Papers aren't necessary to me. As long as I can see the parents, play the puppy, and get some sort of guarantee from the breeder, then I don't care too much about papers. I paid $700 for Luigi which is AMAZING here in southern California. I refused to pay more than $1000, even that was pushing it. My limit was more around $900 haha. So I did a big search and found many breeders selling for around those prices...some with papers even!
I personally can't see myself ever paying more than that much for a doggy, unless I was going to show them or breed them.
__________________ ..::``*Pamela*``::..  mama to Luigi |