So am I. Did you read my post? It was about purchase cost, and how it does not always reflect what you actually get.

You are only allowed to register two litters from a bitch if she has to have a c section though & if you care enough about lines you know your dog is who it is supposed to be because it is DNA tested & results recorded at the Kennel Club. My bitch who was actually free comes from DNA tested parents with excellent hips, elbows etc while my boy who has no tests cost me money from a rescue,
I love them both equally
Having had GSDs for over 50 years I will admit some have been really long lived & some not so lucky but on the whole they have averged over 12 years so not bad, We have only had two mongrels in the family, One died at 9 having had heakth problems most of her life, The other died at 14 months so if I'm going on personal experience I'd say pedigrees are much healthier though I know my experience isn't everybodies.

im sorry but like i said before im not a mug, i would not pay the same for a mongrel that i can for a pedigree like Dobermann's breeder well bred, health checked, etc if i find a mongrel in my area would any of you be interested in buying it for £800 off me? ill be the middle man, if you want to waste your money at least offer it to me

This right here is the attitude I'm reacting to.

Now why didn't I think of that

I did correct myself with the c section as i was wrong. I dont know anyone with a kc registered dog that breeds that has done the DNA testing, not sure if it has to happen for c section, but anyone that has normal births i do not know one person. I feel this is important and was shocked when i realised that kennel club dont actually enforce their rules with such testing to register a litter. Sorry for your loss, kc reg or not still heart breaking when a dog dies

lol attitude, who are you exactly?? everyone is entitled to their opinion and like i said, i am not stupid enough to waste my money. If you want to thats your choice.

So you think someone who pays £4k to ship a mongrel dog over from Greece is stupid?

I paid £150 for this dog 7 years ago.



Do you think that was a waste as well? Because she's not a pedigree?

And dna ID to along with registration of pups would be good as a lot of byb use the same bitch and register using another bitches papers...as otherwise they couldn't get the pups registered due to the frequency and amount of litters....there will always be scam artists and animal abusers though.

Never mind the cross breeds, what I don't understand is why anyone would buy a pedigree and pay the going rate and yet not buy one from fully health tested parents.