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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I look at dog pricing a little bit differently.
Yes, some Yorkies are more tha $1000 but computers can be that much and you get about 5 years of good use out of them. The same for TVs. They can be $500-$1000. A dog, a 15 year commitment (hopefully) and your constant companion is worth a lot more than $1000.
The girls are more than the boys because some can be bred (if not sold on a spay/neuter contract) and they are way more popular. A lot of people prefer girl Yorkies. There is demand for them, so breeders in certain areas can charge more for them.
Breeders should be doing health screening and they might have showing expenses. Reputable breeders make very little money and sometimes end up in the hole even after charging over $1000 by the time everything is figured in and especially if a c-section is needed, so I would expect to pay $800-$1000 at the very least. I actually consider $1200 very fair and possibly up til about $2000-$2500. |
i have personally flip flopped back and forth on my opinion about the price of yorkies...at times i think i paid just the right amount and at times i thought i paid way too much! usually when i thought i paid too much, it was only because something in my personal life happened and i was not where i wanted to be financially at that point in time
however i agree that people will pay $1000+ for a TV and it is nothing like having a furkid to love for many, many years
... i would much rather watch my old, non-HDTV and use the money i could have spent on spoiling my kids or adding another one
i would pay 3-4 times what i paid for my kids if i had to do it all over again...they were all raised lovingly by their breeders and are beautiful, healthy and happy and i have to thank each breeder i got them from
