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To answer the OP's post:
The most effective way of selling depends on your motivation for selling. If people are just out to make money, then they pump out a lot of puppies and they advertise them on places like puppyfind. This can definitely be effective, but I don't think it's right.
If your motivation for selling a puppy is because you bred a high quality bitch that has been fully health screened and has proven herself as to conformation and working ability, then you would never post on a place such as nextdaypets or puppyfind. Prior to breeding, you would have contacts with people who would be interested in a puppy. In showing your dog (part of the proving her in conformation and performance) you will have found people who are impressed with her and might want a puppy. The owner of the stud dog should also have people interested in puppies, as the stud dog would also be proven in conformation and working ability. So selling a puppy shouldn't be a tough thing to do - advertisement would probably not even be necessary, because you would have the contacts ahead of time.
Advertising is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when you're first getting started, but a responsible breeder is going to make sure that they have done all the right things first and that they are producing truly quailty puppies. Then they will research each and every applicant for a puppy. The price for the pup will not be nearly as important as the home the person can provide.
As far as the other posts in this thread .. there are SO many scams on places like puppyfind.com. I just wrote to them last week because someone was advertising a chow puppy for sale and the photo they had posted was MY dog. They'd taken the photo off of my website. Luckily the ad got deleted. But this is not uncommon.
It was also mentioned by some that they would never buy a dog without seeing the dam/sire or the facilities, and wouldn't sell one without meeting the person face-to-face. Well, I'm lucky that not all breeders are like that! Up here in Alaska, I'm a long ways from most breeders. My last chow pup came from Ontario, Canada, which is many thousands of miles from here. I've never met the breeder, never seen the bitch or stud dog, and I had to go on a few photos and pedigree and phone calls to the breeder and the owner of the stud and the veterinarian. And then I had to go with my gut feeling. Same with the breeder - she didn't have the opportunity to meet me but she DID know of me (my reputation is actually pretty good in the chow world .. *L*).
And Khana and I have been the perfect match.
So while I agree that ideally you meet and see what things truly are, sometimes you also have to go with references and your gut feeling.
Melanie and the gang in Alaska
The most effective way of selling depends on your motivation for selling. If people are just out to make money, then they pump out a lot of puppies and they advertise them on places like puppyfind. This can definitely be effective, but I don't think it's right.
If your motivation for selling a puppy is because you bred a high quality bitch that has been fully health screened and has proven herself as to conformation and working ability, then you would never post on a place such as nextdaypets or puppyfind. Prior to breeding, you would have contacts with people who would be interested in a puppy. In showing your dog (part of the proving her in conformation and performance) you will have found people who are impressed with her and might want a puppy. The owner of the stud dog should also have people interested in puppies, as the stud dog would also be proven in conformation and working ability. So selling a puppy shouldn't be a tough thing to do - advertisement would probably not even be necessary, because you would have the contacts ahead of time.
Advertising is not necessarily a bad thing, especially when you're first getting started, but a responsible breeder is going to make sure that they have done all the right things first and that they are producing truly quailty puppies. Then they will research each and every applicant for a puppy. The price for the pup will not be nearly as important as the home the person can provide.
As far as the other posts in this thread .. there are SO many scams on places like puppyfind.com. I just wrote to them last week because someone was advertising a chow puppy for sale and the photo they had posted was MY dog. They'd taken the photo off of my website. Luckily the ad got deleted. But this is not uncommon.
It was also mentioned by some that they would never buy a dog without seeing the dam/sire or the facilities, and wouldn't sell one without meeting the person face-to-face. Well, I'm lucky that not all breeders are like that! Up here in Alaska, I'm a long ways from most breeders. My last chow pup came from Ontario, Canada, which is many thousands of miles from here. I've never met the breeder, never seen the bitch or stud dog, and I had to go on a few photos and pedigree and phone calls to the breeder and the owner of the stud and the veterinarian. And then I had to go with my gut feeling. Same with the breeder - she didn't have the opportunity to meet me but she DID know of me (my reputation is actually pretty good in the chow world .. *L*).
And Khana and I have been the perfect match.
So while I agree that ideally you meet and see what things truly are, sometimes you also have to go with references and your gut feeling.
Melanie and the gang in Alaska
