Dog Prices

[obi2 239]

Should the price of lurchers be more than it actually is. I think yes. When you see them advertised for likes of £ and such it means anyone can afford to get there hands on them when they take a notion for a hunting dog. Some put no time in them and when the notion wears off its swapped for a air rifle or the likes. Even the average £150 is very cheap for a lurcher. If the price was a more i think it would put off alot of the 1season wonders off. For example say the starting price was £300. I think more people would do there homework on a litter of pups, finding out about the working abilities of the parents, lines and temperaments before parting with alot more money. More time might be put into training and it would be given that extra couple of chances to prove itself if it needed. If more people where thougher choosing pups and checking backgrounds better less people would be breeding shite to shite just to make a buck because if your spending £300 on an unknown dog then your going to do your homework on it. Where as the serious guys would have this all in place for you and proof of parents ability. The arsehole that are ruining the dog world are the ones in my eyes that are going on free ads and picking dogs up for £50. Would this sort the pretenders from the serious dogmen?This is just my opinion and I would like to hear other people's views on this.

[rossthedog 76]

Plenty of lads picked up a £50 dog and treated it well and plenty of £500 pound dogs been dumped the week it they were bought never pays to generalise.

[Gaj1612 99]

Same thing would happen IMO just that they'd swap for a 100 quid air rifle then sell the dog for 300 quid and make more money. Don't think anything will stop the idiots. May stop a few of them don't get me wrong but too many of them out there

[sikastag_1 689]

I got a dog for £60, she's lying infront of me at the fire now, she got a top class home. Price means nothing mate what I think more people should do is be carefull who they give or sell pups to you could pay 500 for a pup and still not look after it arseholes have money aswell mate having money doesn't mean your not an arsehole or you'll look after something a lot of time its the opposite. I bred my lurcher in the summer I made sure every pup went to a good home, no doubt I could have sold them on the hunting life 10 times over but at least I know they went to good homes.

Edited March 4, 2014 by grant_c

[BROCK DOG 126]

Its down to them goimg to the right person i think there could be a lad with no cash but could give the dog the best in life and the dog could mean everything to him weather he was a world beater or court 1 rabbot a week that lad could be over the moon then you could get a nob head with 500 who talks the talk but passes the dog on the week after. Ive seen dogs on facebook last week one was forsale for 20 quid and they said hes for sale for 20 to make sure he goes to a good home so i am guessing anybody who turns up with the 20 will get the dog were as its more about the person not the money they have

[roybo 2,873]

I think that like saying if you have lots of money you will look after a dog will be looked after better,plenty of pedigree staffs that cost £300-500 plus in shelters

I think the cost is down to supply and demand,simply too many

Not enough demand.I suppose if there was money in it there could be more people wanting to breed them....But I get what you mean £ seems no money for a lurcher

[jambay5 191]

I had my last lurcher pup gifted from Pipa off here!! and the other pups went to good homes for little money, my point being if you breed a litter no matter what money your after!! its not hard to do your homework and find them good home's, if you put them up for sale on pre-loved and site's like that! could end up on the round about.

[baw 4,360]

What about young lads wanting to get into the running game? Everything in life has its general price. Something's over priced, some under. If they started at £300 there would be more thefts.

[bird 9,861]

some good dogmen breed for there selves, to get a new pup to bring on, and most times give other pups to there mates, that they know will be looked after well and get plenty of work.they prob sell the whats left over to other hunting lads at fair price . regards price I think £ 150 fair price for a x bred dog , I know coursing dogs go for 2-4 k which are still really x bred long dogs. I suppose if you really want a dog you pay asking price which is fair enough, ive only paid for one lurcher £120 all my others have been given, or just give the lad some money for his kids etc.My last 2 lurchers were given to me of mates Bryn +Buck both good lurchers,Bryn deff been good lurcher and young Buck doing great at moment. But I did ask about Alano's bred dogs the other day, these will knock you back £ 1 1/2 k, there like very fit+agile smaller type bullmastiff dog, I suppose you could get a good gsd do the same job as a guard , for £5-600 quid prob go that route or see if Buck ever guards lol. if I wanted a dog pup from of this post like the lad as had ,I would pay the asking price as they are very well bred pups and well reared

[gsdxg 10]

on preloved some whippets are priced at 100 some at 400 and some at 600 .price is no gurantee of quality.people who want 300 or more for lurcher pups are going to find it hard to sell at that sort of money.i would pay more for a ist cross than a lurcher to lurcher x .but i would not pay 300 for any pup .the only exception would be if it was a repeat mateing of say saluki x greyhound.or a deerhound x greyhound or any other first cross that had produced exceptional progeny .then i would pay 300 maybe up to 500. but paying 300 for a lurcher to lurcher pup no way

[whitefeet4190 1,725]

I think some people might be a bit more inclined to put more effort in or persever with a dog a bit longer if they had spent more money on it, at £50 or £ some people would pay that just on the off chance it might do well, I know it's a gamble on any dog for what ever price but at that sort of money the dog may be seen as been more disposal

[bullx100% 681]

I think the welfare of the dog should mean more than the price...there's plenary of honest lads out there who work dogs but carnt afford to shell out. 200 300 to 500 for a dog....doesn't mean that there not going be looked after....look how many coursing dogs get left in cars or left on big land when there owners get chased.....most them dogs are over 300

[swede40 92]

Ive not payed for a running dog since i was a kid and mine have all been treated the same if there decent if not there pts putting price tags on working dogs was a major factor in there ruination and and a major factor in the reason there is so much dross out there putting higher price tags on them will only force to make the peddlars to double there efforts for example why would a dog peddlar waste his time producing a litter to sell them for 50 quid its usualy the cheaper litters where money has not been the main motive beind the breeding imo

[dytkos 17,783]

What would happen to all the litters of lurcher pups that are bred if they were all at £300

Strays, RSPCA or in the ground methinks.

 

Cheers, D.

[South hams hunter 8,921]

They would just become the same as the k.c dogs, if muppets could get that sort of money more litters would be bred and lurchers are much easier to whelp than the likes of bulldogs or something else thats a pain