A Brave new world
Aug 18, 2021
3 minutes
SOME YEARS AGO, I had a discussion about breeding dogs with the owner of a well-known and successful field trial kennel. He said that it was far more financially rewarding for him to have top stud dogs rather than brood bitches.
The stud fee for his dogs ranged from £500 to £750, ensuring a reliable income of thousands of pounds a year for relatively little work. Though he did remind me that qualifying a dog as a field trial champion, making it a sought-after
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