Say i was to breed my Rottweiler, unlikely to be a show dog, but a pet or working dog but money would be less?

No RESPONSIBLE breeder breeds just to make money. A responsible breeder only breeds to get better quality dogs by combining the best with the best. To be a RESPONSIBLE breeder, you'd need to do all this FIRST:

1. Contact a breed club for your breed. Ask for a mentor.

2. STUDY the breed standard. Learn about dog anatomy and ask your mentor to

clarify anything you don't understand.

3. Learn what genetic faults and diseases run in your breed and test for any

that can be tested for.

4. Show your dog in conformation events to see if it is of the proper

quality for breeding. Winning doesn't always mean a dog is breeding quality,

but being around so many others that know your breed and will talk to you

will do wonders for your self-education efforts!

5. Study the past history of great dogs in your breed. You will see how your

breed has improved and progressed since the beginning of the breed.

6. Study the breed standard some more! ;-)

7. Join any Yahoo groups about your breed.

8. Live, dream and study your breed.

9. Get a good book on canine reproduction, and educate yourself about the

pitfalls, problems, and proud moments of breeding. Learn about the

physiology of reproduction, such as heat cycles and venereal diseases in

dogs, potential for problems specific to your breed, and what you need to

expect at whelping.

10. Remember that whelping (giving birth) can kill your female. Being used

as a stud dog can encourage bad behaviors common in intact males such as

territorial marking, aggression, and desire to roam from home.

11. Prepare to be broke. Breeding properly is EXPENSIVE.

12. Line up potential homes for any puppies you produce and write up a

contract. Remember to include that you will be willing to take back your

puppies at any time in their lives that they might need you. If you bring

life into this world, it is your responsibility FOREVER.

13. Prepare to spend sleepless nights attending whelping females, caring for

fading puppies or puppies orphaned, and practice cleaning up after 24/7 poop

machines.

I'm sure there are many things I missed because being a responsible breeder

isn't just a job. It's a way of life. You will live dogs. 24/7/365. There

are lots of hard decisions. There is a lot of expense. There will be pain.

But, if you do your darndest to always keep the welfare of your dogs and the

future of any of their offspring, you can go to step 14.

14. Enjoy the love and success of a job well done.

ADDED: Look at these two dogs. One was bred by someone who thinks just like you...it's just a pet. Shows, conformation, breed standard...none of that mattered. The other is bred from a long line of top quality dogs by breeders who have dedicated their lives to this breed, and who work behind the show scene as well with dog legislation and canine health. Which dog looks better to you? Which one would you rather have gracing your couch?

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I was checking out my local rescues webpage earlier today to check how much they now charge for their dogs - £80. They had 3 rottweilers and at least 2 rottweiler crosses listed. This isn't a big city, there are about 125,000 people here.

In a city this size and those dogs are the most common found in rescues here, i would bet money that there is at least 2 or 3 in the rescue near you.

If someone that is looking for just a pet rottweiler, not for a purpose and not as a show dog.

Why would they pay you more money for a dog you bred than for the same breed of dog they could pick up at their nearest rescue for less cost?

Show dogs is where the money is... otherwise forget it. You will spend a lot on vet bills and in the long run, it will cost you money and perhaps heartache.

There are too many homeless animals in the world.. your dog doesn't "NEED" to have puppies... sounds like you do. Get past that for all our sakes... if you can't get good homes at a give-a-way price then you will end up having too many dogs of your own or having them put down or letting someone else do it for you.

Please have your dog fixed...

As long as your dog has had all those tests and you use a stud dog that DOES have show and/or working titles (if the stud dog owner is consciencis enough to own a champion then they wouldnt allow the mating without the health screening of your own and if they thought the pups would be terrible you would have no chance) then you will. Of course thats also up to the puppy buyers - If I wasnt happy with the Dams temprement or the living conditions etc when I came to view - I would walk away.

With hips, eyes and elbows certified, and no titles, the pups may be worth a little more.

You still don't say who they were registered with.

I am not familiar with prices where you are, only CAD and USD, sorry.

Add- I am answering on the assumptions the dog was already bred, based on your other questions.

If the breeding has not taken place, Bob is right, the dogs should nto be bred.

you don't need to breed dogs for money. that's not a good enough reason to bring more puppies into the world. there's too many dogs in shelters already. please don't add to the problem. and if you were to breed your dog, the most you could get for them is enough to cover the shots and dewormings you would give the pups. you don't make money off of breeding dogs. you do it to improve the breed.

That fact that money is your concern shows you have no business breeding. Good breeders don't breed to make a profit. They don't breed pets. If your dog isn't a show or work champion she does not need to be bred. Doesn't matter HOW good her health results are.

No one who would pay that sort of money would pay for pups from untitled parents.

Don't breed dogs for money. Adopt one of the thousands of great dogs in need of a home instead of contributing to the problem.

Ok, your on the right tracks, but you need to earn titles.

If they aren't going to be in conformation shows, then working tests like Shutzerhund.. they need something in order to make them worth breeding from.

And I don't know, pricing up a pup is something that is to be decided between you, your mentor, the owner of the sire and the vet.

unless your dog and the one you breed it to are show/ working dogs WITH titles then there is no point of breeding. regardless of genetic scores.

if your rotti cant do its job, neuter it.