If someone was selling pups for $100 or $200 would you purchase one why or why not ?
If someone was selling pups for $100 or $200 would you purchase one why or why not ?
Way too many things to consider. I've had some excellent dogs, priced extremely high, GIVEN to me. It all depends on about a million things.
Depends on who bred the dogs and why. Why would the price of the pup be a bad parameter to go by, or even a factor at all? 1500 or free, it don't matter it's who is doing the selling and who is doing the giving that matters. In either case, know the parent's.
blak
How can anyone answer this question? Like No Quarter said, it depends on about a million things.Originally Posted by Acesaun
You need to define the word, "someone," and the word, "pups," in order for anyone to answer the question.
"If _______ was selling pups (bred like __________) for $100 or $200 would you purchase one why or why not ?"
In other words, you need to fill-in these blanks for anyone to answer the question intelligently.
Jack
I know it definitely depend on who's breeding it, but let's just say your scrolling thru the classifieds and see some unknown kennel or Joe Smoe selling a particular dog that had some of the dogs that you may have bred and that you think highly of would you take that chance ? It's just when I see a dog with peds that I like and their letting it go for that little amount it just make me wonder if the dog is really bred that way.
Most times for the cheap they are bred correctly it's either person has to move the dogs fast or they are not well known, it's several good camps that sell dogs for no more than 600 and get overlooked because they don't have 2k fees. If you know the dogs behind them then price doesn't mean a thing.
When I see that, I see a broke, beginning POS ... who has no appreciation for the work it took to build the line to begin with ... just trying to make a sale on some breeder's name.
The pups can be a good deal, though, or they can be off of two so-so misfits the breeder got rid of while he kept the better littermates.
Jack
The best dogs I have ever fed were bought as pups, for 250 bucks. They werent good dogs because of the price and i didnt purchase them because they were cheap. I did my homework and made an educated purchase. Lucky me, I can think of three very nice animals that apply to this situation. One of those being the best dog I have ever had the pleasure to feed.
Now, the flip side of this coin. Ironically, I have culled damn near every single $1K pup I have purchased. Its just the way it has worked out for me and there is no logical reason for this. When I was purchasing stock, I followed the same guidelines for the cheap pups as I did the higher priced ones.
What guide line is that ?
That is a lot longer discusion than I have time for right now. To sum it up though, look for high percentage litters in the the previous breedings. If the percentages arent there, I'm not interested. Anytime u buy a pup your rolling the dice, but u can stack the deck in your favor by doing homework.
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