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it's not rocket science.
like many on here i spend hours reading through all the firearms,scopes and ammo threads, the money spent on quality optics, hunting gear or the latest sako seems to be far...

Funny thing is if I was in the market for a springer from that line I would pay it.

Likewise if I was in the market for a pointer I would pay what ever the going rate is.....in the uk they are a...

Don't get me started on that topic as well :XD:

If you buy a pup with the purchase price as the deciding factor, and let's face it we all have different budgets and needs then that is all good in my book, they all cost the same to feed and...

I think the NZKC and the imploding of the NZGTA will see that, it will balance out in regards to our working dogs.
Yes the price has jumped up and will likely stay where they are now, they are...

The rise has hardly been a sudden occurrence, it didn't happen overnight.

Was it the wire haired vizsla ?

i was asking more of a general opinion not just this particular breed, as i was thinking shit the wastage or average on pointers must be pretty high and low to come at that comment.
{i know it...

for the sake of conversation, define getting a dud ? i can agree randon breeding of both purebred and cross breeding can produce a vast margin of ability etc but a well planned litter bred on...

My first decent gundog cost me two weeks wages, at the time it was a shitload of money to blow on a pup when I could get one from the many dogs for sale ads in the Saturday paper, that pup lasted til...

In keeping with jim's old age and going a bit cynical, Husky x golden retriever= golberian on trademe 1500.
Used to be free to good home or worse.

Yep even though the litter may be presold a few times over, it's far better to cull them back to 3 or 4 to avoid the tall poppy syndrome.
A few extra pups can mean a few extra hunters don't have to...

I read through the new requirements for labs, on the whole it is a step in the right direction particularly for EIC.
However I am of the opinion the approved breeder rubbish is nothing more than a...

Pretty much the key elements of breeding long term.
But in reverse order.

Such a small litter will not recoup much of there importing costs, what it does show is by advertising on trademe they have lost a fair bit of ground by not breeding in the last few years.....they...

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