When I was looking for my girl I e-mailed some of the so-called reputable breeders who either didn't have web sites, or didn't post prices on their sites. A surprising number of them never got back to me, and a couple got back to me with ridiculously high prices. One would be happy to accept my $600 deposit towards a 3 year waiting period! While I was more than willing to pay a fair price and wait a reasonable amount of time, I began to feel like those not listing prices were hiding something (super high prices, no puppies available in the reasonable future) I felt the whole process was defeating and a waste of time, and I ended up getting my girl from a local breeder who's name I got while I was visiting the dog park. If I'm ever searching the web for a puppy again, you better believe one thing I'm going to want to see is price! |