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Spreadsheet - availability and prices:

Economics of Breeding

http://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstjohn/2012/02/17/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window-the-surprising-economics-of-purchasing-a-purebred-puppy/
Notes: cost of buying a dog is small compared to overall cost of owning one ($250 food cost per year)
Food cost - one Great Pyrenee will eat about 50 lb of dogfood per month
One 50 lb bag of dogfood is $20 - [1]
Quality breeder industry standard: Has the potential parents checked for heart problems, eye problems, and hip problems, and if the dogs don’t get these clearances, they’re not bred.
Startup Costs -
Vet bills of puppy - $270

Dog pen -

Puppy chow -

Snacks -
Ongoing Vet bills -

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 *Food cost - one Great Pyrenee will eat about 50 lb of dogfood per month
 *One 50 lb bag of dogfood is $20 - [http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/retrieverreg%3B-hi-protein-dog-food-50-lb-bag]
+*Quality breeder industry standard: Has the potential parents checked for heart problems, eye problems, and hip problems, and if the dogs don’t get these clearances, they’re not bred.
+*Startup Costs -
+*:Vet bills of puppy - $270
+*:Dog pen -
+*:Puppy chow -
+*:Snacks -
+*Ongoing Vet bills -
+:*Yearly vaccine - , heartworm - , flea & tick -
+=Breed Selection=
+*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17UwnOF-u4f9xGGNHwc4SQVi7kZhC5QPZQabGlNBLipw/edit#gid=1068388495]