Stud fee? - Page 1

How does the stud fee usually work? I know someone who wants my stud for breeding, so can anyone tell me how that usually works? Thank you!

You can name you terms either pick of the litter or a stud fee paid to you. The stud fee is usually what most people choose but that is your choice. Make sure the female is tested prior to breeding for Burcellois to protect your male. In the event the female does not become pregant a repeat breeding is standard. See my website www.alabamak9.com and you can go to contacts and see my stud policy it is standard and what most breeders require for stud service. Marlene

Mosemancr, Is your male titled? If so what are the titles ? If the titles are working then please list up the scores. What is your dogs lines? you can charge certain amount depending on the lines and the amount of accomplishments your dog recieved over the years.

There is an old horse breeder rule of thumb that might be useful to you: Never charge more than 10% of the value of the stud as a breeding fee, and probably less than that is better.

Standard stud fees here are from 600 to 1,000 depending on the dog. The dogs are titled that fit in this range. In Europe the fee is from 350 euro to 500 euro depending on the dog but the euro in american money has more value at this time and it takes a lot more american dolllars to make the euro dollar so the stud fees are almost the same. When breeding two dogs however you want to work it is your choice just make sure both dogs have had a hip survey and the temperament is good even if both are pets and not titled at least make sure both of them are sound.

If your dog is Adler, I would say about $400 is a fair stud fee for him (or a puppy). Make sure the female has had a Brucellosis Test and is Negative. Ask the owner to do a progesterone test on the 11th day of her heat cycle, you want to breed after she passes a level of 5. Breed her 3 times, skip a day between breedings. If the owner does not want to do a progesterone, attempt breedings at day 11 and foward. I always guarantee at least 2 live puppies, or a repeat breeding.

Looking at your history, seems that Glover v Westbutteland is your dog???? And he is only 19 months old - not old enough for OFAs hip certification...does he have any credentials yet at all????? BH ?? even a CGC???? What do you expect him to contribute to and improve upon the female in this pairing to justify his stud fee??? Does the female have OFAs or 'a' stamp or titles so that you can consider this a breeding to see what he is capable of producing prior to attaining his credentials? Fees - IMO - ***should*** be performance driven - there are tons and tons of dogs in the US with Schh3, decent hip ratings and KKL who stand at $500 - $750. Many dogs who have produced titled and koered progeny who stand in that price range. Dogs who have been in or even won the BSP in that price range. The owner of the female has many expenses on top of a stud fee - travel and motel or shipping, vet work to establish optimal time for mating, vet work on pups, and then, there may be emergency vet work....the stud dog has little ongoing expense per breeding partner. A male with no credentials should be extremely inexpensive, no matter who his sire is....and as the owner of the female can easily have $1000 in expenses for a 2 or 3 pup litter over and above the stud fee for example!!! The stud fee should be reasonable and warrenties made for a specific number of pups - in horses, with very few exceptions, live progeny are always guarenteed. The Euro was at $1=E.78 or E1.00=$1.28 yesterday, so a E500 stud fee is less than $650....[see www.xe.com for easy exchange rate calculations] I concur with all the comments on testing - and would also say that the male should have a brucellosis to ensure he will not pass on anything to the female.

forgot to add some stuffs in.. Mosemancr, Is this female that your friend wants to breed proven? Whats her background? how is her drives? hows her nerves? Is she also titled? Why does your friend want to breed her female? what are the motives? The best thing for you to ask your friend the reasons. If you bought Adler for the reason of breeding and showing.. the last thing you need to add onto his reputation is a bunch of pet quality dogs. Ask serious questions (feel free to use my questions)to your friend.. Remind him or her that you're asking the questions for the sake of the breed.

What does it matter??? Mosemancr, if you like your dog and the person who owns the female likes your dog, work something out. $500 sounds kinda fair, or get 1st pick of the puppies. Dont worry about is his titles, scores, lines, etc... this one litter will neither damn nor save the GSD breed. Id just recomend a Brucellosis Test, and that both dogs offer something that you like other than the opportunity sell puppies. Ive not made the world team nor bred dogs that have had a huge impact on the breed but thats my 2 cents. id love to here the opinion of those that "HAVE" bred several dogs that have gone on to be competitive at a national level (and by competitive i mean top 10%).

Dear wscott00, i do not know why u put 00 behind your name, but it sure makes sense to me ! I do not agree with Britt to often, in this case i do. Just to do a breeding, because it can be done, is not wise and does not benefit the breed. Every breeder, including myself, should strive to achieve better puppys than with the last breeding made. By breeding, because it can be done, u state simply that u ignore any ahievements made within the breed. Moseman, with all due respect, please stay within the rules of our club, the SV ! These regulations are in place for a certain reason. Too answer your question here in Germany the studfee is about the cost for a puppy. Regards Ulli Dresbach