What is the Most Expensive Dog?

ORIGINAL: rwbeagles

I just think it's nuts what people are charging and paying for a pet

Oh yah....you should be able to buy a new Lexus for the price of a used Pinto definitely. 

For our younger audience, the Pinto was manufactured by Ford in the 70's, Last seen in 1980.  Its original list price was around $1,500 and I don't think it reached $3K by 1980.  It was a very cheap-made car and had a lot of safety issues, especially when rear ended (gas tank explodes).

So GSD stands for German Shepard D?
What does the D stand for is my question?
 

ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d

What Kind of a dog is it and do u have a photo to post of it

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ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d

If you're talking purchase price, I know of a GSD in the area that cost his owner $30k to purchase. He's top, Czech lines, and came police trained. He's very valuable, as a breeder and worker. I'd imagine it'd be the top of the breed, pre trained, and seasoned breeder type dogs.





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He's a GSD, and I haven't met him, so I don't have a photo. His owner is the local Schutzhund trainer, and also does pet obedience classes. My next dog will hopefully be a well bred Doberman or Standard Poodle, and I'll be in Schutzhund classes, then. That's going to be a while, though[]

Harry is very cute what kind of a dog is he and what kind of a pet does it make? Does his bread typically get along with cats and other dogs?
 

ORIGINAL: Laurelin_429

We paid $2400 for Harry and I don't think that's unreasonable at all.  We get a considerable refund if he proves not conformation quality.  You're paying for the stud fee, the health testing- OFA, CERF, etc, the bloodlines- you know what type of a bloodline you are getting as far as health and personality and looks etc, pregnancy care, raising the puppies, vaccines, socializing, etc.  Plus the breeder's put in money to train the parents or title them.  If a breeder is doing all this, it's going to be expensive.  Then you top it off with the fact that small breeds have tiny litters, and the breeders still have to do the same amount of testing and medical care (sometimes more on certain small breeds that have more birthing issues).  So you get all that that the breeder spent on this pregnancy and these pups and they only split this cost between two puppies.  It's not the breeder trying to sell these pups for as much as they can, it's them selling the dog so it covers some of the cost that they put into it.  I highly doubt the breeder came anywhere close to breaking even on Beau and Harry because they were both two pup litters. 

I see it as paying $2000 (ish for both dogs) now and knowing what kind of dog I'm getting and having it health tested before I purchase it so hopefully I will not have to spend as much on genetic diseases in the future.  Comparatively, our free dog wracked up HUGE bills for HD treatment throughout his life.  He had two hip replacements and several minor surgeries that ended up costing a lot. 

GSD=German Shepherd Dog

ORIGINAL: FreebiesTownCOM

So GSD stands for German Shepard D?
What does the D stand for is my question?

ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d

What Kind of a dog is it and do u have a photo to post of it

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ORIGINAL: jennie_c_d

If you're talking purchase price, I know of a GSD in the area that cost his owner $30k to purchase. He's top, Czech lines, and came police trained. He's very valuable, as a breeder and worker. I'd imagine it'd be the top of the breed, pre trained, and seasoned breeder type dogs.





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He's a GSD, and I haven't met him, so I don't have a photo. His owner is the local Schutzhund trainer, and also does pet obedience classes. My next dog will hopefully be a well bred Doberman or Standard Poodle, and I'll be in Schutzhund classes, then. That's going to be a while, though[]

German Shepherd Dog

Harry?  He's a papillon puppy.  Thanks for the compliments.  He likes getting compliments.  []



He hasn't coated yet, he's only 6 months old.  If you're interested in the breed (which is great, they're wonderful) here's a good site with lots of FAQ and information- [linkhttp://www.papillonclub.org/]http://www.papillonclub.org/[/link] 
I've never owned a cat, so I don't know about cat questions.  They love the chinchilla though!  They're great around dogs though you need to be careful letting them around large breed dogs. 

ORIGINAL: rwbeagles

I just think it's nuts what people are charging and paying for a pet

Oh yah....you should be able to buy a new Lexus for the price of a used Pinto definitely. 

 
We are talking about a living breathing thing,not a piece of property.Tho some people look at their dogs in this way...

