Well....you could break down the cost. Hopefully puppy lives to be 14 years old. So a 1400 dollar puppy is 100 bucks a year.
I understand what you meant...truly I do...but in my case to get a puppy from a breeder whose goals and breeding program met my criteria...I was willing to spend the money to obtain that.
I could buy a yorkie puppy out of the newspaper here...any day of the week for 700 dollars, but honestly I doubt any of those breeders would meet my expections.