I think that I would have thought differently about co-owns if I had known more people who had paid a modest purchase price and a puppy back. The ones that I know personally are purchased for $1500-$3000 with entire litters, (even every litter the bitch ever produces) halves of litters and occasionally only one puppy back. When we first went looking for our first show girl....half of the breeders we approached were downright mean, and the other half were asking as much as $2500 and entire litters back on the puppy bitch. This was over five years ago. At that time, we promised ourselves two things: First, that we would treat everybody who approached us about puppies with the same courtesy that we would have liked to have been treated, and secondly, that we wouldn't ever require someone to give us puppies back as part of the purchase price. We turned to the UK, and felt like we had died and gone to heaven. Not only were they ALL polite and pleasant, even if they didn't have a puppy to sell us, but the prices were reasonable and breeders were extremely knowledgable. We bought our first show bitch, AKC Champion Delores Fleur Shade, a daughter of Linjato's Ace of Base, for $850.00 plus travel expenses. This was at the same time that we were being quoted $2500 plus several puppies back here in the US. I know for a certainty that we have never broken either promise to ourselves, but had I met a breeder who asked for a reasonable price and a puppy back at that point in time, I would undoubtedly feel differently now about co-owns. We would have bought our first bitch here in the US. Myra
>From: Chris Meager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Reasons for Co-Own >Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:42:05 EDT > >Hi Myra, > One of my foundation girls was purchased for a very modest amount of >money and a puppy back. I was very fortunate to have had the good luck to >buy >her because she gave me lovely puppies that in turn went on to produce >lovely >puppies. If I'd been so worried about someone else possibly making a small >profit off of the deal I'd have missed out on breeding a National Specialty >BOB winner. I feel nothing but gratitude to the woman who trusted me enough >to give me a chance. By the way, when I loved the pick bitch in the first >litter and was unhappy that she was to be sold. The breeder returned her to >me and took her pick from the second litter. I don't think you can be >fairer >than that. Not every co-own or puppy back requires huge amounts of money up >front. > > Chris Meager > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
