yes, we plan to take one of the bitches for ourself. waiting how they grow up and if there is one, good enough to stay because sandra will take one for breeding too.
just at the first view it is all a lot of money you pay for a good dog/puppy with a good and healthy lineage. here is germany you pay 1200 to 1400.- € for a pup. this sounds like a lot of money ( ok it is lol ) but you also have to see what you get for that. all pups are doc checked, LCD ( labrador club deutschland ) checked, vaccinated, microchipped and dewormed. but the biggest point and that was the main point for us as we looking at our first dog, you can be sure you have a healthy lineage. so the chance your dog get/have have any deseases like hip dysplasia, ellbow dysplasia or other typical labrador illness is low. just the operation at one HD site costs around 2000.- € to make you dog a liveable live.
not to talk about all the requirement you have to do for the LCD and all the fee´s you have to pay. there comes some breed inspector from the LCD out to us to see how we living and if we have the room and konditions to breed LCD labradors. even you have to show you "room" for the puppies. ( 12m² inside and 25m² enclosure for mother and puppies )
oh and alone the mating fee was 1000.- €
lol we paid a lot of bills before and i was not keeping a record but i bet we spent around 3000.- € till now. not talking about the price of luna and all the checkups and requirements we had to do with her.
however, all i can say that this are hard first days to get your puppies on the way of live and guess there are easier ways to earn money