Hi JP,. Youre right its starting to get outrageous. Here in CA, the aveerage going rate for the allbreed handler right now is 100$ per dog per day to 85$ per dog per day.. Wood Wornall, Mark and Sally George and the McFaddens are at 100$ I think others like Laurie Jordan, Bruce Schwartz and a few others are at 85$ to 90 per day. I am at 65$ all breeds, 85$ specialties. And I get Grief because they feel im undercutting the compeition. SHEESH. My clients never had to worry about huge bills. I told them if it was an issue, or I had to work within a budget to let me know. If it was issue and they had a good monthand were unprepared for a large bill, they could easily break their payments up. I was totally ok with it. You are right. its becoming more expensive for EVERYTHING--not just dogs. Gas, Grooming supplies, HELP, ENTRIES, everything is racking up. Mike ====================== www.BlackHawk-Farms.com Northern California American Saddlebred Horse Association Vice President (Class of 2007) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================