I have six Russells. One I bought, three I bred, two were gifted.
I also have a big red mixed breed farm dog that we rescued.
The $1,000 keeps the riff raff out.
thats where your wrong, i've never sold a dog in my life an would never think about it, very selective who has a mating to any of my dogs, upset many men by saying no even tho i could do with a grand, also cull any surplus pups instead of trying to find someone who i could trust only to find out years later they bred the bollocks out of them an sold the breeding on, but if i wanted to use a dog firstly because he was a fir