Puppy Prices - Page 2

I haven't paid over $1000 for a pup and wouldn't even contemplate paying over $1500 for a puppy.

 For a show prospect (show quality we have been talking in another post) it goes between 2000 and 3000$.  This is rare thought..It takes someone who really wants a dogs from that line or usually it is another breeder who really know about the lines or the breeding..

For a family pets goes around 800$ to a 1000$ depending on the breeding..

This is a free market..if someone wants to pay 5000 it is their choices and if someone offer a dog for that price it is their choice also..Is it too much?? I don't know but I do know I wouldn't pay more than 1500 for a puppy..

One of my friend got an offer on a bitch (she was adult tought) for 50 000$$  For me..no dog is worth 50 000$ dollars..This is pure nonsense and I don't care how beautiful or good it is..

Their is no right or wrong in this..as long as someone is willing to pay..it is worth it I guess!

Happyday
I will not say who the person is that is breeding these Pups on the Forum that is not my affair i do not know the kennel. But i know well the female they purchased and she is will be having hopefully her first ever litter,
I have her Half brother, and she is a strong willed young Dog BH, AD and DNA just over two years old, very good bite, and a clear headed young female, 
I have seen her train many times, the Male she went with from the same Kennel is SchH3 IPO 3 KKL11 for life DNA etc
A very good dog indeed, He won his first sectional trial this year in his bid to Qualifiy for the Belgian National Championship later this year, and goes in his second trial of three needed this weekend,
A  very fast strong Bite but cool headed Dog, Has had several Helpers on the floor on the long bite. He was also the father of my  little Heidi who is sadly gone due to an accident some months ago
All in all the Pups to be will have a strong working pedigree , but having seen both parents of the coming Pups  working regular every week i think the kennel in the USA who now owns the female is not asking a lot of money for proven strong working line Pups, and the price is very genuine indeed
Steve

Hi U (That's a long username) Good ?'s

My pups are $ 1,200.00

I have a 3 year quarantee on crippling genetic defects, usually if your dog has defects, they start showing up by around
age 2 years, and by then you love your dog and would not want to give him/her back, I would not ask you to, that's just
plain ridiculous, I would refund half of what you paid, or give a replacement pup.

I will also give you a full cash refund if you want to return
your pup within 3 weeks, for any reason under the sun I think you should have a good idea if it's going to workout
after 1 to 2 weeks.

I will answer any questions you have through phone calls or via-e-mails for the life of your dog.
I have lived in the same residence for over 27 years, so I'm easy to get in touch with.
I will take your dog back if you are having hard times & rehome him or her due to divorce and such...

I do not ship my pups, you can also visit my home as often as you like, puppy people are way more fun
and interesting to talk with, than relatives

Also, I am very pleased & proud to mention that I have many customers that come back the following year
or more to get a playmate, I will not let 2 pups from the same litter go out the door together, as that turns into
partners in crime, and can be a handful for some owners, I recommend they wait until the pup that they are
getting has been trained well before bringing home a buddy for him, cause pups learn from watching other
dogs, they can pick up good and bad habits

Guess that's it for now, 
Good luck with your puppy search, visit many kennels before you decide

          Paula
 

My puppy prices rely heavily on the produce records of the parents. (and the grandparents, of course)
The more good, titled dogs the parents have produced, the higher the price of the pups. Bloodlines are important, but produce records are even more important IMO. First litters from parents are priced lower than last litters of good producing mothers. Its just too bad it takes so long to learn what a mother produces. By the time she has 5-10 titled progeny, she's usually about ready for retirement. Not so with the stud dog who has more opportunities (breedings with various partners, progeny) to demonstrate the quality he produces.

I have said it before but I'll say it again. The motherline is far under-rated in this country. Too many people think she is just an oven that will reliably bake carbon copies of that awesome stud dog. When I import an adult breeding female, she usually costs me a lot more than a stud dog with equivalent (sp?) pedigree, credentials... Its a LOT harder to pry a good producing female out of the hands of an owner than it is a stud dog. Most Germans won't part with them before age 5-6, if ever, and only then to someone they know and like.

SS

Hi Mirasmom:  Are the dogs you are breeding titled?  Are your dogs breed surveyed?  Are the dogs that you are breeding certified through OFA on both hips and elbows? 

Hi sueincc,

My dogs can most certainly acheive titles, I have been just doing AKC obedience with my dogs, and have
been leaning towards Companion Dog titles, I am in the process of joining a Schutzhund club, and I am
currently using Xander von Hena-c as a stud muffin, he has just achieved his schutzhund 1, he is handled
by his current owner and she has done an excellent job training him, Xander is OFA Good Normal elbows.

Not everyone wants a GSD that they can use for bitework, they are interested in a nice healthy companion that
can be easily trained and become a part of their family.
I DNA and OFA  and Temperament Test (www.atts.org )all my dogs males & females, if I x-ray a dog & OFA doesn't give me a passing grade, then I do over or get the opinions
of different vets in my area that I trust to evaluate the x-rays, OFA isn't the tell all anyway, and I would probably be better
off sending in my x-rays to the SV, I think their rating system is probably less cut & dry.

I will be doing bred survey's on my dogs in the future, I have gone to AKC conformation shows, and have not been
kicked out for having a dog with a bad bite or a bad temperament, they are not American show line dogs, I don't
go thinking I'm going to come away with a big win, I go for the dog, to see his reaction to a judge sticking his hands
in my dogs mouth & touching him all over, so far, so good.

Do you know of anyone that has been breeding dogs and raising eight children, and working 40 hours a week?
I am retired now,  and do have more dogs than I did when I worked, I just have 3 teenagers left at home, 2 of which I still provide rides home from after school sports, dentist and Drs. appts.

You may not like my dogs or my breed program, but you are not the only person in the world that loves German Shepherds,
I have many people that have stayed in touch with me for many years after getting a pup from me, and those people, to me
I consider my extended family

Thank you for asking, I feel a whole lot better now, what do I owe you?

    Paula


 

Shelley
The motherline is for me the main line regarding allspecies, If you do not have TOP quality females you will fade away regards breeding and i know this for sure well at least in the :Pigeon World, Many lofts throughout my life i have seen negected the Motherline and i told them they had to change or fade away, Three top Belgian fanciers took notice of an Englishman visting belgium at the time, Me' and since taking my advice have come back rto the top in the sport and each has won Belgian Nationals since, Yes, Females in the breeding have to be very high quality indeed
Steve

Mirasmom I was asking because someone I know was asking me about the upcoming litter you mention on your website.  Your post reminded me to ask you.  I will let her know  the bitch in question is not OFA'ed nor titled or breed surveyed.  She does maybe want to do a sport so I will point her in the direction of a kennel that breeds proven stock, even though all pups are a crap shoot, at least she can start out with the correct genetic material hopefully, and for around the same or even a lower price. 

I'm not sure what kids and work schedule has to do with obtaining proper health clearances, titles and breed surveys before breeding your dogs though.  
 
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions.

Not everyone wants a GSD that they can use for bitework, they are interested in a nice healthy companion that
can be easily trained and become a part of their family.

As I gaze across the room at my breeding stock, crapped out in baskets and dog beds as I type this, I like to think the dogs I breed are suitable for both interests listed above, and more...
Versatility is supposed to be a hallmark of the breed.
Why breed for less?

SS