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MuckyDuckBrendon · February 2009

So.. Im suppose to be going to collage but its not to get a degree or anything, just to study bakery, comp& tech and graphic and design BUT i really want a beardie.. Whats your advice on getting a beardie and properly showing it?. y'know like prize money and all would it be worth it?

SummerMoon · February 2009

MuckyDuckBrendon wrote:

So.. Im suppose to be going to collage but its not to get a degree or anything, just to study bakery, comp& tech and graphic and design BUT i really want a beardie.. Whats your advice on getting a beardie and properly showing it?. y'know like prize money and all would it be worth it?

I've grown up with show dogs, and my mom has been in the business since she was 15 and we always get this question when we place our puppies in non-show homes, but the owners still want to show the pup. It's well worth it, let me tell you : ) But, now-a-days especially, it gets to be rather expensive. Not just with entry fees, but with everything else too. If you were to get a Beardie and show it yourself, you could get free handling classes, but you'd probably want to learn how do a show cut on the dog, how to keep it's coat up. This means you'd have to purchase grooming supplies, including a table, scissors etc. etc. If you were to get a handler to do it for you it would also be costing you lots of money. The majority of professional handlers, including my mom and aunts who also show dogs, charge a good 100 for handling fees. Then there's a matter of grooming to get the dog ring ready, keeping it overnight if the owner doesn't take it home (meaning it's showing both days of the weekend and instead of taking it home, the leave it with us) and then there's little fees here and there we charge if we have any problems (crate issues,etc. etc.) When/if you get serious with shows, it takes up alot of your time and money. It's rather complicated, I must say. But, in the long run, it's really all worth it

So if anything, I would definitely recommend showing your dog if you get one, but just make sure you're able to handle all the costs and time it'll take. Hope this helps? If you have any questions feel free to ask me

I'd be happy to answer as best I can ^_^

MuckyDuckBrendon · February 2009

i groom my dogs (poodles) atm so i dont think grooming would be an issue .. i think money would be the biggest.. im thinking because my mum bough my brother a car, maybe she'll give me the same amount in puppy, and cash, lol, that would be ace.. also if i get male id be able to stud him when he turns two ... (i dont believe in breed male or female before 2)... i think id be doing agility.. as i know they are very hyper... Im not sure if you do agility, if you do and thats what youre talking about then i think id be doing the handling too,

Like i said, moneys the real issue.. not puppy costs though cuz i found a couple (they are ready now but im not, lol) 1 was a 15 w/k old boy with papers and he was like £200. im pretty sure i could get that quickly.. :P hopefully il persuade my mum to buy him for my when i move out

SummerMoon · February 2009

MuckyDuckBrendon wrote:

i groom my dogs (poodles) atm so i dont think grooming would be an issue .. i think money would be the biggest.. im thinking because my mum bough my brother a car, maybe she'll give me the same amount in puppy, and cash, lol, that would be ace.. also if i get male id be able to stud him when he turns two ... (i dont believe in breed male or female before 2)... i think id be doing agility.. as i know they are very hyper... Im not sure if you do agility, if you do and thats what youre talking about then i think id be doing the handling too, Like i said, moneys the real issue.. not puppy costs though cuz i found a couple (they are ready now but im not, lol) 1 was a 15 w/k old boy with papers and he was like £200. im pretty sure i could get that quickly.. :P hopefully il persuade my mum to buy him for my when i move out

yeah we don't breed until 2 1/2 years, sometimes 3. my aunts do agility/field/rally obedience with their springers/setters we have bernese mountain dogs and newfoundlands, so we stick to obedience xD just doing conformation gets boring sometimes xD so we tried something different. but yeah, money is always the issue

i hope everything works out for you though

MuckyDuckBrendon · February 2009

Moonlight wrote:

