True! I have 2 frenchies. Cute but vet pit. I keep saying I would be rich without them lol. If I would have to do it again, I would go for a good ol mutt.Cash cows.
I have a friend that breeds Tollers. Her bitches are highly sought after ( show dogs). She vets buyers ( all over North America ) like stink. The money she pours into vet bills, raw diets, more. Despite what she charges her margins are pretty thin.
I won’t say what I paid for mine. Again, specialty bred. I originally wanted him for SAR. I don’t have the time/energy to volunteer. So that never happened. Had professional trainers, initially to get him going then I took over.
puppy mills, fly by night operations and owners that don’t know what they getting, let alone willing to train, especially if working dogs.
Lots of breeds become victims of fads. Go back 40 years and everyone wanted a German Sheppard. Then Doberman’s ( sweet docile dogs but look mean), then Dalmatian’s. Then Pit breeds. Today frenchies that are badly bred, you may as well hand over $15,000 to your vet the day you get one.
Amazes me what I see puppies being sold for these days. More often then not by people who see them as cash cows.
As for Pit bulls they are loose canons, and their bite force ( psi) is quite likely bar none. The “worst”…personally not a fan of them.