whats happened to the price of puppies lately ? , i lost my dog last month due to cancer . i decided to get another dog to help me cope with the grief , now the dog i just lost would have been 15 years old in december . i had her from when she was 5 weeks old and she only cost me £5 for a collie cross wippet , but this new dog i had on sat cost me £150 for the same breed (collie x wippet) . my question is where do they get these prices from for a non kc reg dog ?
ahh... thatll be all the paperwork/injections etc... I guess its had them all ?
vets charge a lot more for inoculations etc.. than they used to.... it used to be normal to buy the puppy and then have them done yourself, but now its the other way around... theyre done before you get the pup...
count yourself lucky... one of my customers sold a puppy for £150k (yep £150,000) just before the credit crunch !
prices have about halved on pedigree dogs right now... tho a lot of breeders have stopped breeding to keep the blood lines pure and keep prices up - to be blunt... they;re trying to stop riff raff buying there pups and breeding on from them... weakening the bloodline and de-valuing there dogs etc. etc..
p.s. wow a collie x whippet must have plenty of energy !
nope no injections just the dog
new dog
(http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6608/molly.jpg)
old dog
(http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/3109/tess3.jpg)
to me the old dog looked better
Quote from: knightycount yourself lucky... one of my customers sold a puppy for £150k (yep £150,000) just before the credit crunch !
£150k ? , what was it gold plated :w00t:
ps : sorry for the mis-spelling in the first post of this thread
mis spelling ? where ?
I had to run my post through a spell checker 3 times just to make it readable ! - you could have put numbers in the middle of words instead of letters and Id have copied you thinking your way was the right way :o
and I cant post on a public forum what Id want a 150k dog to do to me to get my monies worth..... !
al0n. ;)
We Paid Just under 1K for Mac (Irish Red setter) 14 years ago.
my brothers dog :-
(http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs021.snc1/4246_92456371355_692621355_2428947_637847_n.jpg)
normally go for £1500, but he had him for £900
*shudder* fugly IMO
Id love a lab but it aint gonna happen for a few years, sounds like i might need a mortgage to buy one then!
damn Dogs are expensive, I think the most my family has ever paid for a cat (not counting injections etc) was a £20 donation to the rescue.
Id love a collie, but I refuse to get one until I am in a secure job which would allow me enough time and money to suitably train it. Recent experiences have further reinforced this view ><
^ cute puppy! Folks paid ~£200 for a papered Yorkie 11yrs ago - theyre £4-500 now.
Surely the 150k dog would be paying You, Knighty? Youd be in profit in no time.
^^ lol!
more important than what kind of dog you have, or how much it cost..... what are you going to fee it ?
Quote from: knighty^^ lol!
more important than what kind of dog you have, or how much it cost..... what are you going to fee it ?
Pork Pies
and bacon butties ;)
zpyders :p
Knightly, what the hell was the £150k dog?!
Sounds a lot but in some ways I guess we got £150k fun out of our dog when I was a kid - not that wed have ever paid it but anyway!! Cant beat a Springer tbh, only dog I think I could ever have really.
it was a "Dogue de Bordeaux"
it was worth so much because it won so many dog shows / crufts etc... so is worth mega bucks for breeding... it will probably be £5k+ if you want it to come shag your dog :o
in crufts a few months back, Dogue de Bordeaux won best dog, best bitch and best pup in the working dog section.... and they were all mu customers :-)
So, people pimp their dawgs and bitches for a lot of money, and youre their supplier? :D
Ive been trying to get a doberman that hasnt been mutilated (with ears and tail still present) for ages with no luck.
Quote from: MarkIve been trying to get a doberman that hasnt been mutilated (with ears and tail still present) for ages with no luck.
want me to ask around ?
right now, off the top of my head... I cant think of anyone... but Im sure Ill know someone who breeds them -)
That would be great, ta - as was looking over there last week when we were over at her parents in Hamsterley
This puppy (http://www.raincitystory.com/flash/screenclean.swf) takes the cleanliness price in proper screen clening.
should just go get a 1yr old from a rescue center or something - its not going to sh*t all over your house and prob wont cost much.
Quote from: Daveshould just go get a 1yr old from a rescue center or something - its not going to sh*t all over your house and prob wont cost much.
the rescue centers around here charge anything from £137 + for a dog below the age of 7 years old
Quote from: MarkThat would be great, ta - as was looking over there last week when we were over at her parents in Hamsterley
I remembered a breeder who breeds them.... he normally comes into work for meat a couple of times a week so I was waiting to catch him before replying... but havent seen him this week... but that means hell definitely be in next week so Ill catch him and get some info for you :-)
if I dont catch him this week (hes a retired but busy a lot of time time) Ill drop into his house and say hi... I drive right past all the time anyway and hes a nice friendly bloke, have known him for years ;)
Quote from: chaotic_ukQuote from: Daveshould just go get a 1yr old from a rescue center or something - its not going to sh*t all over your house and prob wont cost much.
the rescue centers around here charge anything from £137 + for a dog below the age of 7 years old
We saw a lovely 1 year old female red setter in an RSPCA centre and they wanted £400 I think as well as process fees. From the RSPCA, that was crazy.