MuckyDuckBrendon wrote:

i groom my dogs (poodles) atm so i dont think grooming would be an issue .. i think money would be the biggest.. im thinking because my mum bough my brother a car, maybe she'll give me the same amount in puppy, and cash, lol, that would be ace.. also if i get male id be able to stud him when he turns two ... (i dont believe in breed male or female before 2)... i think id be doing agility.. as i know they are very hyper... Im not sure if you do agility, if you do and thats what youre talking about then i think id be doing the handling too, Like i said, moneys the real issue.. not puppy costs though cuz i found a couple (they are ready now but im not, lol) 1 was a 15 w/k old boy with papers and he was like £200. im pretty sure i could get that quickly.. :P hopefully il persuade my mum to buy him for my when i move out

 yeah we don't breed until 2 1/2 years, sometimes 3. my aunts do agility/field/rally obedience with their springers/setters we have bernese mountain dogs and newfoundlands, so we stick to obedience xD just doing conformation gets boring sometimes xD so we tried something different. but yeah, money is always the issue i hope everything works out for you though

Can you PM me a rough guide to your show entry fees/winnings? i think a 4-500 stud fee would up my game but that wouldnt be for a while, hopefully ill get him before christmas :F and hopefully by the time i get him ill have a better name than Alto (was a name for my pitter but i decided not to move to canada)

MuckyDuckBrendon · February 2009

Right, Okay. Ive gone to other beardie showers and theyve said that it will take bout atleast a year to get a puppy im happy with, like happy with the breeder, and that i should not rush into anything as if i do ill prolly end up with a non-showable pup As usual my mum is putting downer on it, so fun to listen to her when my minds made up. This is the beardie of the woman i was just speaking to, she called Aimee and it took her 2 years to find her breeder and decide that she was right, aimee is now 3 and is show in the ring and has been for 2yrs <img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ycycle/Feb09Midshires047-1.jpg"; alt="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/ycycle/Feb09Midshires047-1.jpg"; class="bb-image" /> Thats the color i want <33 and i want a girl now and i want to show her in the ring and want to call her Arana Bella (please tell me if you like the name, dont tell me if you dont cus i dont care) im about to start a round of dogs and just dog my first one, a 3 day a week Border terrier called lewis =D If i do 3, 3 day a weekers that would be £252 a month and then it would increase as i got more dog so in 4 months id have 1k <33 just with 3 dogs so with 6 3 day a weekers id make £504 in a month and that i would be happy with, cuz if it took a yer to find her id hve 6k in the bank!!! the person i was talking to said i should start her ring craft as soon as she gets her second jab and that she has to travel 1hr to her ringcraft so HOPEFULLY the mega bus will come in handy <33 Yep, thats pretty much it, i thought id give you an update on my dreams <33 <33 Lol

MuckyDuckBrendon · February 2009

OMG! When i posted that message it was like 12am, so my mum was still half asleep now, at 10am, ive just finished..... Have a convo..., ABOUT, PICKING THE RIGHT PUPPY!!! W00T! W00T!. Incase you didnt know, (you prolly did but im excited) that means YES! YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES! Yes. lol We basically just talked about how my bros a parasite and she doesnt want to pay for everything, also that picking the right puppy and being happy with the pups breeder may take a while, also that ive got to be committed and groom her everyday to make sure i dont get lazy THEN I phone my mate and shes a REAL dog person think-breaths-lives dog and on the other end of the phone all you could hear was AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Im so happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <33 im happy for me too <33 lol im going round so we can look at pic, research breeder and stuff, just to torment me, lol, what i do best, tormenting me. lol. Apparently theres 3 beardies in my neck of the woods, one of which shows, so maybe ill get some advice off him <33 Had to share the news, just soooo excited Also, I told my mum the name Arana bella and we're like, weird dog name people, so she was like, Oh, Oh, I like that!, lol, my sis hated it, and my mum wanted the phone back so i couldnt tell my mate, Phooey. ach well. Then i thought of another name, Picadilly, lol.

MuckyDuckBrendon · February 2009

Just an update guys, My mum just got off the phone to a breeder who said shes not due any more pups till early next year but one her stud have a litter due in 6 wks, so in 14-15 their ready to go, too early for me though Although i think my mum plans on buying me the accual pup. if so.. Its not!! Lol

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