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21/04/2024
I have recently seen a few discussions on the cost of different purebred puppies. A common theme amongst these discussio...
20/03/2024

I have recently seen a few discussions on the cost of different purebred puppies. A common theme amongst these discussions is people being surprised at the cost of a well bred purebred dog. There are typically two kinds of responses to hearing these higher costs:
1. They are astounded by the price and think it is a scam or ridiculous.
2. They think you are insulting their $300 purebred by saying it is not worth as much.

No one is saying that your dog is worth less as a companion based on what you paid, but well bred dogs cost what they cost for very good reasons. A well bred dog can be thought of as an investment, you pay more up front to ensure a higher likelihood of paying less over the dogโ€™s lifetime for health and behavioral issues.

The cost of a well bred dog varies heavily amongst breed and more slightly across different regions, but the averages for each breed can be roughly estimated. For example, a well bred golden retriever is likely to cost you between $2,000-3,000 for just limited registration pretty much anywhere in the US. So, if I see someone selling a golden for $1,000 or less that tells me that massive corners are being cut in regard to health testing, veterinary care, or titling. Reputable breeders so rarely even break even, so they certainly could not afford to take a hit like that, so this would tell me that most likely those puppies are not well bred.

To demonstrate why well bred dogs cost what they do, letโ€™s dive into the details of what all goes into producing the litter. To make it simpler, weโ€™ll continue our example using the golden retriever and I will be giving averages based on estimates from clinics in my area and from breeders I have spoken to regarding this. Individual costs for each breeder will obviously be different based on location and how long it takes to title the dog.


๐—œ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: $3,000

๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—› ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: $10,000-$15,000
This includes entry fees, travel costs such as gas, hotels, meals, etc, grooming supplies. Breeders often have to travel very far out of state for shows, so these costs will vary. This cost can also be significantly higher if a professional handler is used, and goldens are a hard breed to finish so they often are.

๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ (๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ): $5,000-$10,000 per sport
This includes entry fees and travel costs.

These are important steps because they prove through an unbiased third party that the dog has proven itself worthy of being bred. Conformation is meant to serve as judgement of breeding stock, which means that the judges are comparing the dog to its breed standard to see how well it represents it. Titling in sports proves the dog has the drive and trainability to excel in these activities that will hopefully be passed on.

Health testing is one of the most important parts of breeding responsibly. The goal is to produce an overall healthier next generation, so doing all breed appropriate health tests and only breeding those who will pass on better genes is of the utmost importance. For goldens to receive a CHIC number, which is a certification given when the dog has been screened for every disease recommended by the parent club for that breed and those results are publicly made available, there are four required tests:

๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ >๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€:
Radiographs: $200-300
Sedation if necessary: $150
OFA submission: $45

๐—˜๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ >๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€:
Radiographs: $200-300
Sedation if necessary: $100
OFA submission: $35

๐—˜๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†:
Exam: $55
OFA submission: $12 new, $8 resubmission thereafter

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ >๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐˜€:
Exam: $100
Echo: $300-500
OFA submission: $15

In addition to these tests required by the CHIC program, many breeders will often do DNA testing to screen for common heritable issues in their breed. For example, PRA and Ichthyosis are commonly screened for in goldens.
๐——๐—ก๐—” ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: $200 through Embark or $80 per test through other companies.

Costs associated with breeding or a pregnant bitch:

๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ: $1,000-3,000
There could also be extra costs associated with shipping the stud or costs associated with artificial insemination.
๐—•๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜: $50
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€: $100/each
๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜€/๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€: $150/each
๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜, ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ: $200
This is assuming the bitch has an easy pregnancy and birth as an emergency C-section could easily cost $5,000.
๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป: $250
๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ): $300
๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: $300-500
๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: $50/week
๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: $100/puppy
๐—š๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€: $50-100/puppy

Taking all of the low end estimates and assuming immediate conception and a flawlessly simple pregnancy and delivery of an average sized litter already breaks $20,000, and none of these figures factor in the time and expertise of the breeder which cannot be quantified. They often take days off work to travel for shows and sport trials or during the first week or so after the puppies have been born. They spend years studying the breed, studying pedigrees, and carefully choosing their pairings. They spend at minimum 8 weeks with the litter once born following puppy raising protocols that ensure the puppies will be as socialized as possible by the time they get to you. They examine the puppies closely looking at structure and personality to decide which puppy is the best fit for you and your lifestyle. After all of this, they also provide a lifetime of support to you and your new dog.

