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Now days, what do puppies cost ? Rescue dogs are fine.
If you want a particular breed, what is the range?

Our first Sheltie coat $16 in 1986, our Lilly cost $800 two years ago. That works our pretty cheap per bark.

friends just got a Welsh Corgi $3000 for the pup

Depends upon the breeder.

My German Shepherd came from New Skete 6 years ago, they currently charge over 4k per dog.

A good pet quality dog from a reputable breeder should set you back around $1500-2k.

Shelter dog Honey Half-Lab cost me about $200 at adoption, including a $20 donation. June 2018 at 19 months. She just turned 3. Age and breed of dog will vary adoption fees by a couple hundred dollars from what I saw. She had spent her life, up to Borging me, at the end of a chain. Some assembly required..... . Young dogs will cost more than old dogs, which are sometimes "free", or almost so. Especially if they have medical problems.

Choko, a purebred but unregistered Dachsund is now 7 months. The person who initially spoke for him before birth wanted a long-hair.( His parents and 3 sisters are). Since he was a "reject". and a bit runty, we got him for$ 650- $100 less than his sisters went for. I happened to go on Craiglist about 10 minutes after he was posted, and 3 minutes later we had spoken for him pending inspection the next weekend. we got him at 8 weeks less 2 days. We had looked for a rescue Dachs for a year- hard to come by up here. and most places. We had a contact in Cabo who said she had them all the time - we darned near had to go back there on vacation again and bring us back a Jose..

Breeds from breeders and their pedigrees will vary considerably in cost. Most pure bred Labs go for $1,000 - $1600 up here. More for really good field or hunting lines.

Any dog is likely to cost you an average of $1,000 per year in maintenence over it's lifespan. And as said above. A large piece of your heart.

The cheapest part is buying.

A wise man told me, "The price you pay for a dog comes due when the dog goes to doggie heaven."

What you pay for a dog is only the beginning. Vet bills, and all the rest.

Dogs must be in short supply up there. Wife works with an organization called Paws for life. They take a van load of dogs up to Illinois/Wisconsin area several times a month. Sometimes to Nebraska or Missouri. She recently took a load of cats to Houston,Tx.

They end up costing the most valuable thing you have when they die...YOUR HEART.

Lost one of ours last week,died off some where or the coyotes got her.

Damm dogs.

Our Beni is 7lbs. of pure joy. The cost to weight ratio is amazing.

It was so quiet after our Rowdy died. Very sad.

My son paid $500 for a rescued fiest. Rocky is worth every penny.

Milo is a shorthair, when he isn’t on point he identifies as a lab. The retrievingest, swimmingest dog I’ve ever been around. One if the last two from a local litter. Bought basically site unseen for $300. The parvo treatment a few months later was $1500, but he was worth every penny....

$100 for a rat terrier/Jack Russel mix in 1999.

$150 for a rat terrier in 2001

$15 for a blue heeler mutt in 2003 (best dog in the World).

$150 for a purebred blue heeler in 2005

$450 for a purebred blue heeler in 2012, only one still living.

$2000 to $3000 for registered lines.

i have taken in probably 15 or so senior goldens through the years. I have never looked at it in terms of money. having said that i am sure i am north of 30k in vet bills for those dogs.
i have three goldens and a lap dog in the house we share with them now.
one of the better investments i have ever made.

$850 for a GSP pup 3 weeks ago. Wouldn't take 3x that for her now though.

Looks spoiled already. 😜

Spent $3000 for a 1 yo yellow man three years ago. She turned out to be a decent pheasant dog. She lives with my brother. He has the food and vet bills.

Lost both of my yellow labs 6 months ago. They were 12 years old. They were from 2 different litters 30 days different in age. The younger one only had her shots and checkups. Never had any issues. The older one, probably had close to 30 K in her over the twelve years.

Would do it all again. Sure miss my girls....