Ive seen several sell off the tit for $1500. I hear of dogs selling weekly for 5k plus.
Agreed and long before these days dogs were bringing more than that...
Ive told this story before but dad sold 4 dogs to the same man (I think they were litter mates) for $25,000...the next week he sold the best dog he ever owned for $10,000.00.
None of those dogs ever saw a trial as dad judged a lot then and didn’t believe in entering dogs when he judged...
And he wouldn’t have sold any of those, especially the best one, if not for being sick...
It’s all about what the market will bare and who’s willing to pay....I wouldn’t use what dogs bring on here as a guide honestly...
This dog dog that sold for $4500...might be your kind of dog, might not..but it’s a four year old BITCH who’s apparently won a good deal, dog looks like built great and in her prime...
I say all that to say this: Go raise a dog that’s apparently well above average for four years, put the time in carrying it from trial to trial, shots, feed, or just the work it takes to get any dog to a higher level, then tell me what the dogs worth to you? Not to mention it sets back the breeding pen when’s she’s gone...hard to replace...
A buyer has to be willing to pay for all that...the mans time, expertise, and the dogs ability at the prime age of four is when it’s most valuable... or keep buying the $5-700 dogs that are 1-2 years old and hope the guy that had it for two years doesn’t know his stuff...
Like Mike, I saw pups in the 90’s bring $1,000 to certain people...Why? Because the buyer wanted the pup, they had the money to buy and was willing to pay for the pup, and the person that owned them really could care less if they sold or didn’t...
