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Location: TEXAS | I want a puppy so bad but geez, do people really pay that much for a dog!?!  |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | They are crazy!!! I have a friend who started breeding them ( got a momma dog with a couple pups inside of her for 20-25k) and she got offered 35k for one pup... I couldn't even imagine spending that on a pup that requires so much work!! I could buy a pretty nice truck or trailer for that!! |
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Location: Nebraska | yep and my aunt's only lived to be 5 or 6. |
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| I just got a French bulldog and they are the same way ! Nothing for someone to pay $5,000+ for one |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | Tn_Barrelracer - 2015-10-19 2:50 PM
I just got a French bulldog and they are the same way ! Nothing for someone to pay $5,000+ for one
We also have Frenchie breeder locally and he gets up to 9k for pups. |
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Location: California | We have two... Prices go up depending on colors. We got a real steal for our black tri female... $700 & she's AKC registered w/breeding rights... typically those are at least $3000+++. You can get lucky, just have to look.
Plus if you really want one, I believe there are a few rescues. Or breeders typically accept payment plans. |
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Location: California | I paid $2500 for mine. He is wonderful. I grew up with dogs (labs and corgis) and I was never a dog person (they were my parents). I didn't want them in my room, I didn't like the hair and I am not at all into petting other people's dogs. But since I got "Rogie", my husband has said "What happened to the person who didn't like dogs?". He says I sound like a crazy person because I can always bring Rogie up in a conversation. Rogie also has rule of the house and sleeps under the covers in the bed in the winter time (he gets cold). I would have 5 more if we didn't live in an apartment! LOL. He does get hot really easily so he has to stay inside with a fan on alot. I do take him to the barrel races, but it can't be over 85 degrees out so he is a winter barrel racing dog. He loves people and attention. Here is what he does 90% of the time. When he's not sleeping he like to eat and play tuggie.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | You also have to pay for most any quality bred dog. |
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Location: Kentucky | My neighbor's dog just had 6 EB puppies and they are asking $3500 each. I want one but I can't imagine paying that much. |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | Nevertooold - 2015-10-19 9:08 PM
You also have to pay for most any quality bred dog.
Just like you pay for any quality bred horse. :) Quality and rarity costs. We had an English bulldog given to us when he was 2 years old and I was in high school. We called him Sir Bart the Fart (he farted a ton). He was a great dog with tons of personality, a brindle. Someone ended up poisoning him and our Sheltie in our backyard. Really miss those two. |
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Location: Kentucky | QH<3er - 2015-10-19 5:00 PM
They are crazy!!! I have a friend who started breeding them ( got a momma dog with a couple pups inside of her for 20-25k) and she got offered 35k for one pup... I couldn't even imagine spending that on a pup that requires so much work!! I could buy a pretty nice truck or trailer for that!!
$35,000 for a DOG? |
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| check with breeders that bred show dogs...a lot of time after they stop showing and they are not planning to bred the dog they will give them away. Or when they have litters of puppies if they are not show quality they sell them for a lot cheaper than usual. My mother bred's English and Frenchies and they are very expensive, and the reason being is because they can not bred or whelp them selves. The dogs have to be ai'd and c-sectioned and then you basically take the puppies and nurse them yourself, the female at times will either not take them at all or because they are so heavy they will smother the pup without realizing it. |
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Location: Northwest Florida | I paid $15.00 for my little border collie mix from the local shelter.  |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | I'd like to have a non-show quality...but healthy...Standard Poodle pup at some point. I am guessing that will be pricey...but not nearly as high as the English Bulldogs. They are more rare as they can be expensive and difficult to breed. We used to AI them and then have to C-section for the birth for the ones that came to our clinic. That surely adds to the cost of buying a pup. |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | Murphy - 2015-10-20 5:47 AM
QH<3er - 2015-10-19 5:00 PM
They are crazy!!! I have a friend who started breeding them ( got a momma dog with a couple pups inside of her for 20-25k) and she got offered 35k for one pup... I couldn't even imagine spending that on a pup that requires so much work!! I could buy a pretty nice truck or trailer for that!!
$35,000 for a DOG?
Yep... isn't that just nuts!!!! A puppy! |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | $35k sounds extremely extreme... Unfortunately the hubs and I are more "attracted" to expensive breeds for some reason. We currently have an English Mastiff and a Bull Mastiff. And hubby really wants an English Bulldog. So I'm sure at some point we will end up with one. Our neighbors are setting up a breeding for their Olde English Bulldog. They're planning on being invested in it around $8500 between the stud they chose, AI, c-section and what not. And that's not including the fact that she had a false pregnancy the first go around and were out several thousands already. They aren't a cheap dog to breed. |
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Location: TEXAS | I just don't see how the puppies sell unless it's rich people buying them |
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| We just bought an adorable male. Very well bred with breeding rights and delivery within two hours of my house for $2500. I would post a pic but don't know how ?? |
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Location: Millington, TN | I want one so bad but I can't afford a 2,500 plus dog. Plus they have alot of medical problems. I was reading one breeder's website and vet bills can cost 1,500+ a year :( |
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| barrelracincrazy - 2015-10-20 1:07 PM
I want one so bad but I can't afford a 2,500 plus dog. Plus they have alot of medical problems. I was reading one breeder's website and vet bills can cost 1,500+ a year :(
Yes I am nervous about the possible complications and just praying we have a long term healthy guy |
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Location: Iowa | 
Just shop around. I got these two from 2 separate show breeders. Both were under $2000. Both with no health issues and both show quality and we have shown them successfully. Go to some dog shows and ask around. They are tons of fun to own. |
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Location: Northwest Florida | HezaMemory - 2015-10-20 5:09 PM
Just shop around. I got these two from 2 separate show breeders. Both were under $2000. Both with no health issues and both show quality and we have shown them successfully. Go to some dog shows and ask around. They are tons of fun to own.
