joey
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quote: Originally posted by Bryan K Webb
I keep hearing about stud dog owners getting rich after they won the world hunt, but is this still the case?? I'm satisfied that they probably breed some females right after the big win, but I rarely see where they continue to make money in the years to come... Plus, I believe that this was something that was the norm years ago, but I do t believe is the case anymore..... For one thing how many different world hunt winners do we have a year?? There are several dogs that have been big winners the last few years in other kennel clubs that hasn't bred a handful of females.. plus this my opinion and doesn't reflect any others, but if you truly stud your dog out to the public in today's day in age I highly doubt there are many owners that even come close to breaking even...
Rich? No but I'm sure some of them have made enough to pay the light bill a couple of times. It's a different world than it used to be. Several different world hunts, several good studs being advertised. I think the biggest thing is the internet. Everyone knows about all of the rest of the dogs that are reproducing even if they haven't won much. Back in the day only the local guys knew about them. It's no different than a business, if your all the people know about to fill there need then you get all of the market share. As soon as the word starts getting out about others you loose your market share.
Remember Balls ads in the magazines? They were outrageous but no one called him out on it. In today's age of the internet he wouldn't last a second. They would pile all over him. Look at what happened to Tom Hopkins on the litter of "impact" he tried the same stuff but on the internet and they ate him alive. I say all that to make the point that no matter what you win, we have so much access to information now that we know what the dog is producing. So all the wins and all the advertisements do know good without results in the stud pen.
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