Price Of Pups??

[troter58 1,711]

most i would pay for a pup is £150 would never buy some one eles problems ie a older dog get a pup put the work in and if it is not right it is your fault if it is a good un it is all yours and you will have a better bond with a dog from a pup.atb

[old school 517]

i've paid over 200 for pups and that included transport... for me, at the time, i wanted a pup of that breed and i bought it but i cant see how anyone would justify that kind of money...

 

i reared 2 litters... a deerhound/grey type litter that ended up really good and i mostly gave them away for free and a litter of bull/whippet type x pups that was bred from good parents but sadly few of the litter were anything worth... to rear both litters cost me little, and they were well fed on 'out of date' mince and steaks (such a sin to throw away perfectly good meat when theres folk in the world starving, i've ate it myself!) that i got from tescos bin for free because dads a delivery driver, and wormed regulary with puppy syrup for about a fiver a bottle... i wouldnt even consider money for my time because i enjoyed every minute of it!!

 

so what i'm askin is, via a breakdown of expenses, how does anyone justify their price??

[toby63 1,236]

i paid 120 for my pup

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

Hi Old school, I've bred pups in the past but wouldn't like to now unless I really wanted one from my bitch. The most I charged then (early eighties to nineties) was 25 or 30 quid but if I was buying now I'd happily pay 150 to 200.

You had no problems with your litters and you had a cheap food supply. I had parvo appear in a litter of terrier pups and had veterinary fees, a couple of dead pups, and several sleepless nights spooning a teaspoon of water into each pups mouth every hour.

I don't like the responsibility of breeding and then having dodgy people turn up at my house to take pups I've put love and time into and possibly ruin them. The prices I've given are what I'd pay someone else to take this weight off my back.

[old school 517]

Hi Old school, I've bred pups in the past but wouldn't like to now unless I really wanted one from my bitch. The most I charged then (early eighties to nineties) was 25 or 30 quid but if I was buying now I'd happily pay 150 to 200.

You had no problems with your litters and you had a cheap food supply. I had parvo appear in a litter of terrier pups and had veterinary fees, a couple of dead pups, and several sleepless nights spooning a teaspoon of water into each pups mouth every hour.

I don't like the responsibility of breeding and then having dodgy people turn up at my house to take pups I've put love and time into and possibly ruin them. The prices I've given are what I'd pay someone else to take this weight off my back.

 

 

 

good points, thanks for that!!

[brendy mc l 694]

i payed 350 for one and it was pure shit

[dla victim 7]

Wow brendy mc l that was very pricey pal, was there good breeding it buddy?

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

Hi Old school, I've bred pups in the past but wouldn't like to now unless I really wanted one from my bitch. The most I charged then (early eighties to nineties) was 25 or 30 quid but if I was buying now I'd happily pay 150 to 200.

You had no problems with your litters and you had a cheap food supply. I had parvo appear in a litter of terrier pups and had veterinary fees, a couple of dead pups, and several sleepless nights spooning a teaspoon of water into each pups mouth every hour.

I don't like the responsibility of breeding and then having dodgy people turn up at my house to take pups I've put love and time into and possibly ruin them. The prices I've given are what I'd pay someone else to take this weight off my back.

Ive had the same thing and wont buy a pup in now unless its vaccinated and im in absolutely no hurry to breed even though id like a pup out of my homebred bitch.

[brendy mc l 694]

well it was not the breeding that i was told i found out a few mth after i got shot of it c**t stoped dead in middle of field 2 bends then stoped

[boyo 1,398]

imo a pup is worth whatever someone wants to pay for it what one person regards a rip off another person thinks its a bargain . i would pay good money for a well bred and reared pup if i was looking for one . as you have them a long time so broke down over the next ten years or so its peanuts .

[THE STIFFMEISTER 15,750]

Personally I think some people have a brass neck to walk into a strangers house and Expect to pay a pittance for a working dog, Ive always thought that if people have to pay a little then they respect it a little more rather than just getting something cause its cheap...

 

I would be more than willing to pay £500 quid or even more for a well bred dog of the type I wanted...But similarly I wouldnt hold great shakes in being given one by a friend...A good price I about £250, Not too much but enough to cover the rearing and a little extra pocket money for the vendor, Ive never bought into this "real dogmen dont charge" Mentality

[dla victim 7]

Thanks guys for all your personal opinions on this topic! There is some mixed views and all welcome, but I think here in ireland everyone wants a pup bred from across the pond and will give good money for one,why is that? I reckon home. Breeding is best way forward for irish dogs, because we have the dogs that can do both big land and small tight fields!! Atb mike

[brendy mc l 694]

most of the men in this country i no bred there own dogs they might go to eng now and then for a service but mainly they will use there own stuff as there well bred any way

[craigluckyjihad 244]

I paid 350 each for the 2 I've got. money well spent. Paid £500 for a pure saluki that was not worth 50p

[Bosun11 537]

Forty quid..... An boy did I get my moneys worth out of it....!!