i recently started to bread sharpeis, and wonder if any one know of white sharpeis. i just had a litter with 2 whight puppies in it . i was wondering how rare are they and how much do they sell for.
By Val Date 12.10.05 20:09 UTC
White is NOT an acceptable colour for Shar Pei. If you were trying to breed to the breed standard you would know that they are not rare, but a fault. You should be grateful to find them good pet homes and ensure that they are not bred from. It would also be wise to study the pedigrees of your bitch and the stud dog that you used in more depth to find out where the white gene is coming from, to ensure that you don't produce anymore faulty puppies.
The Breed Standard says on colour: All Solid colours except white are acceptable.
So unfortunately your whites are purely pet-quality and the price should reflect this; about half the average price would be fair. Of course their registrations will have both endorsements to prevent their buyers breeding from them.
By white do you mean Cream or a Cream Dilute? The word RARE should NEVER come into it, the most important things are quality NOT Quantity, temperament, health, etc and then to find good loving forever homes, not just HOW much should I be charging.
Well said there Val, couldn't have put that better myself.
They'll be cream dilute or pigmented cream, not white. Unless the parents are both 'flowered' or from those kind of lines when there is a minute chance they may be pure white. But if you are you're breeding mismarks anyway and probably charging a lot of money for them.
If they're cream they're not worth any more than a red fawn. If they were pure white (like a westie with no cream or biscuit shading) then a reputable breeder would charge 50-75% of a standard puppy and sell on a spay/neuter contract, them being pet quality. Unless you're totally unscrupulous/a puppy farmer and only give a sh*t about how much money you make off the back of stupid people who will pay for a novelty.