Seems that some on this board have taken offense to us that do sell our pups. I am not a dog trader and definately not a puppy mill. You can read my earlier posts, I have raised exactly 3 litters in about 6 years and one of those litters only had 4 pups. I am not going to exactly get rich selling pups at that rate.
I don't understand why you think I should give my pups away. I raised horses for 25 years, have owned up to 150 head of my own cows, managed ranches for 13 years with 500 pairs....and I never had anyone give me a horse or cow.....I see dogs as being no different.
I bred a mare to the NCHA World Champion Stallion, Smart Smokin Pep. I wasn't given the breeding. Bill Kidd raised the horse, trained him and showed him. He had considerable time and money tied up in the stud. Should he give those colts away?
I don't think so....
My dogs are the same way to me. I have a lot of time, money and effort in them. If someone wants one, they can pay for those efforts just as in everything else you buy. That doesn't guarantee they will hunt the dog or that the dog will be a world beater.
You have NEVER seen me claim 80-90% of my dogs make good dogs. Truth is, I couldn't tell you. I have sold dogs to about 5-6 states and lose track of some of them. Then I have guys track me down and want to buy more like the first ones they bought from me. The first ones couldn't have been that bad.
I have had several that said they were the best dogs they ever owned. But to me, that is relative. What may be a good dog to them, may not be a good dog to me, so I don't claim(never have, never will) to have an 80-90% percentage of pups that make GOOD dogs.
All I can say is if you don't want to buy one of my pups, don't. Its that simple. I raise very few litters and have more people wanting pups than I want to raise. There is no "cash cow" at my place or brood gyps. In fact I only have 2 breedable females on my place, both are coming 6 years old in Oct and each have raised one litter.......and I hunted each for 5 years BEFORE I bred them, so I knew what they were capable of.
Not exactly a puppy mill in my eyes.
I don't know Randy Wright, but I think he could sell ice to the Eskimos......
