How much are top VA dogs going for? - Page 3

all about,, no there is not a limit,,

the guildlines would be the breed standard,, but it is a subjective choice.  president of the SV  judges the seiger show,,thats a lot of power to dictate what everyone will breed for.  if he chooses a specfic "type" of dog, that is what people will breed for, knowing they will be the ones to do better in the show.   read about the SV and the Martin brothers for more info.

john

beetree:  I have a hard time with you NOT believeing that Barbra demands that.  I heard it on CNN, for whatever that is worth (no, not FOX, but CNN).

Anyway, yes I know that everything, including the cost of a wedding, is relative to how much money you have.  My point superceeded that though.  If you are a Billionaire, you can still have a 20 grand wedding and give four million to fight cancer, or diabetes, or aids.  But, as I have said before.  It is their money, so who am I to question or complain.

A VA dog that sells for 400K does not necessaryily mean that someone else, besides the eventual buyer, was offering 399K or any other amount.  It could (and I believe more often than not this is the case) just be that the dog was never for sale, but someone contacted the owner and wanted to buy it.  The owner realized this was a person with big money and gave a high price, which was met.  There quite possibly might not have been another that even offered twenty grand for the dog.

I read that Bill Gates is only going to leave his son 10 million dollars, and the rest is going to foundations, charities, etc, of his more than a billion worth.  He reportedly stated that his son will have to make his own fortune, that he was not going to give him one.  Funny, but I thought 10 million WAS a fortune. 

My son recently got transferred to San Antonio from Omaha (in the Air Force).  He thought he would not like it there, but now that he is there, he likes it.  He says that most of the area is Mexican and that they are mostly short and fat, so, even though he is only 5'10" tall and slightly overweight, he looks really tall and slim, compared to those around him.

Everything is relative.

Was Kora $80,000?

Yasko $250,000?

Bazi over $100,000?

Galaxy?  You could never buy him.  My dog.

<grin>  About 1800 euros per pound. LOL!   Sorry, it was the first thing that came to mind.

More than I can pay for a dog.  ;)  If I were a millionaire...nahhhhh, I still wouldn't pay that price for any dog. That does NOT mean they aren't worth it to someone out there! it's a free market society!

What I hate to see are the people who can't afford the dog, buy it, and then can't maintain it and the dog falls apart.  Sad.  :(

So, when you take the the valuation into things and some things that money can just not buy, I think Galaxy is the most valued animal in the VA list.  And he is not VA.  But he is one hell of a dog with one hell of an owner that just loves him to pieces.  And this is not to say that we do not appreciate better dogs.  It is just to say that it really counts if the dog is valued where he is.  My dog is my blessing.  I hope you all have this experience with your exceptional animals.  They come once in a lifetime but I am blessed with kind of a household full of them. 

With affection to all those that have done something with their GSD and to promote the breed.

lol...do right...i agree,  I always say if i won the lottery- id still shop at the dollar store & wal-mart....I might buy the whole damn store, but id still shop there.....everytime i watch one of those shows like, lifestyles of the rich and famous, and some chick has a sparkly millon dollar ring on her finger , im thinking, damn, she coulda bought a cheaper one-just as pretty- and used the money to house or feed a needy family....i mean, should'nt a person be prouder to say.."i helped house twenty families" than-"look at my shiny new scrap of metal with a rock in it "...might just be me tho...im not a big jewlery person...

to: iluvmyGSD

what makes you think just because someone is wearing a big million dollar ring that they have not donated a lot of money to poor people and other charitble causes.

It seems like to me that the bigest givers to charities and the needy are the Rich...certainly..it is not the poor !

people make it sound like it is a crime to be wealthy. albeit it comes with aditional responsibilites  but in the end each person should not be judged by how much they have but who they are and what they do.

there are equal numbers of great and wondrful rich persons as there are great people of lesser economic means.

also there are just as many bad ..poor people as there are bad rich ones.

so really  "money" is not a great indcator of the person.at least in my opinion.

sometimes it appears that this board is really obsessed with "money" no matter if you have it or not !!

Jeffrey

JEFFERY---ummm  duhhh.....it's just what i think when i see it......it doesn't really freakin matter...it was just a conversation... i don't care what they do with their money...why so offended over something so silly? all i way saying is, when i a millon dollar ring, my first thought is WOW, that cost more than ten houses...i believe that is a normal thought for most people.....

and>>>quote>>>>sometimes it appears that this board is really obsessed with "money" no matter if you have it or not !!<<<< this is bull...this is the first post i've seen that has actually discussed "money"

I also said>>>>might just be me tho...im not a big jewlery person...>>>> meaning that I would not buy a ring that expensive...even if i had the money....but maybe for the person that does, maybe jewlery is speacial to them, or an investmant...who knows..who cares?..this is just a subject that was intresting to discuss...but dumb to fight about......

Do Right,

My father actually met Bill Gates at a charity poker tournament (what's it called, Texas Roll 'em?). IMHO, Bill and Melinda are actually amazing philanthropists and are, I believe the reason free internet access is available in  all our public  libraries!  He is also involved in the crusade to stop the epidemic of  Aids  in Africa. My family has a fairly new, private charitable foundation as well, and believe it or not, I too, am on the board. You might not believe it, but it is harder to give away money (responsibly) than you might think. And before you ask, no we do not give money to individuals, only 501 c 3 non-profit organizations. 

It is Jack Welch, the GE magnate, who said he wasn't going to leave his kids a dime, they could make their own way!  Maybe, Bill said something like it, and (I do think 10 million is a fortune!), but that doesn't ring true for me. Jack's an a** IMHO.

So if anyone has a legit non-profit, service dog related (esp. for autism spectrum children) organization in mind for me to check out, feel free to email me.

Sunshine,

I agree your dog is priceless, as is mine! I saw part of a show, about the African Basenji breed, that was in trouble genetically. The vet went to Africa, to the tribes people, back to the source so to speak, and they found it difficult to get them to part with their dogs, money was not the issue! Evenually, they did bring some pups back and through careful breedings stabilized the breed in the US, and most can now trace back their pedigrees to these dogs. Main point being, "My dog's not for sale!", is a universal sentiment!

There is no maximum or minimum number of dogs that can/will go V-A. It is at the judge's discretion how many, IF ANY, will earn V-A, thereby directing (theorhetically)  the course of future breeding.

SS