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Litter profitability calculator
Gross revenue is the number everyone quotes. This is the other one: what a litter actually earns after real expenses and your own hours. The defaults are typical; make them yours.
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The litter
Keeper puppies still cost money but bring in no sale.
Litter expenses
Per-puppy expenses (applied to every puppy, kept ones included)
Your time
Whelping watch, cleaning, socializing, buyer emails. 60 to 100+ hours is common.
Set to 0 to leave labor out.
The bottom line
$16,600 net before your labor
Counting your 80 hours at $15/hr, the litter nets $15,400.
The numbers most breeders forget: the emergency c-section that wipes out a litter's profit, health testing on the parents, equipment that wears out, and their own hours. If the math looks thin, the fix is usually pricing, not cutting corners. Try the puppy pricing calculator.
The Full Version Lives in BreederBuddy
Know your numbers without the spreadsheet
This calculator works on estimates. BreederBuddy tracks the real thing: expenses logged against each litter as they happen, sales flowing in from invoices, and profit that computes itself.
Per-litter expense allocation
Log expenses as they happen and allocate them to a litter. Every litter shows its true cost basis, and income data stays restricted to the account owner.
Net profit per litter
Sales from invoices and Stripe payments meet expenses on the same record, so each litter's net profit is a number you look up, not a project you dread.
A real income report
Gross sales, processing fees, taxes by rate, and net income in one report, exportable to CSV for your accountant. Other income (stud fees, affiliate commissions) rolls in too.
Profit tracking is part of BreederBuddy's reporting suite. See reporting & insights →
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Open tool →FAQs
Common questions about litter profitability
How much profit does a litter of puppies make?
The honest answer: less than the gross suggests, and sometimes nothing. Revenue is price times puppies sold, but stud fees, progesterone testing, prenatal care, whelping supplies, vaccines, microchips, food, and marketing routinely consume thousands per litter, and one emergency c-section can erase the rest. Well-run programs are profitable; programs that never do this math usually are not.
What expenses do breeders most often forget?
Their own labor (often 60 to 100+ hours per litter), an emergency reserve for a c-section or sick puppy, health testing on the parents, equipment wear, guarantee claims, and the cost of keeper puppies that bring in no sale. Counting only food and vaccines makes every litter look profitable on paper.
Is breeding dogs profitable as a business?
It can be, with honest accounting, realistic pricing, and healthy dogs, but margins are thinner than outsiders assume. The breeders who do well know their per-litter numbers, price to cover real costs including their time, and reinvest in health testing and quality breeding stock.
Does BreederBuddy track litter profit automatically?
Yes. Expenses log with per-litter allocation, sales flow in from invoices and Stripe payments, and BreederBuddy shows net profit per litter without a spreadsheet. The income report combines gross sales, fees, and taxes into a clean year-end picture, exportable to CSV for your accountant. See reporting →
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