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**Nosmas** · 02-13-2012, 04:43 AM

I spent around $800 on my german shepherd. Whilst I appreciate rescue work and I have got all my cats from rescues, and do a lot of rescue work with reptiles myself, I wanted a specific breed with no health problems, I wanted health checked parents, I wanted hip scores and blood tests, I wanted her from 8 weeks so that I could train her and she was worth every penny. If I decide to breed her ever, it would be because she has excellent bloodlines, champions in her pedigree, is a beautiful temperement, and she would be studded to an amazing dog and sold to very serious buyers.

There is a big difference between buying from a responsible breeder and buying from a puppy farm

02-13-2012, 04:43 AM	#3
Nosmas Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	I spent around $800 on my german shepherd. Whilst I appreciate rescue work and I have got all my cats from rescues, and do a lot of rescue work with reptiles myself, I wanted a specific breed with no health problems, I wanted health checked parents, I wanted hip scores and blood tests, I wanted her from 8 weeks so that I could train her and she was worth every penny. If I decide to breed her ever, it would be because she has excellent bloodlines, champions in her pedigree, is a beautiful temperement, and she would be studded to an amazing dog and sold to very serious buyers. There is a big difference between buying from a responsible breeder and buying from a puppy farm
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