Price of bulldogs puppies

Very often when people hear the price of a bulldog they think that we breeders must be making lots of money. Wrong.....!!

1. The breeder also spends a lot of money to buy his/her bulldog bitch.
2. Getting the bitch to an age where she can be bred with also cost a lot (good quality food, vets bills etc.).
3. The breeder might take the bitch to a vet so the correct time of mating can be established.
4. A stud dog belonging to someone else might be used for the mating. The stud fee can be a puppy from that litter or more...
5. The stud dog might be in another part of the country so the bitch needs to be ship there (sending of "dry shipper" is +- 600 euros ).
6. Normally with bulldogs, artificial insemination is done. This means at least 2 trips to a vet.
7. About 4 weeks after the mating the breeder might take the bitch to the vet for an ultra-sound scan (to see if she's pregnant).
8. The breeder might take the bitch to a vet so the correct time of mating can be established.
9. A stud dog belonging to someone else might be used for the mating. The stud fee can be a puppy from that litter or more...
10. Normally with bulldogs, artificial insemination is done. This means at least 2 trips to a vet.
11. If she's not pregnant....well, then all the money spend so far was wasted and the breeder has to repeat the whole process next time the bitch is in season.
12. About 4 weeks after the mating the breeder might take the bitch to the vet for an ultra-sound scan (to see if she's pregnant).
13. If she is pregnant....YIPPEEEEE!! Now money is spend on supplements to keep her healthy and in good shape.
14. Once the puppies are born somebody needs to keep an eye on mom and them for a few weeks. For this reason, the breeder spends his/her hard-earned leave raising puppies and not on a nice relaxing holiday.
15. After a few weeks the puppies need to be dewormed, inoculated and checked by a vet.
16. When the puppies are weaned, after about 4 weeks, they need to be fed a high quality puppy food.
17. Puppies must be registered at the SCC (Central canine society).
18. To get the puppies to this stage the breeder would have needed a whelping box, a puppy pen, dry bed, stacks of old newspapers, cotton wool, feeding bottles, toys, feeding bowls, old towels, a thermometer, dog nailclippers, anti-septic lotion and a million other things that all costs money.
19. All of the above is presumed nothing went wrong with the bitch or the puppies.
20. All the above adds up to quit a bit of money. If the bitch has a small litter (1 to 3 pups) the breeder will loose money, with a average litter (4 to 6 pups) the breeder might break even and with a big litter (more than 6 pups) the breeder just might make some money (only to spend it the next time he/she decides to breed again).

So why do we do it? Because we love our Bullies !