Thread: I must be getting old and cynical

Originally Posted by kawhia

I read through the new requirements for labs, on the whole it is a step in the right direction particularly for EIC.
However I am of the opinion the approved breeder rubbish is nothing more than a money spinner for both the nzkc and those breeders who want the fancy attached name, it has been over ten years since the TV programme pedigree dogs exposed, and the assured breeders scheme was suppose to tidy up the health of many breeds, that GSD is proof it has failed.
Now nzkc have a code of ethics they are pushing onto already overpriced registration, they have lost the plot.
A separate register may work, and could easily be run by the nzgta.
Our dogs are registered in Germany and the actual registration costs are very cheap, but by the time you add on the NZ club costs and the huge kennel fee it works out ten times more expensive than the NZKC.
Costs are pushed back to the buyers regardless, not just the paperwork but vets, fuel and feed are no longer a minor cost.
Sorry mike but you do make money out of breeding dogs, done right the outgoings match the incomings, it's what you do with the excess that counts....for us there is always another dog to bring in.

Same here, any surplus from a litter ( should the be any) is put back into the dogs , yes I charge $1700 for a pup and I have a HUGE waiting list, I have a dog coming in from the UK late next year ( should he be good enough ) and semen coming in from Sweden within the next 2 months, none of which is cheap.
As for the health testing for labradors, this can only be a good thing, and I do question people who don't want to health test, isn't it better to know of any issues rather than breed blindly.