Hi, Sarah,
While I truly question the need to use dogs as guards, the issue of
training is an interesting one. If I go to buy an untrained two year
old riding pony, should I not pay less than I would for a well trained
hunter/jumper pony because of the hours of work involved in training?
If I were to buy a well trained agility dog who knew all the ropes and
could teach ME agility so to speak......should I pay the same as a tiny
pet puppy? <G> This is an interesting point. The trained animal is far
more likely to stay with the buyer as well.
If I were willing to go beyond what I teach my pups before they leave
(at twelve weeks) and completely train a young pup just to CGC abilities
(at the eighty percent response level) and house train the pup, I would
expect to get a bit more for my time. After all, I would then be doing
what the buyer would pay for if they spend the next six months training,
etc. (Of course then I would be selling older pet pups). I would
expect to pay more for a well trained show dog as well; the cost of
training in time and money is/can be enormous. As it is, I keep pups
until twelve weeks to give them training and socialization before they
leave and don't raise prices for that. I think my prices match the low
end in our area.
However, I don't know anyone at the moment selling young pups trained
to CGS and completely house trained. I also don't know many well
trained show dogs for sale. I would have LOVE to find that someone was
offering a trained obedience/show dog if I were starting out. I doubt
that many breeders will offer this, however, as most have not the time
or energy........training is a whole other business. Actually I would
love to see this happen as I think that not only would the public like
it, but the abandonment/return rate of trained dogs is far lower. That
is the premise of Brian Kilcommons work in shelters in which he is
helping to start up training courses for placeable rescues; the idea
being that they will get adopted and find a "forever" home much more
quickly.
On the other hand, I don't differentiate in price between a pet puppy
and a "show quality" puppy when I sell them. Someone must have a better
crystal ball than do I, because I can not be sure that they will turn
out in the end to be "show quality" when they leave at twelve weeks.
Much can go wrong in growth and especially temperament.
I really agree that if we raise prices for tiny, untrained pet puppies
to "market level" we are doing a disservice to the breed; people will
turn to pet stores very fast.
Suze
Furkids wrote:
>
> This question of values came up at our employee Christmas party last year
> as one of the bosses raises mastiffs. He trains them as gaurd dogs and
> sells each for $30,000. YEs that is thirty i did not make an error in
> typing.
>
> Sarah
>
> 4/12/02 3:20 PM, PAMoesinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Laura,
> > People quote prices higher for "untypical" show specimens! LOL
> > pam
> >> I agree. Personally I think it is even nuts for a show dog--unless it is
> >> TRULY great! Do people actually charge more than $3000 for a *typical*
> >> quality show dog--either in the States or the UK?
> >>
> >> Laura Lang
> >> Roycroft Cavaliers
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