How much is the maintenance of a German Shepherd

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I am thinking of buying a pet dog. A friend's German shepherd has given birth to 4 pups and he has offered my one for 8k. What say guys?
 
depends on how you want to take care of it ...some people can feed their pets rice and veggies and that kind ...or you give them meat and rice or someothers just give them dogfood ...actually as a maximum budgeting scenario , just add up the cost of dogfood as in pedigree and see if that is manageable
 
Whao... thats a neat Idea. I'll get a b1tch and breed her so that I can sell her kids for a moolah.

Btw... how many months does it take for a dog to give birth?
 
I'll get her pregnant, whats the difference?

This is actually an awesome idea.

I shall get 5-6 very expensive dogs and then breed them. I can easily make a fortune.

So again , how much time does it take for a dog to give birth? And how many babies can it give birth to?
 
:rofl: :rofl: after spiderman comes dogman

@ topic- my cousin has two of them , they dont require any special care . the only problem is that they require regular brushing coz they shed a lot of hair

Here's what 5stardog says

The double coat of the German shepherd requires regular brushing because it sheds bits of hair all the time. Seasonally, it sheds heavily. The coat should be brushed once or twice a week unless dog hair in the home is a problem which then a quick daily brushing is suggested. Bathing should happen rarely, optimally only once or twice a year to avoid the depletion of essential skin oils. The German shepherd should be provided with mental and physical challenges on a daily basis, consisting of exercise and learning games or lessons. This breed is mainly inactive when inside, making it a good house dog. But time spent outside is important, and a large yard in which to run is ideal. Apartment dwelling is acceptable as long as sufficient exercise is provided, such as long daily walks or more strenuous play. This breed is normally quite hardy, but can be prone to hip problems.
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^^:P

^Sorry for hijacking your thread mate, But you indirectly gave me an awesome idea. Thanks :)

Arre its a good idea rey. Easy money. I am sure a lot of people in dog business already do this. One of my friend is a dog lover, he has 5 saint bernard, 2 great danes, 3 dalmations and 2-3 other dogs. Recently 3 of his dogs gave birth and he sold the puppies. I am sure he made a fortune.
 
Bluffmaster said:
I'll get her pregnant, whats the difference?

This is actually an awesome idea.

I shall get 5-6 very expensive dogs and then breed them. I can easily make a fortune.
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LOL ROFL :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 
Did some research :P :

Pregnancy in the dog (all breeds) lasts about 2 months. An average-sized dog will give birth to 5 to 7 puppies at a time. So that means if I purchase 5 german shepards and breed them, I am gonna get around 25-35 puppies in 2 months. If I sell a puppy for 7-8k, I can easily make around 2.5 lakhs.

2.5 lakhs in 2 months, it is a brilliant idea afterall :chinese:

kippu said:
try taking care of 5-6 dogs and then say easy money
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Hell...if I am making 2.5 lakhs in 2months, I can hire help, no issues :D
 
Since its already so OT

Many people believe that by breeding their b**ch they can make a bit of money. Let's say that you may have 8 puppies that you can sell for $500 each. Wow - that's $4000, and you haven't even had to do anything except own the b**ch!

Wrong.

The objective of this page is to provide a sort of reality check on the cost associated with having a litter. The vast majority of breeders do not make money from breeding litters. And it's not because they are bad at managing money. It's because raising a good litter costs money, and raising a disastrous litter takes even more money.

These are some of the costs that you will have to budget for:

* stud fee

* Whelping box, heat pads, heat lamps, thermometer, scissors, towels, baby scales, tweezers, hemostats, baby suction bulb

* milk replacement formula and/or goats milk, baby bottles, tubes for tube feeding, sterilising solution, nail clippers

* puppy wormer (2,4,6,& 8 weeks), puppy diarrhea medicine

* food - a pregnant female may need up to four times what she normally eats, and a nursing female will also need a lot of food. Puppies also eat much more food than what you would think

* vaccinations

* eye certification - done at 7 weeks

Here are some of the hidden and not so hidden costs that you may not have thought about:

* vet checks and health tests to make sure that the b**ch is ok to be mated and whelp

* ultrasounds

* lots of extra washing for bedding in whelping box

* emergency vet trips (invariably late at night)for the emergency c-section

* emergency vet trips to save a dying pup

* time off from work that you need to take to help the b**ch and to make sure that no puppies get squashed, etc - allow at least 5 days off work for this

* vet visit and antibiotics for the b**ch for such things as mastisis

* advertising to sell puppies

* lots of phone calls to and from interested and not so interested puppy buyers

So you've read all this and you figure, heck I don't need all that stuff, I can do this cheaper! Well, yes you can. You might buy a few of these things listed above and never use them. Bravo for you. Unfortunately Murphy's law seems to strike, and whatever you don't have, that's what you'll need in the middle of the night.

Ok, you're still not convinced that there isn't some money to be made in this breeding caper. So let's do some sums.

Let's assume that you have a breed that averages 8 puppies per litter that sell for $500 each - ok, many smaller breeds never have this many puppies, but let's stick with this example.

Let's look at the costs:

* stud fee - usually equivalent to the cost of one pup

* neonatal deaths - average 25% per litter - ok so let's say you lose two pups here (this means that so far after the stud fee, we only really have 5 left that we can sell to make money from)

* vaccinations, worming, eye certifications - that adds up to another pup (of course, you can save money by ignoring these important steps)

* food - extra food for b**ch, and then food for puppies until the age of 8 weeks - that's half a pup

* emergency vet vists to try and save the dying pup, or the emergency c-section on the mum - maybe both! - that's at least one pup, and more likely two. Let's say 1 and a half pups.

* Health checks on the b**ch prior to whelping - checks for hd, annual eye certifications, thyroid checks, etc - that's another pup (but if you want to cut corners and ignore these very important checks you can save money here)

* Advertising the litter and answering numerous phone calls - that's half a pup

* Time off taken from work to whelp litter - that's at least one pup, more likely two, and in some cases, equivalent to the total selling price of whole litter. Let's say one and a half pups.

* Breeder support - for the life of the pup a good breeder will be there to take back those pups whose owners can no longer keep them. Also a good breeder will keep in regular contact with her puppy owners. Let's be really conservative here and say, that's the cost of just one pup.

* And you want to keep one pup for yourself, so you can't sell that one.
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^The article poster has over exaggerated many points. Okay agreed that its not easy money but I still believe its a good business and there is money to be made out of this. I will get in touch with a breeder and get some more insight on this. Thanks anyways. :)
 
If you are doing it just for the money-You,sir, are bound to fail and I am not kidding.Dogs require more care than a human baby and everything related to dogs is expensive,you will end up spending on each dog more than what you spend on yourself.
 
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