DURING the Covid years there was a small fortune to be made from breeding a litter of puppies, such was the demand. An acquaintance bred a litter of cockerpoo puppies because he wanted a puppy from his bitch. He ended up pricing them at £3,500 each to ensure that he got genuine buyers and not individuals planning to sell them on at a profit. Once he had purchasers he approved of, he reduced the price by £1,000 but still made a tidy sum.
The puppy market has now returned to something