Exactly, and the money you spend to acquire is only the beginning...which is why cheap eople, hagglers, and bargain hunters aren't on my list.

ETA: Either as buyer...or seller.
 
ETAA: Not saying "you" are any of the above....as I do not know you. I am saying if cost to acquire is the big concern then my big concern is the outcome when FiFi gets loose and gets hit by a modped and requires $2500 surgery. It may not be an issue...but it may be, as a breeder you have to try with one's mind to picture all scenarios and judge people you don't know as well as you'd like at first. I charge what I feel is fair...and if that's too high or someone were to accuse me of trying to make money off of them I'd simply have to laugh hard enough someone would need to pass the Depends.

Brookcove wrote: It can cost around $100,000 to import a Supreme ISDS Champion Border collie - actually no one is exactly sure what these dogs cost exactly because the owners keep it pretty close to their vests, but the sellers usually let out the ballpark figure. This has been done about half a dozen times in recent history.

Second in cost is to import a top female in whelp to one of these champions. The pups from one of these deals usually runs around $1500.

The cost of these maneuvers has dropped, however, with the advent of the pet passport program. A friend imported a daughter of a World Champion, in whelp to a Supreme Champion and it only cost her about $15,000.



I vote that the $100,000.00 price tag on Border Collie International Champions is fabrication & conjecture.

The pups from the newest BC International Champion imported into Canada, Stuart Davidson's Star, carry a price tag of $600.00 on them. Additionally the pups from a daughter of previously imported International Champion Stuart Davidson's Craig, when bred to Star, (double International champions lines here) sold for $600.

The conjecture and misinformation on the selling prices of these dogs does as much to raise the price of BCs as anything else.

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Helllllllooooo. Read the last lines of what you quoted, about the pet passport program. But I stand firm on current prices. I'm not going to name names here on a public forum but you can PM me if you want.

I've never imported a dog but I was under the impression that the pet passport program had to do with bringing dogs into the UK.  How would these regulations have anything to do with exporting a dog from the UK to the US and bringing down the prices to do so?  I thought that bringing a dog from the UK to the US was pretty simple and cost only as much as the health certificate and the cargo costs.

Because once the dog is in the US the genetics are gone, unless the process can be reversed. I have a personal friend whom this has benefited greatly (someone you would be very familiar with I'm sure if I mentioned his name) - his source in the UK has slashed his prices since he can now easily bring back stud pups from good dogs he sells to his friend here.

Overseas sellers now compete with triallers who can bring their stud dogs with them when they travel, as (I'm drawing a blank) someone did to Soldier Hollow the last two years. So the "big deals" are no longer there like they used to be ten or twelve years ago or so.

But this didn't change the economics between the UK and Europe, where the demand for the "real" Border collie is continuing to drive prices up and up. $600 is still a crazy price for a Border collie pup, no matter how it's bred, but that's life. A very good friend recently quoted me $1200 for a pup, with a completely straight face, and he is NOT an AKC breeder, far from it.

The other thing that is driving up the cost of Border collies is the goosedog services and sport people. A dealer friend of mine was lamenting this to me recently - it's hard for him to set a price for a trained dog when non-livestock people are buying up the lousy ones for outrageous prices.

There will be a time in the very near future when a decently bred BC pup will be in the $2000 range, and trained dogs will cost well in the $20,000 range. It's unfortunate but true.

The other thing that is driving up the cost of Border collies is the goosedog services and sport people.

brookcove:  Is this where the BC chases the bird flock away.  I have seen them being used at Chicago's O'Hare Airport and it is cool to watch.

Yup. I should mention that these dogs cost $125,000 or MORE. But those dogs come with a full servcie package and a handler [] But once you start getting into dogs like that I bet there's more expensive dogs than those, even - military trained dogs and such.

ETA - The $100K+ dogs are strictly the airport contract dogs. Golf course dogs only run between $6K and $10K, depending on what's needed, or they can be leased too. The reason for the expense of the airport dogs is the liability and safety issues and the greater training that is needed. I train airport dogs.

Spiritdogs:

The best dog I ever had in my life cost $1, lived for 17+ years, and never disappointed me - not even once.

 
I could not agree with you more!!!  Unfortunately, her life wasn't as long as I'd always hoped but I got 12 of the greatest years []