$200 PUPS = GOOD "WORKING MAN" PRICE ... OR A DISGRACE TO THE BREED???

[widerange]

I'm pretty sure 35 was a great investment. I guarantee they made their money back ten fold lol

I never said they didnt. Its clear that they had to but.... Never mind this will take away from the post. I agree that 250 isn't working man prices that's is below working man

[ONP]

The risk, time, and money put in to producing quality dogs deserves to be returned. I'd gladly pay 1000 dollars for an honest dog from an honest man.

[EWO]

I have found the dogs to be honest. It is their human counterparts that leave a little to be desired. I would add one of those funny little yellow faces if I knew how. LOL. EWO

[No Quarter Kennel]

There are plenty of scumbags out there with more money then good sense, people who don't put in honest work for their money yet watch it come in hand over fist. These people don't have a true appreciation of the value of a dollar and aren't willing to get off their ass and scoop shit. There are also many honest people with families that bust their ass 40+ hours a week to provide for their household and their charges that may not have the extra 1000 it would take to bring a new one to the yard. My point is if you are selling to the general public the price tag you put on the pup will not be the deciding factor in the quality of hands it lands in. When I do a breeding I will do it because I honestly feel I am doing my best to improve the quality of the line of dogs I'm breeding and at the end of the day I will give pups to people I feel have the dogs and breeds best interest in mind before I will put a $800-$1000 dollar price tag to the highest bidder just because I think man with a larger bankroll will be the better provider for my hard work. If you are selling to the general public the price you put on your pups is merely your own desire for personal gain not a reflection of your concern for where your pup ends up. Just my two cents.

Great response and perspective.

[Pit Bull Committed]

Great poll/thread! I voted "NO" to answer the question asked in general...but I must say the price tag doesn't always reflect the quality of the dog even though the pedigree(a piece of paper) may present it that way or a cool war story is attached. I'd say the quality of a dog is determined by who is behind the dog and their "intentions" at the time of the sale.

[No Quarter Kennel]

There are exceptions, but 99 out of 100 times, a low price tag like that is not indicative of quality animals bred from quality stock.
I produced 8 pups last year. Sold 4 and gave 4 away. If I KNOW where this pup is headed and KNOW the pup's new owner or what is in store for this dog and it's a place I feel good about, it will most definitely alter the price in the buyer's favor, monetarily speaking. If I don't know you, I want to GET TO KNOW YOU before we decide to do business.

I am no Maurice Carver, Joseph P Colby, or Howard Heinzl, but I do care about my dogs and I sure do want to produce good ones and I want them to go to quality human beings. I will stand behind the pups or dogs I send to someone, won't mislead or lye to you about anything pertaining to them and believe those things combine to add up to a price tag reflective of that responsibility.

[loot]

There are exceptions, but 99 out of 100 times, a low price tag like that is not indicative of quality animals bred from quality stock.
I produced 8 pups last year. Sold 4 and gave 4 away. If I KNOW where this pup is headed and KNOW the pup's new owner or what is in store for this dog and it's a place I feel good about, it will most definitely alter the price in the buyer's favor, monetarily speaking. If I don't know you, I want to GET TO KNOW YOU before we decide to do business.




I am no Maurice Carver, Joseph P Colby, or Howard Heinzl, but I do care about my dogs and I sure do want to produce good ones and I want them to go to quality human beings. I will stand behind the pups or dogs I send to someone, won't mislead or lye to you about anything pertaining to them and believe those things combine to add up to a price tag reflective of that responsibility.

Great post, your the type of person that I would like do business with.

[Hushman]

Bad thing about selling a pup fr big $$$ is a lot of cats will breed that high priced dog just to get back sum that $$ they sent on the pup.Many won't even check the animal just breed it when it gets old enuff

[loot]

Bad thing about selling a pup fr big $$$ is a lot of cats will breed that high priced dog just to get back sum that $$ they sent on the pup.Many won't even check the animal just breed it when it gets old enuff

Now that's some real talk.

[TALLMAN]

I use to think selling the pups cheap was okay in that I only wanted to recover the expenses I had in the breeding. I usually gave away many to newbies to get them started and to established dog men to see just how good the breeding was. I never had any goal to make profits from puppy peddling. However, nobody treated me that way and I always paid big. 1,000 a pup was nothing back 30 years ago for the right thing. Once it was 600 cash, a new electric walker, a daughter of Pistol Pete, agreeing to raise the bitch, He or I to furnish the first 2 studs splitting the litters. All for a 5 week old sick pup in the 1980's, Off Black Betty and CH So SO. His pups and Betty died and he came armed to take the pup back. I borrowed Tom Garner's 12 gauge and kept the pup and we split 2 litters. That's my biggest pup price. The pups I've given to (dog men) had their papers changed and the rest were usually slaughtered before a year old. Sell them a cur for a grand and he'll be the greatest, get bred and live a good life. I'm changing my ways.