Its truly laughable at times!
02/11/09 12:13 Filed in: Stories
Someone who does an absolutely sterling job of rehoming hundreds of greyhounds has put forward a suggestion that the clause within Rule 18, that allows people to put healthy dogs to sleep, should be abolished, I for one am in full agreement with this and have signed a petition saying so.
However it would appear that some have very differing views which is quite rightly their own choice and they would rather that greyhounds were looked upon as livestock as opposed to being a simple canine, as already said it is their right to believe what they perceive to be correct, however it is not correct for any of them to start slating people who in all honesty keep our sport alive, without the help of rehoming centres our sport would be dead and buried, some will moan that they have to wait 4-5 months for a kennel space and seem to believe that it is their devine right to have their dog walk straight into an empty kennel.
These people simply annoy me as they should be happy to keep paying for its keep until such time as a home becomes available, if they cannot afford to do this then they should not be involved in ownership.
I myself have used rehoming centres and I simply cannot thank them all enough for the sterling work they put in to help out with other peoples properties , they are IMO the sports saviours.
I have also read from someone that if breeders in Ireland and UK where to lower their prices for pups it would help the future, THE FUTURE for who!
It is very easy to sit back and tell others that prices should be dropped but perhaps if they were doing this for a living they may look at things differently, some people just think that it is only a bit of food and what can that cost, well it is a hell of a lot more than just food and the costs soon start mounting up.
At a rough guess with stud fees, bitches keep for year( Most forget they need fed before being mated and after leaving her pups), bitch during pregnancy and pups, inoculations, worming etc, I would hazard a guess that cost would be around £3,000/ £3500, all this before your time should be paid for.
On doing the sums it is apparent that most breeders are not making the fortunes some may believe they are and good luck to every breeder that is hanging on in there during these difficult times.
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