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why is it people see a dog priced reasonably they automatically assume the dog is poor quality? i have 4 adult males priced @ $1500 each. i have recieved many phone calls with the 1st question being 'what is wrong with the dogs?' and when you try to convince them that nothing is wrong and they are free to inspect the dogs, all you get is arguments that something must be wrong at that price. these same people would say that they cannot afford to pay more. go figure

Alot of people figure adult sales are suspect as to why did you raise them up and now want to sell them. They begin to have ideas the dogs at some point must have developed faults so now they are for sale. Not always the case though there are many reasons adults are offered for sale. Perhaps maybe if you raise your price up you may raise the prospect buyers interest.

i understand that point but what gets me is that people do not even bother learning the reason for the sale. the 4 males i have are co owned and he wants to get out. i cant take them as i am pregnant and will not have the time or energy to work or train these additional dogs. nothing more. as it is, i am going to be sending 6 of the 8 on my property for training/titling as i will not be able to do much with them. i have them priced to move, or so i thought.

I think too many have been burned on this type of thing. I bought a 5 month old puppy out of Kathargo lines for $600, he had more prey drive than anything I have seen. But was so undersocialized that he was a liability and could not handle "club life". Or house life, he had spent most of his life in a kennel. Now I just expect every low price dog to be as such. Human nature I guess. I am looking for a reasonable priced schutzhund dog, I would be leery of 1500 price tag also, but I would at least listen to why.

I am sure you will be okay, as I said before there are reasons for sales dont be dismayed by the responses you have had. Simply go forward and continue tour advertising. many regards

Did you Flip get your dog direct from Karthago in Germany or elsewhere? Artur puts out some pretty fine work dogs. Reasonably priced Sch dogs wont be 1,500 if they have their titles and are coming from Germany.

Do you really need to ask why? It's because most people are a bit stupid. I'm sorry I cannot put it in a more polite way. There it is. I have seen this time and time, again. People somehow think that the quality is indicated by the price. Maybe this just goes to our natural laziness. We don't have to learn anything this way. We don't have to take the time and effort to really learn about a breed, or how to evaluate dogs, or how to avoid being burned or taken advantage of. I used to feel sorry for consumers and I tried to look out for them. I am sorry to say that I don't, anymore. Check this out: If you try to give someone a good deal and you are honest with them, a lot of them will run to the big bullshit artist who is going to screw them over, good. Even after they have been burned, a lot of them will go back to the same screw-job artist, again and again. I guess some like it rough. They'll drop the soap in front of "Bubba", and they'll do it every time!

Sad to say, GSDFla, that not that many people are in the market for a large adult dog. There is a high end of the market that the breeders and sport people and relatively affluent novices buy from, but these dogs are almost always imports. Something about an import, especially a titled import, is exciting. Never mind if it is technically worthless... "It's an import!" Domestic breeders seldom get the kind of prices their adult dogs deserve, even if the dogs are good and carry good bloodlines. A breeder might buy a dog like this, but most breeders have enough adults, if not too many, already. A pup will sell, and a really promising dog that checks out 100% in all categories may sell, but the "also rans" are not interesting to buyers, and pet buyers usually want puppies or small dogs. So, all of this is why I do not breed, anymore. I have not had a litter in seven years! I have one old male that I want to keep his line going, so I am going to hopefully get a breeding from him the next time his chosen mate comes into season. I do this only for myself and a few carefully selected friends, maybe. I think that the market is very much supply-side heavy, and that the Czechs, etc will be able to sell their dogs much more easily, because they are "imports". Some of these people are very aggressive marketers, and they are in business to make money, whatever it takes.

Breeding is a lot like showing. They can't all win, and they can't all sell. If you want to sell a dog, sell it as a puppy. You will almost never get more for it, with less investment. There is, at any given time, a certain demand for dogs, as opposed to a certain supply. These two are seldom in balance. Sometimes, there are not enough puppies, and sometimes there are too many. It's like many other things. Demand is cyclical and it is also seasonal. Some years are better than others. The trick is to catch it right. I'd rather try my luck at the roulette table. This is the end of the season for selling dogs. Early spring to late summer / early fall seems to be the best time. Maybe you can save money on your gas bill by cuddling up with some of those dogs for the winter? If I were needing another dog, I would be glad to look at any dog in my price range, and that is definitely my price range. The problem is that I do not need any more dogs. Most of us don't. I just try to keep down to a very, very low and manageable number. The less I have, the better I like it. I think that they like it better, too. Certainly you are a lot safer from the "Pet Nazi's" with less dogs. The more you have, the more their radar tunes in to you.

Paid $500.00 about 14 years for the best GSD I have ever had. She was owned by working (drug/bomb) people.