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[rls22]

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I just really don't get it though - the same love, care and attention goes in to every pup regardless of sex, so to charge more for bitches is very much suggesting that they are more 'valuable'.

 

[jazad]

I don't get it either - always wanted boys though. With most breeds when I was doing research bitches seemed to be regarded as preferable as pets - not with whippets though...there the advice that dogs make better pets. Can't say what's true or not as I don't have enough experience - just saying what I read.

 

[Noise]

I could pay 800 quid for a whippet if I were interested in breeding and the litter came from hard to come by lines or was imported for example. I would of course expect them to be vaccinated and microchipped.

The litters I've seen from the show folk on here have all been reasonably priced, and you can understand from where the price comes from

the upkeep of the bitch

cost of health testing

show expenses

stud fee

vaccination

worming

microchip

high quality food, whether dry or RAW

possible veterinary help at birth

I'm sure there's something I haven't mentioned.

Now what I cannot understand is how someone can charge 300, 400, 500 hundred or more for a litter from pet whippets, you know, they own the bitch and the dog, neither has ever been proven in any field be it show/work/race. so there's no money invested in those activities, no stud fee of course, fed on bakers, and they don't even keep a pup themselves - now if that is not pure business I don't know what is :angry:

 

[Towy]

Just gave a well marked blue and white dog pup away, had kept him till he was 12 weeks old, fully reg with both parents with me and also home bred, had sold all the others for 2-250 each but no more enquiries. Been advertised since they were a week old, friend i know has also got boys left out of their show bitch which was at Crufts last year, selling them for 250 each. Fully registered.

 

[Towy]

Plus just heard that a bitch i bred was champion whippet at the Welsh Game Fair today and not only did she win that but she also won the coursing!!!!

How is that for good breeding???

Her mum also won there 5 years ago

 

[Towy]

This is a photo of them, the one I gave away went to a really good home (as did all the others) to a lady who had just lost her whippet after 16 years.

 

[~Annie~]

Nice dogs Swistir ... I'd love a blue and white

Re. the different prices for dogs and bitches I've always assumed it was because more folk want bitches and therefore supple and demand dictates that they are prepared to pay a higher price ... breeders so inclined can get away with charging more for bitches so they do, though goodness knows why so many pet owners want girls in preference to boys, give me the boys anyday.

Annie

 

[k4tie-d]

Nice dogs Swistir ... I'd love a blue and white
Re. the different prices for dogs and bitches I've always assumed it was because more folk want bitches and therefore supple and demand dictates that they are prepared to pay a higher price ... breeders so inclined can get away with charging more for bitches so they do, though goodness knows why so many pet owners want girls in preference to boys, give me the boys anyday.

Annie

i thought that to, usually you see litters the girls all go first.

before we got Ruby and Star i had never had a dog so i would have happily had either. but my OH had been brought up with dogs 90% bitches and was pretty adament that he wanted a bitch as they were supposidly better natured (or so he had been led to believe from his mum and dads experiance)

i know that this is not true of whippets but trying to tell someone who has had in their head all their life that bitches were better than dogs, just doesnt work.

i would love a dog next but i still dont think my OH realises that dogs (in whippets) can be just as nice and possibly more loving than bitches. :b

 

[kirsty]

Just caught up with this thread I wonder if bitches in general are more expensive as I telephoned a breeder the other week about Chinese Crested and she said the bitches are £200 more expensive than the males. When I asked her why I never got an answer :- Maybe it's because some breeders think that you are going to go on and breed from a bitch? I know I certainly wouldn't want to go into breeding as I would end up over run as wouldn't have the heart to let go :- but maybe some breeders think that?

 

[HARLEY 123]

I no that Harley isn't a whippet but he's a Rhodesian Ridgeback but we buyed £1000 for him and I think the price depends on the pedigree.

 

[rls22]

I no that Harley isn't a whippet but he's a Rhodesian Ridgeback but we buyed £1000 for him and I think the price depends on the pedigree.

Unfortunately, I have to disagree. I think it depends on the breeder!!

 

[HARLEY 123]

I no that Harley isn't a whippet but he's a Rhodesian Ridgeback but we payed £1000 for him and I think the price depends on the pedigree.

Unfortunately, I have to disagree. I think it depends on the breeder!!

Ok everyone has different opinions

 

[~Annie~]

I wonder if it varies from breed to breed. I have bought a whippet dog with some show potential from a top breeder and paid what I would consider the going rate for a whippet. In mini wires however, the other breed I have, the most respected breeders can in my experience command a higher price than others, and will charge slightly more for a bitch than a dog. There are so many fewer mini wires than whippets - fewer breeders but also smaller litters - that I've assumed this situation prevails because there are more buyers looking for pups from top mini wire breeders relative to puppy numbers than in many other breeds.

