Pup

The wife is finally ready for a new Pup.
I had a hunt around looking for a female black Lab and contacted the first couple of breeders that came up in the google search
Both have litters due, both are asking 2.5K for a Pup

Is this now the norm? I'd banked on perhaps 1500$ but that blew me away.

Anyhow, looking for a hunting Pup with retrieving ability. Down south so not sure if the GSP/ Visla type would have enough cover on them for some of these mornings and cold water. No experience with them anyway.

Bloody hell you only want the pup, not the property it comes from.

Yeah, I'm certainly a bit behind the times if this is new norm.
This is for a dog that will be Spayed and will never enter a show ring.

Id be to scared to take her out the gate.

well our original EP's were $600 without papers, our latest was I think $1500 (which I felt was not too bad, cheap actually for a dog from 100% working stock) a workmate has a spoodle and a cavadoodle which were $1900 each for what I really consider to be "spca specials"
For $2.5k i would expect a guarantee the pup is totally clear of inheritable genetic defects.
Have a chat to any Gundog trialists in your area, they usually know who has what and where

See if/when @BRADS might have another litter coming. Those dog pups the other day looked to have the insulation of a seal.


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@jakewire have a look at pups on tm and you will see why they are going for $2500 from a breeder. a lot of labs are selling from $1200 -$2000 around duck shooting last year litters were selling with in half a day on tm.
My neighbour paid $1600 last year but parents where tested hip etc but the lady he brought it from was hard work

Hmm, Thanks, never looked on TM sort of a bad rep I thought. Maybe my thinking is a little harsh.
However I'm sure something will come up.

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See if/when @BRADS might have another litter coming. Those dog pups the other day looked to have the insulation of a seal.


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Cheers.

Mate that certainly isn't the norm from what I've seen, your original estimate is pretty right. They have got a bit more expensive though, we payed $1250 for our un papered Black lab bitch, (mum was papered). Gone are the days of sub $1000 pups.

@jakewire Don't be in to big a rush. we'll be mating Mia sometime soon and you can get a pup then at mates rates

I paid 2.5 for a pure breed. all be it a different breed, thats fairly normal for a pedigree. some are 5k,

Yes Bully , the wife likes German Shepherds and just for comparison we looked about and found anywhere from 2.5 to over 3K

Yep prices have gone crazy.
We decided to get another Bichon, after losing our girl.
Budgeted 1500, prices were anything up to 3k
Just crazy stuff
Actually we got lucky, my latest shepherd is a ex police pup ( great dog ) and we were asked
to rehome a 2 year old bichon, a couple of months ago.
The bank account breathed a sigh of relief.
Prices seemed to jump when Covid hit.

Check out local pound/SPCA it's surprising what turns up there.I have a vizla/lab/staffy? from SPCA as a pup.I don't know his exact breeding but I know the bugger can find deer and he sure as hell didn't cost $1500!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...84285b35fe.jpg

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Wife works for council and has a bit to do with the dog control team.
She said there are some quite nice dogs that turn up and appear to be straight GSP, Lab hunting breeds

Yup, prices are up. Mate sold his pure lab hunting pups for 2k each and when only one was left he had people offering 2.5+ just so they could secure it. Gotta do your homework, some are worth the 2.5 and others are not.

$2500 is the top price that breeders with good track records and time in the game are charging. Look on trade me and you will see dogs that played with a lab once being sold under the banner of a lab and they go for 1500-2000.

Compare that to these designer cross breeds, have seen a cavoodle being sold for $7k. A guy at work paid $3.5k for one.

$2500 from the right breeder is a good price. $2000 from a mating with no health checks on the dogs is a gamble

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well our original EP's were $600 without papers, our latest was I think $1500 (which I felt was not too bad, cheap actually for a dog from 100% working stock) a workmate has a spoodle and a cavadoodle which were $1900 each for what I really consider to be "spca specials"
For $2.5k i would expect a guarantee the pup is totally clear of inheritable genetic defects.
Have a chat to any Gundog trialists in your area, they usually know who has what and where

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An EP is actually priceless. Especially the young dog after locking onto a mob of pheasants on Friday night then way up in the mountains yestersay wants to eat weed under water in the river apart from wanting to be in the video as the trout is netted. LOL.

Pups are definitely expensive at the moment. But to be honest theres been a few litters out there that haven’t been so good and not worth what they are being sold for. As @stagstalker said, gotta do your homework.

One of my mates bought a lab spaniel x for 3k....couldn’t believe it. My dads wirehaired viszla cost the same!

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An EP is actually priceless. Especially the young dog after locking onto a mob of pheasants on Friday night then way up in the mountains yestersay wants to eat weed under water in the river apart from wanting to be in the video as the trout is netted. LOL.

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Our new wee girl certainly is thats for sure :D

adopting a papered Vizsla pup at Easter, health tested parents, puppies will be health screened etc as well before adoption - $2k
Have been on quite a few breeders waiting lists and have missed on a few litters due to number of pups born / the fact that I'm after a male - several over litters were $2.5k+

Bloody hell I was selling border collie pups at $400 with no papers a few years back. Not in the market for a new dog but $2k+ is getting into the realm of a crazy money.

Granted any dog with the right training and personalities is priceless

yeah prices are getting way up there :wtfsmilie:
I will be looking for a new pup in August but looks like I will be spending a few pingers :slow:

Demand for puppies increased hugely last year with lock down, especially with the number of people working from home now as the new norm. When I started looking for a Vizsla litter prices were around $1500 for a papered pup... it's now more than that for a non papered, non health tested pup cross bred or pure bred.
I've been looking for a long time and decided ages ago I wanted a dog that had the full health checks on parents as well as pup's so I was fine with $2k to get what what I wanted.

Some designer cross breeds are well over $5k - look on trademe right now - Cavoodles are going for $6.5k! The first four pages of pup's on Trademe are all over $2k