[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Puppy Pricing
- From: ANN SCHULTZ <edangsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brittaleahnasa@xxxxxxxxx, mlgray@xxxxxxxx, showgsd-l <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:34:28 -0800 (PST)
Ann Marie, How many of your give away show puppies have finished or for that
matter how many have you bred and finished/? I evaluate my puppies at 8-10
weeks, sell the pets and keep the show quality puppies and grow them out
for 4 months or even older. before they are available. $2000-2500 is a price
of a good show puppy, pets sell for $750 on limited registration. Almost every
show puppy is for sale. Only once in a while do I not make one available and I
am usually looking at future breeding stock and it is not always the best I
keep back. Several of my Best dogs have been puppies I couldn't sell. Ch
Inherit the Earth of Edan (96 BOB, 4 times in Top 10) was offered for $1000 at
4 months of age in the early 90's and the only interested buyer told me I was
asking too much. Ch Good to the Last Drop of Edan was on my website last fall
for 2 months. I had only one interested buyer and they bought elsewhere. This
dog was Reserve Futurity Dog from the Jr Class and
finished in 6 shows from BBE at 15 months. Ann
Ann Mariano <brittaleahnasa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: --- mlgray@xxxxxxxx
wrote:
> I just copied this off of the bulletin board at work. I
> guess 1200.00 is not
> a bad price for a quality GSD.
>
> Adorable golden doodles, $1000.00, only ONE, ONE boy left
$1200 is very reasonable for puppies. Some other breeds
charge $2000 + for pups, and people with "German" lines
charge that and more for pups. If you look on line, you can
also find "King Shepherds" for $2000 +, so why should
breeders with quality dogs charge less? For some reason
alot of Shepherd people are just afraid to charge more.
Considering the cost of OFA fees, stud fees, breeding
tests, showing (which can easily get into thousands of
dollars), training, feeding quality food, etc. I think
breeders should charge atleast that. Pet stores sell pups
for that and more. My last two litters I sold "pets" on
Limited Reg for $1750, all sold before 8 weeks of age. I
gave away two "show" pups on co-ownerships, and reduced a
price for a "show" male since I knew the people would be a
good pet AND show home. I only have pups on avg once a
year (some time less) so its not like I have puppies year
round, and I am definately not trying to live off my dogs
considering the amount of showing, and training, and
traveling I do with my dogs. My one girl who is now 7
1/2, had 3 litters and is now spayed, my other girl is 4
1/2 and has had one litter. Five years ago, I sold pets for
$800, and I was told by another breeder in my area to raise
my prices since they were getting #1200-$1500 back then,
and they and other breeders were trying to get the price of
pups in our area up. My next litter I did, and then raised
it again when I heard some breeders were getting $2000 for
pets in my area. When people called they did not even
question my price. I had Champion titled and OFA certified
parents, my dogs are part of my family,I do not breed often
so the puppy buyers I came in contact felt my price was
warranted since other breeders in my area were getting
that even when they did not have titled parents and/or OFA
certified parents. I think if breeders asked more, you
would also have more breeders OFA Certifing and titling
their dogs as well. Breeding is to improve your dog/line,
and if you are doing that the price of pups will reflect
that as well.
Ann Marie
www.geocities.com/amarigermanshepherds/Amari.html
Home of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadelwald TC OFA
and her daughters
R/BIF Ch Amari's Ava Gardner TC OFA
Amari's Beware of Foxy Roxy CGC (Major pointed/Group
placer)
& the baby, Ava's daughter
Amari's Confession of a Drama Queen
Breeder/Owner of
Amari's Bandit of Broadcreek (12 points/1 Major @ 14 months)
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