Price for purebred dogs--what's a realistic range?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just paid $1200 for a golden

Where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy, not just for spending money on a dog because you want a certain breed, but thinking its ok to ship dogs from one place to another....bonkers.

+1. Very sad. Poor dogs.

[Anonymous]

Are you shipping the dog from another country? I can tell you a companion (I.e. Would have show faults so not being shown) puppy from a show breeder of my breed is about $1100. But I've also seen $2500 from pet stores. If you're using a breeder that shows in AKC conformation then usually their prices are all the same.

[Anonymous]

Good grief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy, not just for spending money on a dog because you want a certain breed, but thinking its ok to ship dogs from one place to another....bonkers.

People with allergies have no choice but to go to a breeder and get a breed that they can tolerate. We have the most wonderful 12 year-old Portuguese Water Dog, which we paid $1800 for, because of my husband's allergies and she is worth every penny and more. I applaud people who can and do adopt from farms and shelters, but not every one has that option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy, not just for spending money on a dog because you want a certain breed, but thinking its ok to ship dogs from one place to another....bonkers.

People with allergies have no choice but to go to a breeder and get a breed that they can tolerate. We have the most wonderful 12 year-old Portuguese Water Dog, which we paid $1800 for, because of my husband's allergies and she is worth every penny and more. I applaud people who can and do adopt from farms and shelters, but not every one has that option.

That's absurd. There are poodles in shelters, in rescue groups, PWDs in rescues. You are just plain wrong.

[Anonymous]

Completely absurd. You are all bad people.

[Anonymous]

My dad's King Charles cavalier was $2000. My brother's bull mastiff was $1000. I was really against purebreds and got rescue dogs. My dad and brother's dogs are well behaved, good dogs. Mine are emotionally disturbed, hard to train and don't listen. I've spent thousands on training. Not sure if it's a purebred thing or what, but my rescues have impossibly bad behaviour and next time I'm getting a dog from a breeder!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad's King Charles cavalier was $2000. My brother's bull mastiff was $1000. I was really against purebreds and got rescue dogs. My dad and brother's dogs are well behaved, good dogs. Mine are emotionally disturbed, hard to train and don't listen. I've spent thousands on training. Not sure if it's a purebred thing or what, but my rescues have impossibly bad behaviour and next time I'm getting a dog from a breeder!

Yeah, that is hard to explain considering many rescue dogs come from breeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad's King Charles cavalier was $2000. My brother's bull mastiff was $1000. I was really against purebreds and got rescue dogs. My dad and brother's dogs are well behaved, good dogs. Mine are emotionally disturbed, hard to train and don't listen. I've spent thousands on training. Not sure if it's a purebred thing or what, but my rescues have impossibly bad behaviour and next time I'm getting a dog from a breeder!

Yeah, that is hard to explain considering many rescue dogs come from breeders.

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I think maybe from the experience of being in a shelter?

[Anonymous]

Rescue dog pp here- Mine definitely didn't come from a breeder, they're lovable mutts with awful behavior. I've have two other poodle mixes from shelters and they were mostly terrible, but we loved them very much. Each required thousands on training and still barked non stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Completely absurd. You are all bad people.

I'm not sure they're bad ppl, but very misguided and misinformed.

Goldens, Labs, Poodles, Doodles; you can find any dog you want at a shelter. Every minute, thousands of lovely dogs are killed because they don't have a home. Lovely dogs with lovely personalities just waiting for someone to notice them. We've had 2 rescued young Yorkies, both were lovely and friendly. I'd rather search for months for a rescue than go to a breeder. Our rescue Yorkie came from a "breeder"; a backyard breeder who was in over her head, and thankfully, reported to authorities. I'm sure she also shipped her dogs, but she can't anymore because she served time

[Anonymous]

I paid $2500 12 years ago. Not sure what is typical anymore. It will depend on the breed, obviously

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy, not just for spending money on a dog because you want a certain breed, but thinking its ok to ship dogs from one place to another....bonkers.

People with allergies have no choice but to go to a breeder and get a breed that they can tolerate. We have the most wonderful 12 year-old Portuguese Water Dog, which we paid $1800 for, because of my husband's allergies and she is worth every penny and more. I applaud people who can and do adopt from farms and shelters, but not every one has that option.

normal price for a good purebred dog. And far better than paying the money maker doodle breeders. I wonder where they get the "labs" and "poodles" etc. Puppy mill dogs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Completely absurd. You are all bad people.

I'm not sure they're bad ppl, but very misguided and misinformed.

Goldens, Labs, Poodles, Doodles; you can find any dog you want at a shelter. Every minute, thousands of lovely dogs are killed because they don't have a home. Lovely dogs with lovely personalities just waiting for someone to notice them. We've had 2 rescued young Yorkies, both were lovely and friendly. I'd rather search for months for a rescue than go to a breeder. Our rescue Yorkie came from a "breeder"; a backyard breeder who was in over her head, and thankfully, reported to authorities. I'm sure she also shipped her dogs, but she can't anymore because she served time

2000 dogs killed per minute x 60 minutes per hour x 24 hours per day x 365 days per year equals 1051200000 dogs killed per year? You are off by three orders of magnitude.