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30-10-2007, 07:48 PM
Originally Posted by AnneUK 
You could easily argue the £1000 stud fee shouldn't be incuded as you wanted a pup so you would have pay for this anyway,
That's like saying I run a printing business but I won't include the cost of the printers because I wanted them to print some brochures that I needed !!!
You take ALL costs into account, an that's what costs money.
If you are importing a dog too, that's included to better your lines.
Your average pet owner wouldn't have ANY of these fees.
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30-10-2007, 07:50 PM
Originally Posted by Mahooli
I don't see the logic in that!
Take a 4 pup litter at £800 each, you keep one so 'income' is £2,400. Costs just for the litter will be stud fee, vet fees, microchipping, registration, feeding etc and that needs to be deducted from your 'income'.
To me I see the losses I make as the cost of the puppy I have kept.
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30-10-2007, 07:51 PM
Originally Posted by AnneUK
You could easily argue the £1000 stud fee shouldn't be incuded as you wanted a pup so you would have pay for this anyway, leaving you with £2000. Take out average vets fees, food etc, still over £1500
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30-10-2007, 07:51 PM
Originally Posted by Borderdawn
Like I said, I must tell her, she appears to be very underpriced!!
Borders have risen very sharply. 14yrs ago, I paid £200, 2yrs after that I paid £200 again. 5yrs after that (1999) I paid £250, so just £10 a year rise! In 2002 I paid £400! Orey was VERY cheap. :smt002
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30-10-2007, 07:52 PM
Originally Posted by AnneUK
Stud fee, feeding, registration, chipping, worming and fleaing no where near amount to £2400
And did it ever occur to you that many take unpaid time from work to raise the pups, so they are losing money from that too ???
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30-10-2007, 07:55 PM
Originally Posted by Malady
That's like saying I run a printing business but I won't include the cost of the printers because I wanted them to print some brochures that I needed !!!
Instead of paying for a pup you choose to breed one for yourself and pay for the stud fees, the surplus pups are then sold on and a profit is made.
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30-10-2007, 07:56 PM
A pf/byb wouldn't bother with any of that care, they just get on with their lives.
Becky
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