Re: [PyrNet-L] Pyr puppy wanted

[Schonberg Farms <Schonberg.Farms@Nethawk.com>]

Adrienne Wilder wrote:
> 
> I have not been following this thread very closely...only reading bits
> and peices...I have a question though...and please do not take it the
> wrong way.
> 
> To all the people selling their pups for 200-300 dollars, you said that
> you just wanted to cover you vet costs .... did you set price also
> include the covering the cost for OFA, shoulders, hips and elbows?
> What about thyroid?  Did it also include the cost of spaying and
> neutering each of the puppies you so lovingly placed?
> I am just curious to know...
> 
> Most of the reputable breeders I know do not sell their puppies for very
> much..usually at about 500-600 they are still in the hole...of course
> alot of them compete wiht theri dogs and they also do some timely
> pedigree research...
> 
> So I am curious to know, I guess, how any one can "break even" at
> 200-300 a pup....
> 
> And I will say the next part...even if it makes some folks mad...
> 
> If you are not competing, pedigree research, doing clearances,
> ect...then you can only be breeding for only one reason...MONEY.
> 
> --
> 
> Adrienne Wilder  www.stc.net/~draggon/index.htm (pet portraits)
> Murrayville GA
> 
> "Oh, to be loved by a dog!"
> 
> Home of:
> The golden gang,
> Patou and the evil sister geese.
> and many stray cats.



Thank YOU!!!!  (VBG)

Susan