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Posted by Airedale Hunter on March 23, 2008, 6:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Fair Price For A Well Bred Pup From Hunting Lines?"
Jeez Mr. Amazed I don't see anything amazing but just someone that has some common sense and knows the economics of the hunting dog market.
First of all Amazing there is only one Mr. Airedale and that is Henry Johnson.
Now let me see if I can explain my position just a bit better. Like I said above I do not expect anyone to give give their dogs away. Nor do I want to see the market flooded with a bunch sorry Airedales from from lousy breeding,
The fact of the matter is there is only one way to produce good hunting dogs of any breed. The first order of business is to actually hunt the dogs so worthy breeding stock can be identified. This soothsayer-hocus pocus crap by breeders claiming to be able to breed hunting dogs without putting them in the woods is fallacy and any real hunter knows this. Hunting dogs have to be proven in the field and hunting them. This garbage that all Airedales can hunt because it says so in some book is just that "GARBAGE"!
Airedale breeders with hunting lines have to make an effort to get these dogs into the hands of real hunters in some numbers so we can see if they are any good. With me so far?
Now most of the folks I hunt with are average Joes that have average jobs with average wages. The vast majority of hunters in the US are average Joes. Even $500 is a big outlay of cash but just the same these folks like the ones that posted up above will for the most part scrape up that cash pay the going rate for a well bred hunting dogs.
Take a look at some of the Airedale's competition in the hunting dog world.
A good example is I purchased a very well bred English Coonhound gyp last summer. While I would love her to turn out to be a world beater I at least hope that she becomes a good solid Coondog. I think there is a very good chance that she will at least become that. It would be a pretty good bet she could be trained to do a good job on Fox , Coyote and even Hare and big game as many of her ancestors have proven this to be true.
Now if she just turns out to be just a good average Coondog she will still beat the feet of most Airedales out there including most of my own in just about every way except for for grit.
This gyp cost me around $275 to get her in my yard and admittedly because of connections I have in the English hound world she is on the low end of the scale price wise but it is not too hard to find pups out of top bred Hound or Cur parents in the $300 to $400 in most hunting breeds. This is the hunting Airedale's dilemma, serious hunters know the going rate and I believe most are not stupid enough to pay a grand for a dog that more than likely will not be the equal of other hunting breeds.
So here the Airedale sits with a few ready and willing hunters that just for the heck of it might give one an honest try but back off because of the baloney stated in those posts up above. I have come to believe some of these elitist jerks want it that way.
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