Oh my goodness! SO squishy!!:) They are adorable! |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Cute, yes. But, the ones I've seen stink! Either bad breath, gas all the time or just a hound-y smell which I can't stomach. And they have a lot of health issues. I just can't pay that much for something with a ton of known problems. So, English Bulldogs are not the breed for me.
Now, I would pay a few thousand for a well bred shepherd with health guarantees from lines known for soundness. It also really bothers me when people assume that purebred dogs just have health problems. They have health problems because people continue to breed dogs with know health problems!
I wouldn't want to get that attached to a dog that might only live a few years because humans want them to look a certain way and ignore problems and breed them anyway. |
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Location: Kentucky | Nita - 2015-10-21 11:08 AM Cute, yes. But, the ones I've seen stink! Either bad breath, gas all the time or just a hound-y smell which I can't stomach. And they have a lot of health issues. I just can't pay that much for something with a ton of known problems. So, English Bulldogs are not the breed for me. Now, I would pay a few thousand for a well bred shepherd with health guarantees from lines known for soundness. It also really bothers me when people assume that purebred dogs just have health problems. They have health problems because people continue to breed dogs with know health problems! I wouldn't want to get that attached to a dog that might only live a few years because humans want them to look a certain way and ignore problems and breed them anyway.
I think any breed that has been poorly bred will have problems. My neighbor's pups are well bred and they don't have any of the issues, except farting... which I think can be helped by a quality food and FORCO. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Murphy - 2015-10-21 10:46 AM
Nita - 2015-10-21 11:08 AM Cute, yes. But, the ones I've seen stink! Either bad breath, gas all the time or just a hound-y smell which I can't stomach. And they have a lot of health issues. I just can't pay that much for something with a ton of known problems. So, English Bulldogs are not the breed for me. Now, I would pay a few thousand for a well bred shepherd with health guarantees from lines known for soundness. It also really bothers me when people assume that purebred dogs just have health problems. They have health problems because people continue to breed dogs with know health problems! I wouldn't want to get that attached to a dog that might only live a few years because humans want them to look a certain way and ignore problems and breed them anyway.
I think any breed that has been poorly bred will have problems. My neighbor's pups are well bred and they don't have any of the issues, except farting... which I think can be helped by a quality food and FORCO.
I started to type that, then erases it, lol. I know there are breeders at both ends of the spectrum. Seems like most have health problems and people just keep breeding them, tho. |
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Location: Way up North | $35,000 for a HORSE! Seriously though I am betting lots of people think horse people are crazy for spending big money on a horse, why should we think it is any different for a dog?
We have a miniature EB, she is 13" tall and 35 pounds. Other than only having one eye due to a suspected run in with one of the horses she has been extremely healthy. Yes, she does fart and she does it a lot but if we would stop giving her human snacks she probably wouldn't. I have been around other lap dogs that were a heck of a lot smaller and a heck of a lot stinkier! You just don't hear theirs before you smell them! Ours is 7 or 8 this year and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. |
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| Anyone that buys one of these poor dogs is committing animal abuse. They spend their ENTIRE LIFE gasping for air. Never mind the skin issues, the hip dysplasia, the dental issues and the FACT they cannot even reproduce naturally any more! |
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| i have one-- she is now 9
one of the best family dogs we have owned-
mine has lyme disease but not from birth.
yes they have finicky tummies & my so learned quickly not to give her nacho cheese.
yes some have odors..
but i know some people that smell too.
best $ i ever spent-- i got mine for $800 reg because pa was really going after non registered breeders at the time |
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Location: California | Both our EB's have not had any skin/joint/eye/breathing issues so far. They are still younger, but they are extremely active & play all day with our mini aussie. Like anything else, you have to do your research into breeders, if that is where you choose to get one. You can visit breeders, look at their previous dogs and also see videos if you are too far to visit. It's just like when you are buying a new horse... you don't just look at whats "cute" anymore when you know you are spending more money or when you know they are known to have heath issues. Some have more "olde" in them... This is more toward the original breed. There faces aren't as smashed and they are a bit taller.
Plus if you keep them inside and don't push them to exercise, then they never will & that is another way to create issues.
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | We have a French Bulldog, 5 years old now. We rescued him. Brother in law is a vet and this guy was born with a cleft pallet and was going to be put down. Owner signed over rights and bro-in-law saved him then gave him to us as a 4 month old. No medical issues as of yet other than a bit of skin fungus last winter. You do have to be careful with them as far as heat goes. But talk about active! Chases a ball constantly (we hide it when it gets hot) rides or runs with the 4 wheeler, and basically runs with the cattle dogs like he is one of them. We love him, great with kids and a total clown.
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Location: Texas | They are one of many breeds who have a ton of problems. Very sweet dogs, but are pretty much born with poor airways. I would be careful with them in the summer time for sure because they can overheat because they can't ventilate like normal dogs.
Honestly though, if you look, theres problems for lots of dogs:
dachshunds- IVDD
boxers- heart problems and cancer
dobermans- heart problems
goldens- cancer
cavaliers- heart problems
burnese mountain dogs- cancer
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