My Favorite Second Life and Amaretto Virtual Pets

  • Amaretto K9 's ! Puppies Dogs and Kennels are my favorites!
  • Amaretto Barnyard Birds ! I likes Tsickens and Roosters !
  • Amaretto Horses and Ponies !
  • Papillon Breedable Plants
  • Biobreeds Breedable Animals in Second Life
  • WK Big Cats and Dire Wolves!
  • Meeroos, Fawns and Fennux

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Breeding K9 's and Having Puppies and Pets in Second Life ~ Amaretto Breedable K-9 's or Biobreeds

  This is the next in a series of posts about breeding pets, animals and specifically the K9's or Puppies from Amaretto Breedables. Though some of this can apply to biobreeds as well because they do have traits, the market value compared to that Amaretto K9's is not nearly as strong and there are much fewer options and less traits. Plus with Amaretto's you can breed multiple dogs to one male and as well to different breeds of the dogs rather only being able to breed a dobie to dobie or a rottie to a rottie. This makes a huge difference in the markets and in my opinion is the reason that Amaretto's K-9's hold a much stronger market.  First off you want to keep your lines or pedigrees clean when possible. We could say pure but clean is a better way of putting it, and even with a clean line you can always get a new random drop. As well when you are breeding in a new trait whether it is a paw warmer a dipped ear or a old trait like a paw polish or collar you might need to use a different breed because it would end up costing to much to get a stud with the correct breed or that there just are not any. This being said I keep my lines as clean as possible rather than a cage full of dogs  that are just jumping on each other. But in the case of new breeds of dogs you will see that when introduced they have much fewer traits to start, so these animals need to be traited up via assorted ways. One way is to keep breeding new generations and adding new trait slots when possible and as well new generations often bring in a new trait slot as well where currently there are over 13 available with 6 null spots which will make your Amaretto k9 worth more as well. I will write more about trait slots later but just by adding generations via breeding your animals will pass traits that breed in more easily as well as increase your animals trait slots ( in he horses you can have 25 trait slots and you never know when they will add the next one to dogs like the wing trait spot that was just added to the chickens.) Yes they add new traits and slots in all the Amaretto animals and you just never know what it will be next.

          Now as I mentioned sometimes its just not possible to find a stud in the same coat or breed, so you basically have to either breed a female to the stud with the trait or well you just cannot get that trait in your line of animals. Now this means sometimes that people have to birth numerous kennels to find a male and that is why prices on the Amaretto dogs are more for a stud or male. Its not uncommon to pay double or triple for a male of the same breed as a female ... and if it has new traits that are just released than he should be at the very least 4 or 5 times more than a female typically. I say and stress this because a newly trait-ed male will pass that trait 4 times more per week if you are doping or juicing your males.  For example the females are ready to go about once a week and by next week 7 days again she has had a puppy and has recovered, while your male has than been able to impregnate 3 other females.    But again your animals are only as good as the parents you choose for them.  I will cover pricing of the k9's as well horses and barnyard birds also on this blog also over and over the next month so anyone new to the breeding gets a better idea of how to price your animals and so the market stays strong.   This fair market value has became and issue where some people that are new do not understand how to price the animals they have at auctions or on the markets available. There as well have been some less adored breeders from other animal kingdoms with egocentric ways that really think that they are here to just run the market on pets. They tell you what animal lovers they are yet run virtual puppy mills and cannot really pay for it all and want to make a quick buck. So what do they do ??? They breed a ton of animals than dump and flood the markets of different breeds and le's and traits because they are trying to make the lindens back they spent while being greedy, egomaniacal jerks telling you they are one of the top breeders.  Hey if you do not sell a dog at one auction because you do not have a few high end buyers there than it does not mean cut your price in half at the next dog auction.   As well just because you bred so many hundreds of pairs of dogs does not make you special when you do this every month and kill the market value for those of us that are not chronic hoarders and came here to have fun.  Yes you know who you are and well funny you can argue with a little kid avatar and your only response to over 10 justified questions ... is that sl is a free market virtual world and I can do what I want. Funny as well when you went to a person at Amaretto to cry about the ones that stood up to this you lied about the pricing as well that you wanted to put that animal up for and than act stupid after it is all over. But anyway .. most of the people in the breedables market like to have fun and get a fair market value for breeding pets in second life there are a few you will run into that are  more than just a piece of funky work...    As well these are not the type of people I would buy a real life puppy from unless I was just trying to rescue it. 

