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Offline michelle123

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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #15 on: February 18, 2007, 05:18:53 PM »
Blue was £500 around 18 months ago. 

To us he is priceless.  I would easily part with that amount of money again for another bundle of trouble  ;)
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2007, 05:19:52 PM »
I paid £600 for Molo over 2 years ago - there was a litter advertised in the local paper at the time we reserved him for £450, all KC registered etc...but we happened to know that it was a local "commercial" breeder  :-\

I really don't think price is a good indicator of a good breeder - you only need to look at how much some commercial or backyard breeders charge for x-breeds........ ::)
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2007, 05:29:42 PM »
I paid £400 for Penny in Oct 2002. The price was comparative to cocker prices in the north west of england at the time and she is from from reputable lines.
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2007, 05:34:58 PM »
I paid £450 for Indy last July.

Even though she is the daftest lump I''ve ever met, she's worth every penny, plus the countless amount I've spent since getting her.  :luv:
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2007, 05:37:35 PM »
The average price in Scotland is now £500-£550. I don't known any show breeders charging more or less than these figures.
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2007, 05:40:37 PM »
I paid £640 for Lucy although that included the first Vaccination.

Best £640 i've ever spent :luv:
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2007, 05:42:44 PM »
pepper £10 :luv:
 liath .. present ( my 40th) :luv:
 Rolo...present for delivering him and saving the rest of the litter. :luv:
 but they are all priceless to me.

 however pups go for around 350 - 450 for  k c reg workers of good working pedigree in  highland region at present time.
 show types I havent a clue but I believe prices can be higher. Do the showing fraternity get together to decide on what they are charging or is it done less formally.
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2007, 05:52:25 PM »
£500 for poppy last april in Sussex. working stock KC reg and microchipped. also first vaccination.

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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2007, 05:57:11 PM »
Well I've still not got my own cocker but have been looking at ads for months and spoken to varous breeders! We went to see two litters yesterday, not to buy but so my husband could get some experience of Cockers!  :o Thankfully he was very impressed and it has been settled that a cocker will join us at some point in the not too distant hopefully!  :005:

Prices are varied but we are prepared to pay as much as necessary to get the right puppy! Hubby was astonished when I told him one litter I was looking at about 6 months ago was £650 but after listening to me explain why getting a puppy from a reputable breeder is so important he is happy now to pay that when the time is right! The puppies we saw yesterday - one was a BYB the other one wasn't a puppy farm but was very close!!!! The chap even said at the time that breeding puppies was very lucrative!  >:D I could have slapped him!

I must repeat though that we did not go and see these puppies to buy them! I certainly wouldn't dream of it!!!! Oh and they were priced at £500-550! One breeder wouldn't entertain the KC
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2007, 07:04:00 PM »
i paid 350 for ollie he was one of two left so i got him 25 pound cheaper than the rest of the litter, he is worth a million though, he didnt have any injections or anything like that....
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2007, 07:08:44 PM »
we paid £450 for barkley (kc registered working cocker) one year ago today! :D
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #26 on: February 18, 2007, 07:09:58 PM »
We paid £600 for Kalli  :luv: shes worth every penny.  Shes cost us alot more since then too. :005:
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #27 on: February 18, 2007, 07:18:04 PM »
I paid £500 for Alfie (KC reg working cocker from Scotland from proven working lines) and he is worth every penny of it  :luv:

For Tilly the donation to the rescue was £150 but I left £200 and some food, toys and blankets  :luv:
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #28 on: February 18, 2007, 07:21:23 PM »
We got Maddy at 17 weeks from a young couple who had her from a pet breeder, however she has a great pedigree, I didn't ask what they had paid but gladly handed over the £400 they wanted for her, sadly for them they bought first and thought after as they had 3 children one a young baby just crawling.
Lucky for me though as she is and always will be the Very Best £400 we ever spent.
Just dare not add up what we have spent on her since  :005: not that she is spoiled or anything  :005: :005:
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Re: Cost of a pup? Curiosity has me.
« Reply #29 on: February 18, 2007, 08:10:17 PM »


We paid £600  for Louie.

That was the average price although we were close to buying a puppy from another breeder and she was asking £700. The price was not a determining factor in our choice though, we figured that if we couldn't afford the puppy, we would not be able to afford some of the associated costs.

We also found some were asking a little more for bitches.
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