The cost of purchasing Cocker Spaniels!!!

[karendorman13]

One breeder I was originally looking at charged £150 extra for bitches. She also could not tell me the health status of both parents and she was advertising show cockers but you could clearly see they were from working stock. Obviously trying to take advantage of people who had not done research into the breed and make a quick buck too   

[SophieBlueRoanLover]

One breeder I was originally looking at charged £150 extra for bitches. She also could not tell me the health status of both parents and she was advertising show cockers but you could clearly see they were from working stock. Obviously trying to take advantage of people who had not done research into the breed and make a quick buck too   

Hmmm, maybe that's where the £850 came from - I didn't ask what she charged for the males. She has also advertised as show and I could see the mum was half-working as soon as I saw her. Lucky me for knowing the difference, but I'm sure plenty of people don't and end up with slightly different dogs than they'd expected.

[Jane S]

I have seen some websites for reputable breeders saying that they have increased their prices to £850 as they're passing on the cost of the increased burden of health testing to the purchase price of the puppies. Others obviously see it as a necessary cost prior to breeding their bitch (in order to breed healthy pups) and it just comes out of any profit they make.

Breeders that say that aren't what I call "reputable" - if you are a responsible, ethical breeder, profit does not come into it and you certainly don't expect your buyers to subsidise you for the tests any good breeder should regard as essential if you want to do your best for your puppies! Can't believe the cheek of some breeders..........

[Lily Freya]

I paid 750 for each of my boys almost 4 years ago.  Our latest little blue roan is 650. 

[sarahm2008]

I paid 720 for our orange roan show cocker

[Sharon]

Why anybody would actually PAY £1300 for an undesirable sable colour is beyond me 

[Jane57]

£550 for Blue roan Riley, fantastic breeder too.

[**purpleprincess**]

It's crazy isn't it, how people charge all those different amounts. The first lady we got in touch with was charging extra for the blue roan dog, that among other things rang alarm bells for us.

Our little Luca cost us £700 which I think is about average. Both parents health tested, KC registered, wormed, chipped, vaccinated, came with pack and food, and all pups in the litter the same price. Even our little choc roan which is an unusual colour, and the choc and tans.

Doesn't imply ethical when breeders start chopping and changing the amounts!

My boyfriend's brother and wife live in Sweden and 3 years ago they bought a show type black cocker bitch and they paid the equivalent of £1000! They don't even know if parents were health tested etc etc.

[Toni-UK]

I have seen some websites for reputable breeders saying that they have increased their prices to £850 as they're passing on the cost of the increased burden of health testing to the purchase price of the puppies. Others obviously see it as a necessary cost prior to breeding their bitch (in order to breed healthy pups) and it just comes out of any profit they make.

I have seen that on a breeders website,possibly the same one.  
As Jane says there are still commercial breeders under the KC ABS which i didn't realise when i was looking for Ruby but the more research you do the more knowledge you get and knowledge is the power to make an informed and hopefully right choice.

Ruby was £650 four years ago.

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

£500 for Charlie.

When I was looking £450 - £600 was the average price I'd found.

[Clare B]

Here in Oz $800 to $1000 ( that's 530pounds to 660pounds)  for a well bred show cocker .... Don't know about sables never seen one in real life or for sale.  Have noticed that liver colored charge more, and there's only a couple if breeders who have liver here, again never seen one in real life.

[ElvieMogs]

£700 for Madoc 2 weeks ago. He's KC reg with fully health tested parents & all the litter were the same price. There were only 3 pups in the litter, born by C section and the breeders kept one themselves. They certainly wouldn't have made any money out of them!

[Jimyg]

Hugo was only £300, always worth haggling a bit! Cockers seem generally reasonably priced compared to the £2300 my step sis has just splashed out on an english bulldog!

[jak3]

we payed £550 for Alfie which i found to be average (in scotland) although i did find it difficult to find a good breeder in scotland seemed to be a wider choice in England which we were gong to travel but the Alfie poped up just 15mins from were we live, he was the last one left and fell in love with him instantly!

[Clare B]

Hugo was only £300, always worth haggling a bit! Cockers seem generally reasonably priced compared to the £2300 my step sis has just splashed out on an english bulldog!

I think the big price of bulldogs is because of the small litters they have, just like westies here $2000 plus and with all the allergies and health problems they have, just like English bull dogs lots of health problems.... So bigger purchase price, bigger ongoing expense