In my last post I mentioned way to help with the market also, from when you get the new drops and not flooding the markets to when you get a new breed or trait.  Also always to be sure to keep your lines clean and as well maybe put some time in project dogs when you can. Plus sending your less generation dogs off to puppy heaven and getting the points for them rather than selling the animal dirt cheap just so you can move on to the next breed. Remember I am only saying this cause if you want new breeders and pet lovers to come in and buy pets from you than there has to be a sustainable market to do so. Even the kennels that are extremely common you can birth and than send them to puppy heaven for haven points towards a paradise pound puppy !    I would like to say that I am in no way or form affiliated with Amaretto other than breeding the great dogs that have made for us in Second Life.  I have talked to most of the people that work for them and I appreciate the hard work they do for us here in Second Life and I know most of the other breeders do as well. I will be holding a class weekly to help new breeders and pet owners to better understand the K9s and other animals also but for most part we will focus on the Amaretto dogs and it will be free so I would like you to come join us after I announce this sometime later this week.  My next post will be more about how to price your animals and what traits can help your animals market value as well how to figure out what to sell your traited animals for.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Amaretto Breedable K9's, Horses and Barnyard Birds Pricing and Market Values in Second Life

Hello again from the Second Life Grid and to all you Amaretto Breedable Pet owners !  I am writing to everyone as Lil Bad Bigbear Jr this month and I am glad to see that more people have seen and read my blog. Lately I have been concentrating on the K9 Market because well who does not love puppies and dogs, but these blog posts pertain to all Amaretto Breedable Pets for the most part. the last few posts I have explained markets and tools as well places to get and idea about the markets for these animals. Lately in second life there has been many different breedable markets that suffer from market values and manipulations to the point that some breeds and breedables just do not hold value. It can be expected that after a new coat or breed is released eventually value will fall, and well this can be expected in almost all markets in rl and in sl due to supply and demand. But there as well has been more reasons in some of these markets than in others.  Some of the breedable makers and creators are just not prepared for the work involved but the creators of Amaretto's take care and pride in new special editions and limited editions to help the markets stay strong. Yet still without the cooperation of breeders, buyers and sellers nothing is guaranteed.  One of the first steps to preserving a fair market is education of the breeders and introduction to new breeders without alienating anyone.

 (  I would like to point out that not all breedable animals / pets , plants, bugs, fairies, dragons, WK Cats, Kittycats etc ... do not work the same. Different companies have different ways that there pets work. For example biobreeds have far less traits and trait slots than the WK Cats, Battle Beast Dragons and Amaretto Dogs, Chickens or Horses.   Some pets can fight for example the Battle Beast Dragons or the WK Dire Wolfs and as well the Amaretto and ABC horses can race if they are of the racing breed varieties and these racing horses have trait spots for this.   Trait slots and traits are a large part of the breeding and what makes your pets and animals unique. I will go more in depth about the traits soon but if you read through my other posts you can get and idea of what I am talking about. Also I will add some permanent pages on this blog covering these types of differences in animals of different companies and breed etc..)


       Yes no matter what market you will have people that just don't care and are trying to make a fast buck not understanding that well second life is not about money but rather being able to do things you cannot in real life.  For example I no longer can run , jump or well participate in many activities that physically taxing to our bodies so that is why I am often seen running around as kid again and posing as Lil Bada Bigbear Jr.

