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Well I've never had a dog and feel like there's been a huge hole in my childhood to be perfectly honest... My friend's bitch has just had a litter and has one for sale. The bitch is famous at the sixform for being such an awesome little dog. The mother of the bitch is a good friends and such a sweeite. The puppy is three quaters minature long haird daxie and one quarter jack russel... Little black with tan boy with a white spec. I'm not sure if that's all you need to know.. but that's all I know!
 
I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't pay for a dog like that
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. A pedigree with papers yes - a mongrel no. There are rescues full of dogs looking for a good home and some even have puppies
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Are you asking for advice on how much to pay? I'd go no higher than £100. I'd be surprised if owner charges more than £150. But I am sure there are people who would pay more.

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Yes... Having no experience in the dog market I'm not sure what is a reasonable price. My friend bred with secured homes however I think one of those homes must of fallen through. As I had my name down on the list he's now offered him to me : )
 
OK - if she is a mate then, I'd go with SU and chance your arm.

While I realise they are not purebred/proven, feeding a litter and the bitch costs money so I would personally offer something, however small, if I knew the person well, but not enough to encourage them spewing out puppies left right and centre
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No more than £0 and thats because i down right refuse to support irresponsible breeders.

There are thousands of dogs exactly like those in rescue homes that are getting killed every day because of people like this "breeder".
 
also in SB, I wouldn't pay for a crossbreed.

We took a token £20 for our mutt pups, when people insisted they wanted to pay.
 
Im currently rehoming 7 cocker spaniel puppies, they are 8 weeks old (4 reserved)
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....we will charge £150 donation for each of them, and they will be CHIPPED, VAXED,WORMED, DE-FLEAD, INSURED and NEUTERED (when old enough), all included in the adoption.

I would personally not pay this type of money for a x breed, without first scanning the local rescue....as suggested it's sort of encouraging back street breeding.
 
While I agree with the majority and say that I wouldn't pay for a mongrel...breeding puppies is an expensive game, both financially and morally so while I would usually baulk at the thought of giving money to irresponsible breeders, a nominal (but preferably optional) 20-30 quid would probably be acceptable IMHO.

But why not check out your local shelters before committing to a puppy? You might fall in love!
 
Thanks for the help. He's asking quite a bit (more then I've spent on at least three of the ponies I've bought!!) so I wanted to check as I have no experience on the dog market. I do have a local dog resuce which I think I might check out... I'm not really actively looking. My concerns with a recuse would be that being my first puppy, having cats, young childern and horsse I don't want to risk anything that might have issues or training differculties as it wouldn't be good for anyone! I may check them out and see if I might still be protentially suitable for a puppy anyway : )
 
Eh? More than a pony? Seriously? Then run a mile and give him a kick up the arse from me on the way past
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Go on, try me.....how much?


Any good rescue will vet a dog with other animals, livestock, kids and will not rehome a dog with issues to an inexperienced home. Most rescues as others have said, will also have baby puppies
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are you nowhere near Cayla?? Those pups of hers look gorgeous, and you'll know they've seen a vet and are as healthy as can be expected. Plus... cocker spaniels... lovely lovely dogs, bit dappy but so much fun and total sweeties.
 
Yep my mum went to give some dog food donations to a rescue local to her which she volunteers for (when she is well enough) and came home with 3 foster puppies.

She said they had 24 puppies all all under 12 weeks.
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OP if i was you i would be looking for a slightly older dog that has been proven with cats and children not a puppy.
 
Ok told my friend I'm not interested at £350 for an unregistered puppy as I don't agree with breeding for profit when they're are far too many unwanted doggies. (He told me his puppies were wanted!). I think I might check out my local rescue then : ) Thank-you for helping a mug... x
 
Yowsers - can I put this in context?

