Why do you think that dog breeds still sell for $$$, especially champion blood lines. Dog breeders selectively breed their animals for excellent quality. They don't breed one male to as many females as they can to produce as much as they can quickly. Really good breeders rarely breed a female more than once or twice in it's life. The problem is that people buy the cheapest ball they can find, then breed it to any female that will go. They produce dozens of animals that they have no intention of keeping for any length of time, so they dump them at what ever price will sell quickly.

If the market prices are to stay high then production of lower priced morphs would have to slow as prices drop. This will never happen though. Recently breeding has become the rave, and since there is no real selecive breeding, even a first time breeder can compete with a seasoned breeder.

Some people do selectively breed their pastels, and their pastels and supers are sweet. I would not buy an ugly pastel, no matter how cheap. But I would spend 2-3x market value for a stunner. Most people who are serious about there animals would. Why not pend $500 dollars more to start with an animal that includes years of selective breeding quality? Compared to caging, food, and time, $500 is nothing really.

Also you won't have new babies for another whole year. In my mind that means that you have 1 year to clear your inventory. Really my goal is out of 8 babies to sell 4 within the first year, 2 more the next year, and maybe 1 as an adult, with 1 keeper. So that means that each year I only need to sell 4 babies, 2 yearlings, and 1 adult out of each clutch I get. I am in no hurry to sell my animals. If pastels don't sell then I won't breed them next year, as I have no need to increase my inventory.

You said that you think of it as a buisness, well do that. Every good store that I have been to carried an inventory. I have yet to see one get merchandise in once a year and hurry up and try to sell it so they can close. Makes sense to me. The way I see it is you should always have at least 1 of each morph you produce still availiable. If you don't then your selling them for less than you can get.

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