Annie

 

[rls22]

I no that Harley isn't a whippet but he's a Rhodesian Ridgeback but we payed £1000 for him and I think the price depends on the pedigree.

Unfortunately, I have to disagree. I think it depends on the breeder!!

Ok everyone has different opinions

I say that speaking from personal experience of having bred two litters. Both with exceptional pedigrees and parents proven in their field (showing).

We would not just charge extortionate amounts down to champion parents etc. And looking on sites like epupz I have seen several litters that are priced very highly from two pets, not excelling in any field. I can see no justification for this, knowing what goes into raising a litter and the costs etc.

 

[Noise]

I no that Harley isn't a whippet but he's a Rhodesian Ridgeback but we payed £1000 for him and I think the price depends on the pedigree.

Unfortunately, I have to disagree. I think it depends on the breeder!!

Ok everyone has different opinions

I say that speaking from personal experience of having bred two litters. Both with exceptional pedigrees and parents proven in their field (showing).

We would not just charge extortionate amounts down to champion parents etc. And looking on sites like epupz I have seen several litters that are priced very highly from two pets, not excelling in any field. I can see no justification for this, knowing what goes into raising a litter and the costs etc.

exactly my thoughts

 

[john gregory]

My daughters boss has brought a Labradoodle for £500, I could'nt believe it. I said to her what's he paid that for, it's a mongrel, she replied it is'nt. I replied it is a cross between a Labrador and a Poodle. He must have been mad. I brought my two Whippets from a very nice woman (mrs Jax) at a price I was very happy with.

 

[Esty]

I agree with rls22 - if someone is charging 1000 quid for a dog then it's about the money, not the breed. A 1000 pound puppy will not have cost that much to bring into the world and be looked after well until he's 8-10 weeks old. That's about someone making profit. I was very happy with what I paid for my two, what I think is the going rate and reading between the lines it's the same as rls22 is charging for hers. Mine are from pet/ coursing stock, although they are registered and have some bloody good dogs in their pedigree. rls22's pups are from parents who are proving themsleves as we speak and she's not charging ridiculous prices.

 

[HARLEY 123]

I agree with rls22 - if someone is charging 1000 quid for a dog then it's about the money, not the breed. A 1000 pound puppy will not have cost that much to bring into the world and be looked after well until he's 8-10 weeks old. That's about someone making profit. I was very happy with what I paid for my two, what I think is the going rate and reading between the lines it's the same as rls22 is charging for hers. Mine are from pet/ coursing stock, although they are registered and have some bloody good dogs in their pedigree. rls22's pups are from parents who are proving themsleves as we speak and she's not charging ridiculous prices.

Ok well we payed that because we wanted to there was different ridgeback litters around but harleys breeder was the best at the time its not like we were forst she gave them the best start in life and she loves the dogs she breeds so you cant really say that she does it all for the money,and you have a completely different breed of dog to me.

 

[k4tie-d]

Ok well we payed that because we wanted to there was different ridgeback litters around but harleys breeder was the best at the time its not like we were forst she gave them the best start in life and she loves the dogs she breeds so you cant really say that she does it all for the money,and you have a completely different breed of dog to me.

not to agree or disagree with anyone, but OH's sister paid around £1000 for her doberman, and im pretty sure it was quite a big litter which at £1000 a pup you would think it was about the money? but from what little i know about him i have been told he is very well bread and from a very respectalbe breeder so in it for them money maybe not??? maybe its that some larger breeds command a higher price?

i certianly couldnt afford a dog if i had to pay £1000 for one, but each to there own. :b

 

[mally]

I'm putting vixen to a standard poodle in the spring to develope a new designer working dog i'm going to call the pups a whippypoo. They will be fantastic working pups and a snip at £999. A full handwritten pedigree will be available as well as a puppy pack. :sweating: :sweating: .

On a more serous note. You see adverts for whippet pups for silly prices and when you contact them for the pedigree details they have to look them up!!!. I've recently been looking for a well bred fawn bitch but i've given up due to lack of litters or the breeders refusing point blank on there pups going to working homes (they would sooner them go to pet homes). I find this very selfish as i look after my dogs, they are exercised twice a day and are kept in tip top FIT condition. You can't say that with all pet homes.

I don't mind paying for a well bred whippet pup but £800 thats a bit over the top. £400-£550 is what i'd expect to pay and i think thats reasonable when you take into account stud fees, rearing etc. Plus if you work it out over the life of the whippet it will work out less than a pound a week..