I think its up to you to decide how much you want to pay for studs if its more than you think its worth you can go and find a dog at the price you think is. :thumbsup:
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i used a young maiden dog at stud many years ago.the owner was flattered id asked to use him.he became the top producing stud in the breed and sired the top winning dog of all time and many champions.but when i used him noone thought much of him and asked why i was using him.the answer was his bloodlines. :thumbsup:Vicky said:I do blame a lot of it on people not having the balls to use something different, it's as if you would get frowned upon if you didn't use something thats already got a dozen litters on the go, i reckon there's some good stud dogs slipped through the net just because people wouldn't give them a try.
well latest addition was a good stud dog marillion was another dog comes to mined but i can remember these dogs raceing and they gave 100%kris said:i used a young maiden dog at stud many years ago.the owner was flattered id asked to use him.he became the top producing stud in the breed and sired the top winning dog of all time and many champions.but when i used him noone thought much of him and asked why i was using him.the answer was his bloodlines. :thumbsup:Vicky said:I do blame a lot of it on people not having the balls to use something different, it's as if you would get frowned upon if you didn't use something thats already got a dozen litters on the go, i reckon there's some good stud dogs slipped through the net just because people wouldn't give them a try.
:thumbsup: spot on.kris said:dunno about it being cheap to have a stud dog but in dobermanns we had to have them xrayed for hip dysplasia and scored for cervical spondylosis and that wasnt cheap i can tell you. (w00t) i know theres no comparison between that and the money it costs to rear a litter of pups (and thats without the vets bills!) but in most pedigree dogs these days noone will use a dog unless its been tested and scored for all the breed problems that can occur in a breed.also you can be held legally liable these days for breeding a pup with inheirited disorders so its better to be safe than sorry as any puppy owner taking a breeder to court would have an extremely good case in law if the breeder didnt use a dog at stud that had been tested and scored.it amounts to negligence in a legal case.
Obviously in non ped whippets non of the above is necessary and the cost of putting a dog at stud is nothing in comparison to raising a litter well.kris said:dunno about it being cheap to have a stud dog but in dobermanns we had to have them xrayed for hip dysplasia and scored for cervical spondylosis and that wasnt cheap i can tell you. (w00t) i know theres no comparison between that and the money it costs to rear a litter of pups (and thats without the vets bills!) but in most pedigree dogs these days noone will use a dog unless its been tested and scored for all the breed problems that can occur in a breed.also you can be held legally liable these days for breeding a pup with inheirited disorders so its better to be safe than sorry as any puppy owner taking a breeder to court would have an extremely good case in law if the breeder didnt use a dog at stud that had been tested and scored.it amounts to negligence in a legal case.
Vicky said:But a stud dog could mate say 30 bitches and a brood bitch only have 2 litters, so i think stud dogs owners are getting a fair enough deal as it is. Also people are saying about what people are charging for pups in relation to the stud fee, the bitch's owners put a lot more into it than the stud's owner, they feed the bitch (hopefully the best they can) for 9 weeks and then the same for the pups for the next 6-8 weeks, worming, dewclaws etc and most of all time.
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