I know that I too was a little shell shocked the first time I learned what a well bred dog costs, but the more that you learn about all that is involved and how important each of those steps are, the more you understand how incredibly worth the investment a well bred dog is.

08/03/2024

When we are faced with death, it's important to celebrate life.

25/01/2024

My thoughts on the Purina consumer claims.

As many of you are aware pet owners/breeders are posting complaints against the Purina food company. Some even claiming their dogs have died from consuming their food. There have been no recalls and I'm not aware of an official investigation into these claims but the company has issued a statement saying these are false claims.

Purina has made 11+ recalls, between cat and dog food, since 2004 for anything from pieces of plastic, salmonella poisoning, vitamin and mineral levels being too high or low and a few others. This info can be found in 2 minutes by searching Purina recalls. I just listed back to 2004 but there are more pre-2004. Does this mean I won't recommend it? No. All companies do recalls and accidents happen. Petcerean, Hills, Iams, and more have all been through recalls. There is a class action lawsuit against all prescription diet blends. I'm not going to go into detail on that but if you feed prescription diets it is an interesting read. My point is nothing is perfect, nothing is one size fits all and it always comes down to you being your dogs advocate. Unless you buy every single ingredient that goes into your dogs bowl and you know exactly where those ingredients come from you do not have control of what your dog is eating, just the illusion of it. Even raw food companies have done recalls due to salmonella and other contaminant issues so nothing is perfect. If your dog is doing great on whatever you feed, perfect, continue to feed it! If you truly feel a Purina product, or any product for that matter, has made your pet sick then there is a process to go about having your food replaced and an investigation may be started, you may also be ignored. Remember that the squeaky wheel gets the grease! I fed Proplan for 5 years. I didn't feel I was getting the results I wanted and switched away. Every single puppy I produced was sent home with Proplan puppy food and some still feed it and many have switched away. I still recommend it as an option for dals because many dals do great on it.

This is of course just my 2 cents, take it or leave it.

I just entered Skye in the Halifax show this March. Her handler will be Dawn Dearing, the young lady in our profile phot...
25/01/2024

I just entered Skye in the Halifax show this March. Her handler will be Dawn Dearing, the young lady in our profile photo with Skye.
Wish us luck!

Enjoying her Icelandic sheepskin
15/01/2024

Enjoying her Icelandic sheepskin

31/12/2023

Skye enjoying winter in her cute little sweater.

31/12/2023
27/12/2023

โœ”๏ธ I support Reputable Rescues AND Reputable Breeders!

People often ask where our "rescue" Dalmatians come from?

Well they're are definitely NOT coming from reputable breeders who would take their Dalmatians back! Reputable breeders always know where ALL of their Dalmatians are, how they are doing, are health tested, follow a code of ethics AND have Permanent ID.

Please stop supporting pet breeders! This is how YOU can support rescue & put us out of business forever! Our goal in rescue is to never be needed again! Many of our previous rescues were purchased off Kijiji & Craigslist ads. The breeders were unable to be found or didn't want them back. ๐Ÿ˜”

Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975) Satan taking a break from hate crimes ,2022
27/12/2023

Vanessa Stockard (Australian, b.1975)
Satan taking a break from hate crimes ,2022

In a festive meadow, kissed by a rainbow's light,In peace and happiness, our spirits joyfully alive.
11/12/2023

In a festive meadow, kissed by a rainbow's light,
In peace and happiness, our spirits joyfully alive.

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