breeder should make some money, the ones that have to have c-sections, etc. don't make as much, and it depends on how much you sell your pups for...If you sell them for $4000-$5000 apiece, well, sure, you're going to see a profit, but, if you sell them for $500 on up to $1500, you won't make as much..that would be my problem if I bred, I would probably only sell them for $500 apiece..so, I would go in the hole.. |
03-25-2008, 07:18 AM | #6 | |
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03-25-2008, 07:23 AM | #7 |
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| I know of another woman who lost her bitch while giving birth too..this is why mine are all spayed/neutered..if I bred and lost the mother, it would devastate me.. |
03-25-2008, 07:37 AM | #8 |
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| Thank you to SET Yokies Your story made me cry. What a wise mentor you had. Best, Mattie |
03-25-2008, 07:54 AM | #9 | |
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03-25-2008, 07:59 AM | #10 | |
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03-25-2008, 07:59 AM | #11 |
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| "trying to assemble some nice breeding stock." They deserve to be someone's pets and family - not breeding stock. Elaine |
03-25-2008, 08:20 AM | #12 |
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| Not breeding stock? Well, that was nasty and sarcastic in an otherwise pleasant thread. Breeding stock is an efficient, technical way to refer to animals that were selected for their particular suitability for breeding; it wasn't meant as a derogatory way to make them sound like mere commodities. One can have pets that are also good "breeding stock," don't you think? Since you disapprove of breeding, where do you propose we should get Yorkies? |
03-25-2008, 08:31 AM | #13 | |
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03-25-2008, 08:31 AM | #14 | |
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