Deweybagger
New member
I had a guy that uses his dog for guiding hunters watch my dog work, after he approached me and asked how much I'd charge for a stud fee.
I had full intentions of studding him out if everything came together as he got older, so this is exactly what I eventually wanted, BUT.....
How do you go about doing something like this and actually get a proper fee for the service when we don't have any titles on him yet? I don't want his value to be low when we will be putting some titles on him this year, he has won 3 first places and two 2nds in 6 runs in tournament hunting but that doesn't do anything for his papers.
I will have X-rays, eyes and all that stuff checked and I will require the same of his female so it won't be an irresponsible breeding.
Should I pass on this opportunity and title him first, if I go ahead with this how do you know what's fair? I feel like he's trying to add to his line and keep a pup for himself, which is fine, he's offering cash and a puppy back or half the litter value after they are sold....that sounds really good, but with no titles are they $250.00 pups or $1000.00??
My dogs pedigree is stacked, his is pretty good on the females side and not so much on the males.
Any help would be great, I don't have a lot of time to get things in line with the vet etc.and don't want to jump into something I don't have much knowledge about.
I had full intentions of studding him out if everything came together as he got older, so this is exactly what I eventually wanted, BUT.....
How do you go about doing something like this and actually get a proper fee for the service when we don't have any titles on him yet? I don't want his value to be low when we will be putting some titles on him this year, he has won 3 first places and two 2nds in 6 runs in tournament hunting but that doesn't do anything for his papers.
I will have X-rays, eyes and all that stuff checked and I will require the same of his female so it won't be an irresponsible breeding.
Should I pass on this opportunity and title him first, if I go ahead with this how do you know what's fair? I feel like he's trying to add to his line and keep a pup for himself, which is fine, he's offering cash and a puppy back or half the litter value after they are sold....that sounds really good, but with no titles are they $250.00 pups or $1000.00??
My dogs pedigree is stacked, his is pretty good on the females side and not so much on the males.
Any help would be great, I don't have a lot of time to get things in line with the vet etc.and don't want to jump into something I don't have much knowledge about.