I just had a litter of 5, AKC reg. I sold 4 of them and I think I could have sold several more females. Every call I got was for a female! I sold them for $900 each. The breeder I got my girl from and who has encouraged me to breed, said she still is getting $1500-$1800 for her puppies. She still has a waiting list. I am sure I could have sold the last male too but I pulled my ad here on YT because all of the talk about it being unethical to advertise and just decided to keep him. With some marketing I am sure I would have no problem selling more. But I was pretty shy about asking around. I really wanted to know the people before letting them have a puppy. You can tell I am not experienced. I would really rather have kept them all!
But to answer your question, I was amazed that the economy downturn did not seem to hinder the sale of my pups. I probably could have kept the price higher but I thought $900 would be easier on people, especially because the Florida panhandle is not an affluent area. There were some advertised in the paper for less when mine were for sale. I was surprised, no one even tried to talk me down on price or say it was a lot for a dog. But then I paid $1500 and $1200 for the parents! It might be different if I bred all the time. This was only my second litter -- first one went to all family and a friend. |