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r From this point onI am going to develop a list of things you need to considerin making dwia8~~~~art&fl~t~~~~~one--li«LaY?ar-Tbethirdlevelisthatofafully ~ committed breeder campaigning a top special as well as showing two class dogs and up an expenditure budget: Year #1 Year #3 Year #5 i having seven dogs at 6ome with three fitters a yeaz. ~ Before you throw in the sponge I will tell you the vast majority of breederJexhibitors • Dog food (high quality) ~ fall into the first two categories. I would gues§ the average income to be in the $30-$45 • Veterinary fees and expenses ~ • thousand range. Of couise there are some af either end of the continutm - Joe Got Rocls • AKC regisuauoa fees t who can afford all the expense andJuneHave Nor who cannot.It's a fact of life that mooey • Enay fees for dogs shows j • Dog magazine subscriptioas ; can make a big difference in a dog's Specials campaign. A dog with money behind him . Travel ro the shows (transpoctation, meals, catalogs) ~ cao count on the push that gives him in advertising and promotion advantage. Of course • Ovemight accomodations at the shows ! I am not saying he was not a good dog to begin with- it's just that he will probably ha~~e Win photographs an edge. There are many people who love to be associated with the sport but not have the ; work and planning it takes to have a top winoer. Many of these people "sponsor" a do e. • Handler fees ! They assume partial ownership andpay the handling, advertising and transportation costs • Magazine advettising i just so they can have their name listed as co-owner. It happens. • 5tud Fees ~ Grooming and bathing equipment If you plan to get further involved with the sport it would be wise to consalt your ~ accountant or a tax attomey before filing your first tax retums and taldng the dogs as a • Kennel facilities ~ deduction. It will depend upon whether you can prove it is not just a 6obby before you are • RV purchase allowed to use it as anIRS deducaon. Do this euly before you get yourself inro a deep hole • Crates and tack bozes with Uncle Sam and his mimons. ~ Whelping peas yeaz #1 Year #3 Yeu #5 If you are going to set up your accounts as abusiness don't forget to take depreciation • Purchase of addidonal stock (first good bitch) on your equipmeot (check to see if they will allow you to take depreciation of your • Strippiag bitches to be bred i breeding stock). • Cost of raising a litter (excluding vet bills) Just to see you smile I am going to list the ways you can offset some of the costs of • Cosis of selling a litter ~ your involvement in pure bred dogs. F'ust, the way most people recoup some of their -Purchase of Breed books and ot4er needed books ~ investment is tfuough sales of thea litters. Just how much you can realize is a matter of • MembershiQ fees in Speaalty & All Breed Clubs ~ brced/locale and value of the puppies. If they are the offspring of famous and successful ~ Phone bills ~ stock they should bring top dollar. If they are just good prospects, lower your sights and ~ Accountant fees if they mm out to be pet quality, remember, each sale helps to pay the freig6t No bitch should be bred more than once a yeaz. This is your hobby not your livelihood. Do not • T • Stud fees income ~ become a puppy factory! For most of us, two 6tters a year is more than enoug6 to care for • Puppy sales income ~ and be sure they get inro proper homes. • Depreaadon (equipment & vehicles) i Anotherway of offsetting costs is to offer yourdog at stud. Unless your dog lums out to b e a top winner aud a prolific sire the amount of mone y you will see as income is small. WewillsetupthematrixbasedonYear#1,Yeaz#3,Yeaz#Sandthreelevelsofeffort. ~ Beselective,breedhimtogoodbitc6esandkeephimingoodshape.Thentakethemoney. Level ooe will be campaigning a single dog and having two at the kennel. Level two will I If affer a!l tku you figure you can come out on top be a more power to you ~ _ . _ . . . KER Y BLUES „M ~~R,~, ~~A~T Ar le Blu ~ i ~er aL ~Rtrn, s t~EteEE KEt~t~ELs v ~`"ry~x""E KERRY BLUE TERRIERS I Don & Ruth Gregorl BIItNIEKUSCH 8711 N. Keeler 19400 s. w. ni.exnrm~x Puppies, Young Adults, ! Skdcie, IL soo7s pLOHA, OREGON97D06 Occaslonally Champlons (70e) 674-2464 c ;Z• `-:3 (503) 649-3271 AT STUD: Ch. Melbee's Thornbird ' • • ~~~~n~ BI.UE HAVEN I~RRY BLUE TERRIERS ICPRRY BLUE TERRIERS L Schlesinger ~ lJoyd Boothe • Puppies Occaeionally o Pedigreee on Request 5600 Fostef ` • ChamPiou Stud Servlce ~ Pupples Shawnee Mission, KS 66202 gELENEEDIN P.O. Baa 9968 Dr. Joan Graham 585 Tioga Avenue Mr. & Mra. R.W. Co(lis, Jr. P.O. Box 156 rot31 d~9-7o52 (3101398•1750 Culcer Cit9, CA 90231 (717) 287-2269 Kineston. PA 18704