My two are by an imported male who was judged the best working/breed dog in Ireland two years running and was second in the UK competition.
Both he and the dam have all their health tests with excellent results and he had the top working qualification (obedience, prolonged track, full protection routine) and the dam had the first level working qualification (obedience, short track, short protection work)
My dogs were sold chipped, tattoed and DNA tested to prove they were from the dogs it says on their pedigree and they have their German 'pink pedigree'.

They cost £300, 'mates rates' because we know the breeders, they are pets and they are not show quality.
£350? Tell him to feck off and get her closed up, poor wee thing, she is not a money making machine for him.
 
Can't say I'm surprised there is someone near me selling 3/4 ESS x 1/4 Lakeland for £350...........Told her I couldn't believe what some people would pay for a mut!
 
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Ok told my friend I'm not interested at £350 for an unregistered puppy as I don't agree with breeding for profit when they're are far too many unwanted doggies. (He told me his puppies were wanted!). I think I might check out my local rescue then : ) Thank-you for helping a mug... x

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I am all for buying puppies from responsible breeders that does their best to not leave their litters "on the doorstep" to a rescue center if things doesn't goes as they intended etc. but I can also assure you, that if you only look you will find that it is not unique that breeders breed from bitches that can be described as "an awesome little bitch and a not only with a sweetie for a grandmother, without also being a sweetie herself." And it will not always be only because they are home blind and loves their own bitch, sometimes it is actually true.


And I would definitely not call you a mug, you asked for advice elsewhere about reasonable prices before saying yes to getting the puppy, if anybody is a mug here, it is the other people buying puppies from that litter, to that price.

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Well said FLH....I also think those purchasing are mugs and not FMN....and I dare bet some will end up in rescue if he has not offered back up....when people realise they had chosen 2 breeds notoriously bad to toilet train
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Evies breeder travelled to Germany to get her dam mated, the bitch had all health checks and was successful in the show ring over here, pups had first innoc, were tattooed, all papers and a 20 kg bag of food. He charged £600 each (although I was lucky and got my monster for free), makes £350 for crossbreeds, or more to the point mongrels as one parent is a cross itself, absolutely ridiculous in my view.
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Both you, MurphysMinder, and CaveCanem gives good examples of what I think should matter, regarding what is a reasonable price on puppies.

If the breeder have officially shown and/or competed with the bitch, if it is a PAT dog (PRO-Dog Active Therapy visiting dog) or similar,

if the bitch have had health checks, is properly taken care of, vaccinated, dewormed etc,

if the breeder have researched and really tried to find a good match before mating,

if they take good care of the puppies by offering them a rich environment with things to investigate and experience (simple basic things, e.g. average normal household sounds, I put a big bucket on its side that both could move a little and could be used for hiding inside etc.),

if the puppies are vet checked, dewormed, had their first vaccination and is ID marked by tattoo or microchip,

if the puppies are registered and comes with certificates,

if the breeder have an insurance against hidden faults on the puppies,

if/what sort of papers with some basic care advices they give their buyers,

if they send with you some of the type of food that the puppy is used to eating, a small rug or blanket, gnaw bones etc.

and maybe most important of all, if they offer backup or if they think that once your outside their door, their responsibility have ended.



I have no problem with if those things and the quality of the parents, are reflected in the price and if anybody is not sure whether or not so and so is a reasonable price, then sit down and think it through, write down possible time and costs that the breeder in question have had and see if you find some relevance in it.

E.g. if I only ponders about what extra costs that I would not have had, if I had not thought about possibly breeding/are breeding a bitch of mine (extra membership fees, books about breeding and genetics, going to dog shows a little further away from home, health tests, bigger puppy pen, extra insurance, extra food for the bitch before the puppies are born and while she is lactating, extra food for the puppies after they are weaned, extra gnaw bones and toys and rugs for the puppies while they are with me etc), ponders about what things I have needed to spend time on, that I would not have done (or at least not to that extent) unless I thought about possibly breeding/are breeding a bitch of mine, it easily gives some indication of what extra time and money I have invested in any potential litter.


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