Justin Smith
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Oklahoma
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Coonhunting is a hobby ... if you want to better the breed then you don't " sell pups" .. you "place prospects" with folks that you think will do them right.
Looking at the money side ... you will be so far in the red year after year that you aren't impressing me .... it's not like anyone makes money of those brood gyps before I came along ... so why should I bail you out ... get rid of that flea bag if you're worried about losing money .
Folks try to justify higher prices with making sure they get a good home .... well folks .. there are not shortcuts! Plenty of folks neglect , abuse or never hunt pups they pay good money for ....and there are low income people who can take good care of dogs ...
Coonhunting doesn't adhere to any business math , price formulas or anything else ...
When you sell a truck .. you don't get to charge for the oil changes , tune-ups , or the trips to the car wash ... those are things you have to do if you don't want to run a truck in the ground ... it doesn't make the truck worth more and you can't add that into the blue book value.
Same for dogs .... shots , worming , feed ... that aint extra that you get to charge me for .. that's maintaince that you do and eat the cost of or your dog and puppies die ! I aint paying you extra for that , silly rabbit ....
Price of pups is determined by how good their parents are , proven cross or not , bloodline , location , etc .... and a real coonhunter factors in that this is a hobby and working men are buying the pups ...
High is fine ... but too high and those pups aint getting culled , judged harshly or anything else like they should .... that's not a real coonhunter's philosophy to me ...
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