What is the most effective way to market and sell new pure breed labs?What sites? tactics? etc?

Question

I feel bad for my parents they are hurting for cash how it is. They are having a hard time selling the lab puppies their dog had. Also, they are trying to sell a couple horses? Any good websites or ideas? Thanks so much God bless.

I live in the USA

Answer 1

websites will depend on what country you are in
Austria? Argentina? Australia?

for horses I like www.horsetopia.com (north america)

now about the Labs.. typically larger breed dogs are not as easy to sell as smaller non-shedding house dogs.. most good breeders do NOT even breed their dogs untill they have enough buyers on waiting lists for pups
most breeders who sell these dogs have shown their dogs so buyers know they are good quality pups.. if your dogs are simply average pet dogs rather than quality show dogs this will affect their selling.. plus your price.. if the dogs are not from quality show parents the price should only be the cost of the vaccination, plus vet check, plus another $25 since the people are not really paying for anything other than dogs having sex.. you didnt spend money promoting and proving the parents...
cut your loses and take the litter to the SPCA for adoptoin

if you were really hurting for cash your folks would cut off the internet and sell the computer

Answer 2

Well, there are several big free sites: usfreeads.com and puppyfind.com and ad4free.net and livedeal.com to name the ones I think are best.

Next, an ad in the local paper is really the best way to go. List free ads online only, because more than likely you will sell the dogs through the paper. The 'bad' thing is that labs are ALWAYS at the pound. It's not that they are not good dogs, they are pretty much the best! But labs are cheap, so cute as puppies, but they go through chewing and digging until they are almost 3.

To sell the dogs in the paper, list the best qualities. Write the ad like you are a professional breeder..but don't lie. List things like if they come with papers, breeding rights. List that you are already housebreaking them. List the size of the parents.

Or, my best tip is to list a web page folks can access. Put THAT in the local newspapers. Then on the page you can really sell up the dogs. Put cute photos (be sure they are clear, and the background doesn't look unsanitary or outdoors etc) and how friendly they are, how close to housebroken they are etc.

Look at other sites online to see how folks sell their dogs, then follow their lead.

Good luck.

Answer 3

The fact that they are "purebred" or even have the AKC papers is the LEAST important thing. Without the AKC papers on the parents (and I mean actually registered - not the papers from the breeder which were never sent in and are now gone), it can not be shown that they are purebred - the best that can be said is that they are believed to be purebreed. (You don't know that great-grandpa was really a Lab without that AKC pedigree for the dogs.)

What makes a puppy worth at least the price of caring for they mother before during and after the pregnancy, feeding and raising the puppies and paying for their intial shots and orming (done before they are ready to leave their dam) are these things:

(1) Both parents (and their parents and grandparents etc) have all been examined for hereditary health porblems and cleared of any of the conditions. These include hip dysplasia elbow dysplasia, patellla displacement (kneecaps that pop out of place, cardiac, eyes, and thyroid. And yes, a dog can have these problems and not yet be showing symptoms. That is why he health checks are done. They aren't cheap - figure $750 or so PER dog for the parents.

(2) They or their immediate parents and grandparents have earned their AKC conformation championship and or field trial titles (or for local buyers if they or their relatives are actual working hunting dogs)

Unless the dogs being breed meet those two standards, you are talking pet puppies from a dubious genetic background with respect to their future health.

You will have at least $75-125 in each puppy just to provide it with minimum care after birth. Start adding on the costs of the health clearances and even just the special food for the dam while pregnant and nursing, and makeing sure she is current on all vaccines......

Consider that Lab Rescue adopts out purebred Labs (already spayed/neutered) for around $150 -250, (And they have hundreds of pet qualtiy Labs around the country in need to homes.) A shelter charges less - usually $50-75.

Puppies in that breed who sell for $600 and up come from breeders whose dogs hold all the AKC titles listed and who have done all the health checks - and in 43 years of training and handling,, I have never known a single breeder who does all that and sell their puppies for that kind of money who has ever MADE money on their dog.

As a business propostion, it is a really bad idea. You will lose money on every litter unless you don't take care of the dam and don't provide the care needed for the puppies after birth which means they are liekely to be weak and not well.

Call the local shelter.

Contact Lab rescue:
http://thelabradorclub.com/rescue/index.html

Talk to your vet about possible homes. You may get $100-200 for a puppy who had been wormed and vaccinated per the schedule for pups (3 sets of vaccinations by 13 weeks or so.) That would just about cover the cost of providing the puppies with minimal care so they stay fairly healthy.

Remember, anyone who comes to see the puppies will want to see the parents in top condition - healthy, well fed wih gleaming; coats and, if they are an informed buyer will ask about hip zrays at minimum; and virtually all buyers will want to know itf he puppies have been wormed and had their shots needef for the age they are at.

You can't make money to just break even on raising them withou spending money; and you can't get a higher prices without spending a LOT of money on health screening test; and you won't get the upper range prices without spending thousands on dog shows.

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Answer 4

Yahoo classified, pets section, is free
Also, www.craigsliist.org...free
both are well read and you could list the horses and pups..
Post both for slae at feed stores, and pet supply shops. Ask groomers and vets if they have bulletin boards. List in local low cost classified paper..such as Penny Pincher, or ThiftyNickle..
Put a sign in front of their home..Make sure ups are flea free, wormed and first shots..and parents are groomed.

Answer 5

have them contact the local lab rescue and turn the pups over so they can get the proper vet care..shot ect. be spayed /neutered and go to qualified homes...this will take a load off your parents feed bill...as for the horses,you can list them on horsetopia.com,in your local papers,feed stores,ect. where are you located? what kind of horses do they have?email me [e-mail]