so u telling me from £500-£1000 is not over the top for any dog and u saying there is not money made from breeding.wot planet u off.zilloot said:Hmmm I've only just caught up with this and it seems the same points are being made and missed by some... and the Ig world is enduring another bashing.
Igs are not easy to keep and few people would have the time and patience to care for one properly - they are extremely demanding. The responsible breeders know this so are very choosy about who gets a pup.
The silly money issue is just perpetuating the leg-break/weak quality problem because it's easier to get hold of poor quality pups. Their breeders are more interested in the money than the dogs' quality of life and are therefore less choosy about new homes... that's a fact.
That's the bit that makes me sad - that for so many people money comes first. Then egos, then fashion.. and at the bottom of the pile comes the dogs' needs. So many of these money-grabbers are so ignorant and small-minded and ignorance doesn't excuse people from moral responsibility.
The people who breed for money have, by definition, serious mental and moral defficiency and are really part of life's 'reject pile'.