  So that being said and back to the markets of breedables and retaining fair market values. I have pointed out the value of Petrades and how it works, as well how it can be a market tool to help you with pricing. There are other things that are important as well to understand, one is that each animal can be from 11 to 18 prims or well 22 to 30 something for a breeding pair so well if you are breeding you have to remember to include this in pricing of animals. Also if you have say 50 breeding pairs of dogs that is almost 2000 prims in order to breed them per week meaning if you are way over your head and now have to start selling dogs, horses, cats or even birds just to make your tiers fees at a dirt cheap price than you are a hoarder and hurting the market for everyone else because you still need to feed these animals and provide salt, toys and other breeding helpers to get them to mate and make more.  Just as and example again 50 breeding pairs will consume one breeder food per animal a month to keep them from getting sick  ... this in lindens will cost over 11,000 lindens per month as well and I have seen many people just not grasp this concept when it comes to breedables because you will also need the mating aids also that in turn will cost over 6000 lindens also. So just to start getting a rough estimate 50 breeding pairs  we have at the least about 2000 lindens a week for land and that is a very rough estimate depending on the breed  so for a month consider on the land around 8 to 10 K plus the 6K for breeding aids and another 10 K plus to feed them and you at close to 25 K which is $100 or more in real US dollars ...  and this is where the problem starts .... People tend to look at the minimum you can sell the animals for making there lindens and not paying back in with real money ... but they do not have the money for a few months breeding already set aside nor do they pay there tier 3 or 4 weeks in advance and well so now they have to sell cheap in order to pay for what they have amassed ....  ( or hoarded as well ... )

     So you may ask if there is a solution to retaining a strong market you may ask ?  Many would like to blame everything but the problem itself. For example saying that breedable company should have had less drops and made these animals traits more rare. Well that will not help because some people will just continue to breed more animals than they can afford and still sell even cheaper to try and keep this never ending cycle going and thus ruining it for all because of there own selfish and greedy excuses. Not paying huge money for traits breeding the animal a few times and than dumping the animal cheap and using its offspring to crash the market is just another reasoning.  If you have offspring and do not need the parent anymore than send it to breedables heaven and get the haven points as it is a better solution, seeing they can be used to get special edition paradise puppy or a haven horse or pet food or even sick animal vaccinations ...   

Every animal that your breeding pet gives you bundle, kennel or egg is not going to be a special animal with great traits ... and in that case birthing it and getting the haven points is not just a better way to go, it also preserves the market values.  would you not rather have less animals that sell for more than selling a bunch of your stuff cheap and than flood the market? Because a direct offspring can again pass the traits of the parents depending on what sort of animal it is and whether it came from a limited or special edition etc.  If you are being greedy and selling your direct offspring cheap ... well its not much different than selling a offspring with the hidden traits in view  ...    Sure you may give a friend a DOS or OS ( Direct Offspring)  to be nice and well share the wealth but selling 5 DOS at 1/3rd the value kills the market .... one bundle at a time.  It may not seem like much but get 20 breeders doing so and all of a sudden you have flood of traits and the people that make these breedable animals can only spend so much time on new traits and breeds. I have to thank Amaretto for being so on top with bringing us new breeds traits and coats in the first place. Mrs Ava, Ms Cheescake , and Mrs Boss Lady which are the faces we see  ...  as well the others behind the scenes doing the scripting and also the beta testers are all here for us and work hard every day just to keep the market going and to bring us new amazingly cool things.

       I know at this point it looks like I have went on about this for quite a bit but I have not even scratched the surface of this yet because I want to make sure to help and educate new and old breeders as well give ideas to help keep this great breed-able community going and not alienating new breeders.  If you are new in the community and need help with pricing I as well others will help all you need to do is ask.    I do not just talk to the community and breeders but also auctioneers and auction houses, ranches and the people that run the breedable pets companies too. If you do not want to send your breedable to get haven points and would rather keep it than put it on pet food or get a forever fold or perpetual puppy box for it ...  and if it is a special edition collectors later will pay more for these types of animals but again you must find the right markets for these buyers.   So well I have just touched on the tip of the iceberg here but this is only part one of the posts for the blog this month.  Please follow this blog and help me to help others, feel free message me and contact me in world, on Facebook in the Breedable's of second life group or
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