Matthewcmill,
I think what you are stating is your dog's from a GHRCH (Grand Hunting retiever Champion) or a GMHR (Grand Master Hunter Retriever). The field trial title is NFC or NAFC. The NFC is National Field champion. If you have pups sired by a NFC you could command a great deal of money. If the NFC is a couple generations back, then the money goes down. I think the difference between hound and cur breeders and sporting dog breeders is just what SWOSUMike stated. Hound guys won't spend $700.00 on a pup because its a crap shoot. A well trained bear dog will go for $5000.00 and up but you have to prove it at the tree. Hounds are independent hunters. The trainer just teaches them what the dog should run. Sporting dogs are dependent hunters and need more work so the buyer wants to know there is a chance they won't have to cull the dog. Hounds are culled tighter than Sporting Breeds so the Lab pup one buys generally comes with gaurantees. Are you willing to give gaurantees, Matthew? What are you willing to gaurantee? Dogs are a lousey way to make money. If you are selling locally, which is what I suggest, sell the pups for what everyone else is and add $20.00. If you want to go through the headaches involved with the tests DocE suggests then 700.00 is a good starting place.

Dr Fatguy