Why do you breed?? - Page 3

Because of a genuine interest in related areas of animal breeding such as, heredity, genetics, epigenetics, evolution, early development, neuroplasticity.  And, while I could take easy interest in other breeds or species, I really enjoy day to day living with THIS breed of the workingline temperament, and want to develop and preserve the type of dog that meets MY standards, MY way.  You can keep your knowitall breeders, pet peddlers, self righteous animal lovers, sport competitive egos, organization politics, moneygrubbers, hypocrites...

Tarekallam, I understand what you're saying. I just like training and working with the dogs. trials and titles are secondary. I accept the costs involved. It's a hobby to me. Just like my avid love for sports. I go to a few college games a year and a few professional games too. I enjoy it and I understand that gas, hotels, food, tickets, and parking are all involved in the process. I guess I could always buy a few extra tickets and scalp them for more money to reimburse myself. With the dogs, I guess I would do the same if I had something that I felt was an attribute to the breed and there was some interest from others. I have bred before and I charged 50-75% less than the going prices. People inflate their costs to breed. $1600/pup with 8 pups is over $10,000. That's just nonsense.

My answers are truthful. And like I stated.................. I have no problem giving away a pup for free.
darylhet

darylehret. sorry. 

It is a way to have income for my brother who breed Labradors. I think you can only have income if you have many dogs but breeding with only a few dogs will just bankrupt you. I want to breed Pammy to have many pomeranian.   :)

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don, ever in this area we could play a round or 2/3/4/5 i love golf. i  breed dogs to see how good aq dog line can i come up with. i would like to get my investment back,which is a lot. if i don't no big deal as i don't do it to make my living. i have alredy accomplished that. the dogs as i tell my wife is to keep me young,along with a round of golf at the club with my friends.i agree with you don on the prices.i sell mypups for 800 and they are,in my opinion as good as out there for what i breed them for.

Tarrekallum- I'm with you on why you breed but if you've ever sat down and done the math we are never ahead of the game when it comes to making money. During a friendly debate with my spouse we did the basic math on what I spent on my titled imports (3 total), my gas twice a week driving quite a distance, costs associated with training, equipment and we didn't even start adding up what gets spent just to maintain the dogs all year long weather I breed or not. My pups are reasonably priced and mostly all go to working homes or active companion homes. I breed maybe a litter a year or every other year and despite the fact it keeps me in the red I still love it and find it personally rewarding when I see my pups doing so well at training. But as Don said, any hobby costs you money; some more than others and until I find something I enjoy more than GSD's I guess that's where my investment will continue to go.

 On the rare occasion that I have a litter it is for me as I plan to keep something either for work or to work.
So my breedings are selected locally and mostly based on personal knowledge of the dogs. This also means that for the most part I have homes lined up. And that in order for me to get what I am looking for I invest the amount of money and time anyway. So quite a few of my dogs actually go for little to no money to good homes. But with strings attached if at all possible. 
Training and titles are different things to me. Because I am not out to market a breeding to sell, I don't actually care if a dog is titled. But trained enough to be able to see how they will handle stress, how they learn and as much about what they are....absolutely! And I am not talking taking a dog to sheep once and know that they have instinct. But more advanced training either in sport or on the farm.
Hobby breeder vs. "Professional" breeders. Hmm...If I have two very able, smart, intuitive and dedicated people (all things being the same) that try to do things as good as possible, I have to go with the pro simply because they will see more dogs while the other one is trying to make a living another way which will take too many hours. A matter of math maybe? Experience for sure.
When I take one of my guys and they work well in what they where bred to do, that is what makes me happy. If someone that ended up with one of my pups loves them and what they got them for, makes me happy as well.
See others as competition? Does not apply as I am not in the market. However as far as fighting for a market share? Fortunately not everyone likes the same dog. So as long as a breeder is ethical, produces sound and good dogs which are matched with the appropriate owners....that in itself will usually ensure a good corner for that breeder.

JMO of course.