a lad i know got offered 13 grand for his very very good coursing bitch about 5-6 years ago, turned it down, the bitch got run over the next day,, there is a lot of madness in the dog world, and money has to be the biggest of all id say,, people pay for he dogs due to its performance, you get yourself a dog that could regularly kill you anything from 3/3 to 4/4 to 5/5 hares in the dead of winter week in week out and the money you get from people wanting a stud would be unreal, this is why people pay the rediculous coin because it is soon made back plus a hole lot more