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Originally Posted by DazzlinYT  I have to say I think price varies considerably from region to region. In my particular region, yorkie prices have hit rock bottom. You can buy a puppy all day long from the newspaper for $350.. granted these are six week old puppies with a plethera of health issues, parasites and God only knows what else. Every tom dick and harry seem to be smacking two dogs together and popping out puppies. I have found that VERY few of my pet puppy inquries (notice I say inquiries, not buyers..I would never sell to idiots like this) give two hoots about the fact that my puppies are champion sired from tested dogs, and well known bloodlines..they don't care that my puppies are already altered, fully vaccionated, and blood tested, health warrantied..they care about PRICE, size and sex. I am inundated with people like this on a daily basis. I actually had one woman tell me that I was insane for asking SIX HUNDRED dollars for a small neutered male puppy because who would pay that much for a dog they couldn't even breed anyways. It probably would have been a good oportunity to educate the woman, but I was actually left speechless. (rare for me! lol) I have six hundred bucks in the dogs vetting for God's sake.. it's basicly a free dog! How much cheaper can you get than free? Yet the BYB down the road who breeds tiny little soft coated dogs can get $1500 no warranty, no problem... all day long. I find something a little wrong with this scenerio.. lol I don't breed so I have pet puppies to sell..I breed for myself..but it would be nice to at least come close to breaking even when I do have a pet puppy to sell..lol
I have found the majority of pet puppy buyers want a small "babydoll faced" (their term, not mine) short legged FEMALE puppy that won't exceed 4 lbs.. and they want this for $800 or less. |
You ALTER your dogs before they go home? My gosh, I wished more breeders did this. I didn't know they could be spayed and neutered so young though. I guess as long as it was safe to do so, I know I would rather have an already altered puppy instead of having to go through the anxious process later.
As for average price, good luck on that one. You can find yorkies at many different prices. I've seen some for $6k (which I find to be way too high, even if they are cute) and some for a few hundred. Quality does not necessarily go up with price (or necessarily go down with price), but it seems like most reputable breeders advertise between 6-900 for male and 8-1200 for female with some higher and some lower. I got Breyli for an extremely reasonable price and couldn't be happier. I do think that the "average" price will likely drop in the near future since many people just cannot afford that anymore on top of caring for a dog (see the reduction of sale of pet shop puppies with the down turn of the economy and the rise of owners turning dogs into shelters since they can't afford the care the dog needs).