Originally Posted by
Frank43
I think I know who you are talking about. For personality reasons I chose blood that is different from the what he runs. I respect his setup. It’s top notch. It is pretty much a full time job. Another breeder said how much time and money you lose from dogs. I have always had these dogs and will always it’s some thing in me that needs them. When I was in college half of a well known kennel sold me two pups off a rom producer for 300 a piece. She also had a day job. Kept a small yard. Wasn’t really active but liked the breed and enjoyed raising puppies. I don’t breed a lot. I can see myself having maybe two litters a year. I don’t know what my price will be. I remember what this person charged me and I remember reading all the history of the breed and not having a thousand dollars laying around for a dog. I add in some other factors when I make breeding decisions that not every dog man does. I value temperament highly in my selection process. I may end up selecting towards a late starting colder dog than the mindless hot dogs some breed for. I had a recent loss from a kennel accident where a half cold dog finished a bigger stronger fast starting male in my living room. The same dog later that night played with a cat and wanted to sleep with my friends girl. That discretion and temperament is something I’d like to breed into a line. I don’t know what I’ll sell them for. Now it’s a small hobby. I’m more concerned about gathering the traits i want to preserve. And made breedings so I don’t get bred into a corner. I check up on my dogs. I’m probably too emotionally invested in them. I have always felt stability of temperament doesn’t exclude success in competition. If I don’t trust them enough to sleep in my house with me I’m not going to sell them to you. That being said. My calmest dogs are turning out to be capable serial killers. I have done vascular repairs to people bitten by dogs with unstable temperaments. I may always put some decent dogs in those places. A past contributor to this board implied that he does the same. If you’re good to the dog and will do right by it and I can breed back if necessary we can work on price. If I grew to a point where I had to stop the loss from expenses I would adjust. Price is what people are willing to pay plus what you are comfortable taking.
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