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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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