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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend’s family are Mennonite dog breeders. They have one female they breed at a time but  she has a litter basically every year. The dogs do always seem well cared for, clean, live in their house with them, etc. But I don’t know how good it is to be bred that often. Or maybe that isn’t often for a purebred breeder?[/quote]

Walk talking to a breeder recently and he said they only breed each mom 3x. They are AKC registered I couldn’t bare to ask what happens when they can’t be bread anymore. [/quote]

FWIW my grandma was a registered breeder and she only bred her female dog one or two times each, she just had 5 or 10 year gaps between litters.  The moms were just family pets.  [b]But she was a hobby breeder and she always lost money on [/b]it.[/quote]

This is the thing — if the animals are properly cared for, you don’t make money. Legit breeders are in it to advance the breed. That’s why there are virtually no legit doodle breeders. There is no breed standard to conform to and there is a huge market; a recipe for abuse/neglect.[/quote]

Op above. I posted above but to add again, my dh looked for more local breeders and they are charging 5 times the price. Crazy. It’s so hard to find a good breeder [/quote]

They charge a lot of money because it costs a lot of money to breed healthy animals. High quality food, veterinary care, genetic testing, the list goes on – it's very expensive.

What breed are you looking for? Have you considered a breed specific rescue group?[/quote]

Most people don't feed high quality food, dogs are only pregnant two months so maybe 1-2 vet appointments... they aren't genetic testing every dog.  Be real.[/quote]

Sorry, actually how expensive is ‘high quality’ dog food? You’re saying a breeder selling let’s say a golden retriever for $3500 each is losing money because they’ve spent more than that on dog food and tests? Really? [/quote]

Let’s say they sell 6 puppies in a two year period.  That’s $21,000.  Our dog food for our golden is about $100 a month so that’s $2400.  They need several specific tests by specialists so that’s probably at least another couple thousand.  Vet care for the pregnancy probably another thousand.  Many of the dogs are now IvF through a stud — no idea what that costs!  I’m sure alc fees are probably a few hundred.  Plus regular vet care for the dog and boarding for dog when you travel.  Minimal costs of advertising and maintained a website.   So this person is maybe clearing $5K year on this project, if that.  [/quote]

No.  Dogs are only pregnant two months.  Most breeders deliver the puppies.  Our dog food is no where near that much.  $35 for a small bag of kibble that lasts months.  Maybe $2o-30 a month max for homemade and a lot of that is cheese.  [/quote]

The real breeders are feeding high quality dog food.  Our breeder definitely had vet visits for pregnant mom and newborn babies — not for the whelping.  And although the dog is only pregnant 2 months, if you are a breeder yo keep at least the mom full time so that is part of your costs.  They aren’t it making money hand over fist but it can be a nice supplemental income if you love having dogs anyway.[/quote]

Dog don’t go that often.  Be real.[/quote]

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