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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogue's_itchin_to_go View Post
    My goal is to breed him get a puppy off of him sell the puppy as a started dog for maby 1500 and use that to buy a bad ass female not related to him and start breeding so I can make a few extra dollars
    Please don't.

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    Why is that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogue's_itchin_to_go View Post
    Why is that
    Because the goal should never be to make a few extra bucks...

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    And you never do. Litters cost you more than you make especially the first one with all the health clearances, X-rays etc.

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    I Dout I get that far cause traing this one is a hand full can't imagine training 2-3at a time with a full time job

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    I dint know you Gota do all that

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    Oh for sure. It probably was never really profitable to breed dogs and do it well. Vet bills just to make sure the female is healthy throughout the pregnancy cost a bunch. God forbid you have a gynecological emergency and need a C-section or something. There's clearances on hips, elbows, eyes, and other genetic conditions like exercise-induced-collapse (EIC). If anyone is going to pay 4 figures for a puppy, they will want all of that.

    Sounds like your boy has a swell pedigree. (I can't imagine the owners of the Cosmo semen would have allowed it to be used on a bitch that didn't have all the clearances.) If you put a MH (or a GRHRCH) title on your Itch, and folks see him run and if he looks good doing it... you might get stud-fees that would help a bit to defray some of your training/trialing expenses. (And that's assuming all his clearances come out OK.) But, you have to love the game for the game's sake and never plan on seeing a return on the money.

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    yea I think you talked me out of breeding
    That's a lot of stuff I may just get a female when I breed him and get her titled and then I get to have the puppies not looking to make a killin. I bought the dog from my buddy had 7 in the litter and sold them for 800 a pop put had all shots and dew claws removed I got him For 600 cause he kept two for him and it was to much for him to handle 3 dogs I got him kinda late at 10 wks. I just wanted a good huntin dog but when i realized his blood line is when I knew he had it in him
    The dam/mom was nothing special got a lil blood in her but not like the sire
    My buddy is a good salesmen and one of the wealthy guys in our small town has a Cosmo dog and he somehow persuaded him to let him breed them

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    Go out and watch some field events... AKC, HRC, NAHRA, etc. It really helps to know where you want to go if you watch dogs that have the whole package.

    Best of luck.

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    Like i said my plan is to have him fully titled in ukc
    Started
    Seasoned
    Finished.
    And what ever else they have in the ukc
    There are no Akc events around here that I know of

 



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