$1000 - $1500 for a pet quality dog?!
That sounds ridiculous. Of course, so does $4 gasoline and I still pay it. I have to have my gasoline and most of us on here have to have our Yorkies! Retailers will historically charge as much as the market can bear. If consumers are willing to pay it, they'll charge it.
I haven't had a Yorkie in several years and haven't bought one in many years. My ex is generously giving me a little male from her recent litter (only eleven more weeks and little Jackson gets to come home, yeah!) so I won't have to pay for one this time but I had been looking around. In the paper, and that's not necessarily where I would go but, in the paper in southern Indiana, Illinois, western Kentucky area, pet quality Yorkies seem to be going for $500 - $600 with females running $50 - $100 more from any particular breeder. The last time I bought a pup, about six or seven years ago, I think she was around $350 or $400 so current prices seem like a lot to me. $1000 - $1500 sounds almost insane. Still, different areas of the country have always charged more for some things and, if that's what I had to pay, I'm sure I'd just save longer and pay it. But I don't have to, this time at least, did I mention my ex is giving me a pup? Did I mention that Jackson gets to come home in eleven weeks? Man, I can't wait to get him home.
- Byron |