Buying a GSD puppy - need input - Page 4

Just buy that puppy. $1500 or $3500, what's the difference? Anything over $800 for a pet is paying too much.

Thank you! Very good information :)

This site is full of a lot of knowledge, and I am grateful I found it!

LL

I can buy a trained adult for $3500. Obviously you want a slow line gsd. Find a good breeder and ask for a reject puppy. Something with a minor imperfection.

"Anything over $800 for a pet is paying too much."

This might have been true in 1997  but not sooo much now.  I think anyone who is seriously considering a "quality-bred" GSD should expect to pay  between $1000 and $2,000 depending on not only the puppy - but location as well --  A puppy would cost more in Westchester County NY than the same puppy would fetch in Monkey's Eyebrow Kentucky. It's called economics -- and "average gross income".    


Ever heard the expression:  "We have no quarrel with those who charge less -- they know what their stuff is worth."  

Paying more does not guarantee you get more - but paying less very often buys you less.

Lol @ Pineridge. I pay that for top of the line working puppies all over the world. Most of the time, less. I'm not saying that the average price isnt higher than $800, but why pay that for a pet? So you can impress friends that are more clueless than yourself?

Btw, paying $5 for a hotdog in ny doesn't make it right in Washington.

I have to agree with Chaz. If you're looking for a pet a minor confirmation flaw isn't going to affect the health or even be visible to an amateur owner or the general public and often not even to a reasonably experienced owner. I've had GSDs for nearly 20 years and I still can't see a lot of small flaws. I can pick out obvious ones but not the small ones. He will still be eager to learn, maybe not too drivey and will be a well rounded family dog. Where I live full reg dogs run $1200-$1500 and limited is pretty much $800 across the board. Bullinger sells the highest priced GSDs in my area and they are $1500-$2500 for pups but she is the highest I have found around here.

When I was breeding, there was no "limited" reg -- and we did not differentiate among  the litter- all pups were the same price-- coated/ one testicle/ whatever  --  logic was- one testicle does not make him less of a loving pet - and the other one has to come out anyway --and we were always way below"market" as it was.   We had only a spay-neuter agreement - and gave money back for titles..  When we were getting $750 for guaranteed pups - our breeder "friends" were happily collecting $1200 and more for bad temperament, bad hips, floppy ears and generations of heart problems -- but "they could move" - so nothing else mattered.  HUMBUG !!


I was surprised (but shouldn't have been) when I came across a breeder who was charging 600 each because there were 8 pups - so I said "How much would they have been if there were only 4 -- she said - $1,200.  

That's what I call "Full Moon" logic --- she was apparently looking to make around $5,000 per litter - no matter how many/how few pups. 

The only rule to remember"  "Let the buyer beware".  Everyone gets the dog they deserve.

$750 for a one nut?

Just because I'm looking for a pet, companion, new family member (not just a pet to me) doesn't mean through training and helping the pup grow to its full potential, that he/she may be so smart and gorgeous, that it could be a show dog. I am new to the GSD world, but am learning very quickly - with a lot more to learn, but i have no clue yet where me and my pup will aspire to - you never know.. What I do know is, I'm very excited in my pursuit to find my pup, and then get him/her. You never know, you could see us at a show sometime :)