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Price Of Pups

My first whippet cost me nothing at all -non pedigree but she was unique and had a lovely nature, my second Pedigree 14 year ago cost me £100 he was a lovely dog too, and my latest Pedigree whippet £300 - (price originally £350) he is worth every penny and gorgeous. :wub: :wub:
 
Nothing to do with Whippets but I saw a litter of Rotties X Douge De Bordeaux advertised locally before Christmas for £700 each as both parents were KC registered!!!!

Who would want that cross anyway and who would pay that for a mongrel?
 
Beerhound said:
Nothing to do with Whippets but I saw a litter of Rotties X Douge De Bordeaux advertised locally before Christmas for £700 each as both parents were KC registered!!!!Who would want that cross anyway and who would pay that for a mongrel?

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[SIZE=21pt]NOT ME[/SIZE] :oops:
 
I think £200/£250 is a fair price in most cases-afterall your buying a living creature/companion that will hopefully be with you for the next 15 years-Compare the prices of kids computer games/dvds etc...

My brother pays £300-400+ for a bloody parrot egg that needs hatching and hand rearing!

If pups are too cheap there is always the risk that they might go to someone not totally committed/responsible-
 
Karen-Coral said:
If pups are too cheap there is always the risk that they might go to someone not totally committed/responsible-
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Thats a good point, something a ped breeder said to me! 5 years ago a fella tried to knock me down from £70 to £60 (w00t) needles to say i told him where to get off, not because that extra £10 meant anything to me but i wondered if he was trying to knock me down a measly tenner would he be prepared to pay vet bills etc if the dog needed it?

I'd pay whatever i could afford for the right dog, if the breeding was what i liked then i would be prepared to pay whatever was being asked.
 
I THINK £150 IS ABOUT RIGHT FOR A PUP THESE DAYS

WHAT IS A FAIR PRICE FOR THE STUD FEE.

WHEN MY DAD USED TO BREED BACK IN THE 60,S THE PICK OF THE LITTER OR THE PRICE OF A PUP WAS THE NORM,

(MY DAD PAID £1500 FOR A PAIR OF RACING PIGEONS IN 70,S)
 
Karen-Coral said:
I think £200/£250 is a fair price in most cases-afterall your buying a living creature/companion that will hopefully be with you for the next 15 years-Compare the prices of kids computer games/dvds etc...My brother pays £300-400+ for a bloody parrot egg that needs hatching and hand rearing!

If pups are too cheap there is always the risk that they might go to someone not totally committed/responsible-

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i agree with you karen if a person wants a pup enough they will pay the price :)
 
spot on karen-i said much the same in my earlier post,you are getting a companion and loyal friend-its a small price to pay.

beerhound £700 may seem way over priced but i suppose people may pay it as they like the cross and it is unusual,we have just looked at an ad for pug pups £900 each.

i have asked this question before,what was a whippet originally bred from?,or how about an italian greyhound?,the reason i ask is some owners are very snobbish about how much they paid for their pups and how well bred they are,and speak down about mongrels but the pups you have mentioned beerhound are bred from 2 pedigree dogs-not 2 mongrels of the street,and if people took the same attitude when the first whippet or italian greyhound pups were bred then sold ,were would we be?,most breeds of today have been tampered with to some degree so maybe we should be less critical of people breeding new crosses as it does not effect us at the end of the day.

:cheers: Dougie.
 
ok i have just done some research,it would seem that the first whippet was registered in 1891 with the english kennel club although america had the first one in 1888,it is thought that the first whippet was bred from greyhound x possibly either bedlington terrier,manchester terrier or italian whippet.

so if we use the beerhound school of thought that crossing two different pedigree dogs = a mongrel,this must mean that all those lovely whippets and italian greyhounds are also mongrels if you search back far enough in their breeding!,im glad i bought a non pedigree whippet in that case,after all whats the point of paying double for a mongrel who is masquerading as a pedigree (w00t) !.

lets not be snobby about our dogs-a mongrel can give the same companionship and love and warmth as any pedigree-each to their own i say,who are we to say that a rottie x douge de bordeaux will not become a much sought after breed in years to come?-just like the mongrel cross of greyhound x terrier/italian greyhound has become.
 
charm bracelet x ells dominator pups in ireland at the mo anyone looking for a pup you better sit down down lol £3000 a each lol i told yer :cheers: :thumbsup:
 
mtotos said:
beerhound £700 may seem way over priced but i suppose people may pay it as they like the cross and it is unusual,we have just looked at an ad for pug pups £900 each.
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I thought most dogs with in-growing faces routinely needed caesarians (my Welsh tacher bred french bulldogs and always needed them). Maybe this pushes the price up?

Elizabeth
 
yes, they are not unusual at that price these days,people are getting greedy with puppy prices,i have some friends who bought a pup for £3000 it is now racing and looking decent but i just dont believe anybody can justify asking silly money for greyhounds-lets face it the prize money is crap and unless you have a top open racer you are never going to recoup your outlay-what with the price of your pup,rearing,schooling and training fees,add to that any injuries that need payed for etc.

the people we know were told if they wanted to travel for an open race it would cost £125 and the open race was only worth £100!,the london kennels are a joke for fees-some of them charge you £7 a day +vat training fees then have a nerve to add on extra for gallops etc -these things should be inclusive of the training fees.

carly phillpot-probably wrong spelling,charge a hefty kennel bill - which is fair enough but then they claim a percentage of the prize money and also charge a scarey amount for travelling,ok they have nice kennels but they charge enough for kennel bills but the trainers who can fill there kennels with good dogs are charging silly money.

we never pay over the odds for pups as paying £3000 does not mean you will end up with anything better than someone who pays £300-£600 for a pup.
 
mtotos said:
ok i have just done some research,it would seem that the first whippet was registered in 1891 with the english kennel club although america had the first one in 1888,it is thought that the first whippet was bred from greyhound x possibly either bedlington terrier,manchester terrier or italian whippet.
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There have been recognisably whippet-sized, whippet-shaped dogs documented from Greek and Roman times; whippet-like dogs appear in 17th and 18th century art from continental Europe, so I wouldn't define the history of whippets purely from Kennel club records. I'm sure medium-sized greyhounds have been line bred for their ability from times immemorial! Ok, so we have a kennel club that regulates breeding very strictly today, but 'pure breeding' must have been practised quite strictly before the 19th century to create distinct breeds that existed in the late 1800s for the kennel club to register!!!
 
just checked their web site,£7.50 + vat per day,they also take 20% of all prize money,vets + gallops charged at cost-vets fair enough-but gallops? is this not part of training?,35p per mile for travelling.

so thats around £61.69 a week and they want extra to give your dog a gallop!

now if you wanted to run your dog in the scottish derby it would cost you around £245 assuming they are around 350 miles from shawfield,now i have travelled from edinburgh to swindon in a 2ltr estate for under a ton-thats some profit.

and they may not be the most expensive!

you can race your dog at shawfield and sunderland and have your trainer run your dog for prize money!,no kennel bills!
 
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