Breeding Dogs

[HugoBoss]

Hi everyone, in your opinion, what breed is the most marketable,expensive,low maintenance and profitable dog out there, without any training at all, I think one of them would be the english bulldog or the bully breeds, seeing as they go easy for $800 per pup and up without papers. Thank you.

[gsrgopedrider247]

i don't know about your idea, it seems that we have a LARGE amount of dogs in the shelter today and yet people go and waste money on those pet store dogs. we bought our dog off a lady that lived local. im so glad we didn't go buy one at the pet store. if you want to go breed dogs go ahead. smaller dogs would be easier to care for.

[gsrgopedrider247]

forgot to ask a few questions:

do you have any dogs right now?

how do you plan on breeding them and selling them?

we have a yorkie-poo. any small dogs would be good to breed. around $400 per puppy is good money too.

[JLeezer]

FYI, you may find it fairly expensive to successfully sell your dogs as the primary marketplace is still newspaper ads (running $50-200 per ad). Also, you will need to be very thorough with the records from the vet. And keep in mind that small dogs can take several years before successfully breeding.

And don't forget that you may end up taking a whole bunch of crap from anti-breeder activists. They're nuts and they're not afraid to show you that they are.

[chriswick]

How would you go about breeding dogs anyway? Soulds like a bad idea to me and not the most profitable idea I've ever heard!

Where would you sell them?

[Phoebe]

Yeah does not sound a very profitable idea but sometimes it still works, I love my dogs!

[Mega B]

This thread is bad reading to me as i see nothing about kennels or your love of dogs but just how much can i make and what is the most profitable and low maintenance.I am sorry to say this has nothing to do with business but pure greed using animals.

Sorry folks that my opinion on this one

[JLeezer]

Rereading it, I can see how you could get that impression. I guess with my posts, I just glossed over that aspect as I do love my dogs and only want to breed our maltese so we (and our family members) can have more of her. But there are very business related topics that need to be discussed whether there is a love for animals or not.

[RLorenzen]

This thread is bad reading to me as i see nothing about kennels or your love of dogs but just how much can i make and what is the most profitable and low maintenance.I am sorry to say this has nothing to do with business but pure greed using animals.

Sorry folks that my opinion on this one

Thank you. Finally someone said it. Dogs are living animals not just another item on a store shelf.

Having dogs is a life commitment not some business venture.

[BusinessAdviser]

FYI, you may find it fairly expensive to successfully sell your dogs as the primary marketplace is still newspaper ads (running $50-200 per ad). Also, you will need to be very thorough with the records from the vet. And keep in mind that small dogs can take several years before successfully breeding.

And don't forget that you may end up taking a whole bunch of crap from anti-breeder activists. They're nuts and they're not afraid to show you that they are.

Ooh, I disagree. If you're dealing with one of many sought after or rare breeds, your primary marketing tool is the internet. Buyers of such breeds are willing to pay high prices and travel great distances for their puppies.

[BusinessAdviser]

This thread is bad reading to me as i see nothing about kennels or your love of dogs but just how much can i make and what is the most profitable and low maintenance.I am sorry to say this has nothing to do with business but pure greed using animals.

Sorry folks that my opinion on this one

Do you say that about every entrepreneur or business owner who focuses on the bottom line?

[BusinessAdviser]

Thank you. Finally someone said it. Dogs are living animals not just another item on a store shelf.

Having dogs is a life commitment not some business venture.

Um, how do you think most people GET their dogs? SOMEONE somewhere decided to raise and sell a puppy. Just because it's a business involving a living a creature doesn't make it NOT a business. Do you eat meat? That meat was once a live animal whose entire existence was based on its eventual death to create your burger and make some other people some money. Are you a vegetarian, or do you just selectively decide which animals should and shouldn't be used to generate revenue? I think breeding puppies is much more worthwhile, since they are not raised for the sole purpose to be slaughtered, but I'm guessing that you are FOR meat products but AGAINST breeding puppies?! Doesn't make much sense, does it?!

[JLeezer]

Um, how do you think most people GET their dogs? SOMEONE somewhere decided to raise and sell a puppy. Just because it's a business involving a living a creature doesn't make it NOT a business. Do you eat meat? That meat was once a live animal whose entire existence was based on its eventual death to create your burger and make some other people some money. Are you a vegetarian, or do you just selectively decide which animals should and shouldn't be used to generate revenue? I think breeding puppies is much more worthwhile, since they are not raised for the sole purpose to be slaughtered, but I'm guessing that you are FOR meat products but AGAINST breeding puppies?! Doesn't make much sense, does it?!

Kudos! LOL. A wee bit of sarcasm, but very on the point. I think the biggest thing was the utter lack of even a mention that it needs to be treated as much more than just a business, otherwise we're just discussing a puppymill, which hopefully none of us would want any part in.

[fwn122]

Um, how do you think most people GET their dogs? SOMEONE somewhere decided to raise and sell a puppy. Just because it's a business involving a living a creature doesn't make it NOT a business. Do you eat meat? That meat was once a live animal whose entire existence was based on its eventual death to create your burger and make some other people some money. Are you a vegetarian, or do you just selectively decide which animals should and shouldn't be used to generate revenue? I think breeding puppies is much more worthwhile, since they are not raised for the sole purpose to be slaughtered, but I'm guessing that you are FOR meat products but AGAINST breeding puppies?! Doesn't make much sense, does it?!

Good Point
Also I don't see how breeding dogs is at all harmful to them. Raising puppies and finding them homes seems like a good thing.

[RLorenzen]

Um, how do you think most people GET their dogs? SOMEONE somewhere decided to raise and sell a puppy. Just because it's a business involving a living a creature doesn't make it NOT a business. Do you eat meat? That meat was once a live animal whose entire existence was based on its eventual death to create your burger and make some other people some money. Are you a vegetarian, or do you just selectively decide which animals should and shouldn't be used to generate revenue? I think breeding puppies is much more worthwhile, since they are not raised for the sole purpose to be slaughtered, but I'm guessing that you are FOR meat products but AGAINST breeding puppies?! Doesn't make much sense, does it?!

But, dog breeders do have to have a passion for that, wouldn't you agree?

I did not ever assert that I am against breeding puppies. What I am saying is puppies are living creatures that have to be treated as more than just a business. If you don't care about puppies past their monetary value you shouldn't be in that type of business. There are plenty of other businesses you can make money in and not give a crap about the product.


P.S. Comparing raising animals for slaughter and breeding puppies was a poor example. They are two very different businesses where in one it doesn't really matter how you treat the animals because either way they are going to the slaughter house. Puppies require real care.