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Very often when people hear the price of a bulldog they think
that we breeders must be making lots of money. Wrong.....!!
Yes, bulldogs are expensive, but for a few reasons.
1.) The breeder also spends a lot of money to buy his/her bulldog
bitch.
2.) Getting the bitch to an age where she can be bred with also cost
a lot (good quality food, vets bills etc.).
3.) The breeder might take the bitch to a vet so the correct time of
mating can be established.
4.) A stud dog belonging to someone else might be used for the
mating. The stud fee can be a puppy from that litter or more...
5.) The stud dog might be in another part of the country so the
bitch needs to be ship there (Return ticket Cpt/Jhb is +-R900.00).
6.) Normally with bulldogs, artificial insemination is done. This
means at least 2 trips to a vet.
7.) About 4 weeks after the mating the breeder might take the bitch
to the vet for an ultra-sound scan (to see if she's pregnant).
8.) If she's not pregnant....well, then all the money spend so far
was wasted and the breeder has to repeat the whole process next time
the bitch is in season.
9.) If she is pregnant....YIPPEEEEE!! Now money is spend on
supplements to keep her healthy and in good shape.
10.) Most bulldog puppies are born via caesarean section. This major
surgery also costs major money.
11.) Once the puppies are born somebody needs to keep an eye on mom
and them for a few weeks. For this reason, the breeder spends
his/her hard-earned leave raising puppies and not on a nice relaxing
holiday.
12.) After a few weeks the puppies need to be dewormed, inoculated
and checked by a vet.
13.) When the puppies are weaned, after about 4 weeks, they need to
be fed a high quality puppy food.
14.) Puppies must be registered at the Kennel Union of Southern
Africa.
15.) To get the puppies to this stage the breeder would have needed
a whelping box, a puppy pen, dry bed, stacks of old newspapers,
cotton wool, feeding bottles, toys, feeding bowls, old towels, a
thermometer, dog nailclippers, anti-septic lotion and a million
other things that all costs money.
16.) All of the above is presumed nothing went wrong with the bitch
or the puppies. But we all know Mr.Murphy and his laws, and more
often than not something will go wrong.
All the above adds up to quit a bit of money. If the bitch has a
small litter (1 to 3 pups) the breeder will loose money, with a
average litter (4 to 6 pups) the breeder might break even and with a
big litter (more than 6 pups) the breeder just might make some money
(only to spend it the next time he/she decides to breed again).
So why do we do it? Because we love our Bullies.
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