Change in Prices - Page 1

I was scanning the web today and i was just googling breeds here and breeds there (randomly) then i googled "Bengal cats" and came across this on a breeders site for selling kittens;

"Pet / Neutered Show babies are from £350 : £ 50.00 Deposit required.

Bengals Breeding from £.1000 Deposit of £ 100 Deposit required"

Ok this is a "price list" that is based on kittens from the same litter. The ones that dont fit the standard of the breed are neutered and sold for 350 quid but the ones that can be bred from are sold for 1000 quid. Am really confused about this, 350 for a cat that is 100% bengal or 1000 quid for a cat that is 100% bengal?

Are their similar practices in the dog breeding world? If you breed dogs, if one puppy seems to fit the ideal standard for the breed, would you sell it for more than it brother/sister cause they didnt fit the idea standard for the breed? Is this a good practice or not?

I personally think the neutering of puppies/kittens that dont seem to fit the standard is good but to have such a large price difference within the same litter is disgusting and frankly if am honest extreamly greedy!

"Bengal Kitten Prices:
Six bengal kittens ready Now

3 girls 3 boys, The stud we used is Champion Stud boy Got all paper wrork.

All our kittens come fully vaccinated, de-wormed and microchip. you also get a five generation pedigree certificate, GCCF REG Can be change to Tica With all paper work

Pet / Neutered Show babies are from £350 : £ 50.00 Deposit required.

Bengals Breeding from £.1000 Deposit of £ 100 Deposit required

NOTE: Please be aware the deposit is non refundable unless we can not supply your chosen kitten. If a kitten is purchased for breeding purposes and is found to be infertile by your vet, we will supply a kitten of equal quality for the price of a pet kitten when one becomes available. We will require a statement from your vet."

The actual ad. So you know what am talking about.

Yes there are similar practices in the dog world and its a good thing, in my opinion.

Who cares what someone wants to charge if there is someone else willing to pay it?
There should be a difference in show/breeding and pet quality animals, again my opinion.
GREEDY to me would be selling a dog/cat/rabbit whatever that is obviously not within standard with breeding rights and charging full price.

Stacy

I don't see anything wrong with it, persay.  They are selling a breeding cat as more because it's going to be used for breeding to make the buyer money.  Breeders do different things.  Some breeders who can evaluate their puppies will definately price "companion" and "show/work potential" as different.  Why wouldn't they.  One is worth more!

However, breeders cannot always evaluate a puppy at the age they sell- you can't tell if a puppy will be competitive in the show ring at 8 w or 9 ks old, so in that case, they may decide to sell all puppies at the same price with no guarantees.  And if your puppy ends up not competitive in the show ring, TS, you now have a pet. They will eliminate any obvious ones right away who have clear faults, they would sell them at a pet price on a spay/neuter contract, or some may euthanize them for serious faults in either conformation, health, or temperament- i.e. a cleft palate, or whatever the breeder determines as something they don't want to produce, like a deaf puppy or an extremely shy puppy as they watch them grow.  That is up to the breeder-- some breeders place every puppy, and some do not.  Those who do not cull may make more money.  For looks- i.e. a litter of Boxers produces a white or check Boxer, they cannot be shown, it would be placed in a pet home spayed or neutered, you cannot sell it for the same price as the show-quality pups, if any- two CH's doesn't automatically guarantee show-quality puppies.  They may hold back their best puppies for themselves, then at 6 months (or older, depending on the breed) they can evaluate again.  All these things depend on the breed of dog and the breeders own ethics and program goals.

You will often see in BYB (Backyard Breeders) they will sell females for more than males.  Look at newspaper ads and this is common.  This is for the reason that females can be bred, hence being a money-maker for the buyer, and that is not right, but people do it.  I suspect this Bengal breeder is a BYB, but reality is, breeding Bengals is a money-maker for people because they are "exotic" and they may not care that there's cats dying in shelters and overpopulated.