What going on with the price of dogs

We got a new dog in 2019. Paid £250 for our lovely Patterdale / Staff mongrel. None of our dogs have been over £300. The only reason I can see for buying a pedigree is if you see it as a source of income.

For me, that's not a pet.

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adolf hamster said:
yep, if someone's kid starts acting badly then you almost always blame bad parenting, same thing happens with an animal oh it must be the animal is bad......
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I have never heard anyone blame a "bad animal". Everyone I know blames the owner. The problem is that its by the by as to why the animal is bad or dangerous. If its dangerous it has to be put down. You can blame the owner all you want but if someone loses a hand or suffers horrible injuries because you didn't want to put a dangerous dog down then something has gone wrong. We shouldn't let people have pets or children when they have proven themselves unable to care for them. The problem is that we don't have any power to stop people having kids. We do at least have some to stop bad pet owners.
 
We tried to get a rescue dog before buying ours. The 'criteria' that these places insist on made it impossible. They always insist on the dog being the only pet, in a quiet house and not having children.
 
Bug One said:
We tried to get a rescue dog before buying ours. The 'criteria' that these places insist on made it impossible. They always insist on the dog being the only pet, in a quiet house and not having children.
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Yeah they push people away. Who then might get a pup. Find out they can't handle it. Net resuo.. Another dog in the shelter.
It's absolutely ridiculous. I get there has to be some checks. But it's OTT.

My gf wants a dog but I'm not keen as it's extra work.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
There are a lot of troll posts in this thread, not needed for a genuine dog owner who has just lost their dog.

Again, we're talking about genuine dog owners here. The issue like a few people have said is because of lockdown puppies. Everyone had the same idea and wanted a lockdown puppy, making them non-genuine dog owners. I started a thread around this time last year in the corona virus section about this issue.
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Sure that does happen, but also many people are now working differently and are able to own dogs when they couldn't previously. I used to commute 5 days a week into the city which was a 3 hour round trip, and my partner works full time as well. Now I'll permanently be doing two days in the office a week from September and my partner's employer have said she can work from home ongoing, and this isn't an unusual situation. It just means that a lot more hard working people now have the option of dog ownership without it being cruel because they can work from home now.
 
Bug One said:
We got a new dog in 2019. Paid £250 for our lovely Patterdale / Staff mongrel. None of our dogs have been over £300. The only reason I can see for buying a pedigree is if you see it as a source of income.

For me, that's not a pet.
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If someone can afford to pay £1000 for a dog (or whatever) and it's the type of breed they want and they'll love it, then of course it's a pet. We chose our breed as it doesn't shed, and is well known to get on well with kids and other pets which has proved more than true.

I'd rather a family who can afford to buy a dog own one than seeing yet another staffie being sold for a couple of hundred where it could likely end up in the rescue centre with all the other hundreds of staffies you see there, or even worse as bait or something. Obviously not talking about you here, but it happens to so many of them, and I expect because they are so freely available at a low cost.
 
fez said:
I have never heard anyone blame a "bad animal". Everyone I know blames the owner. The problem is that its by the by as to why the animal is bad or dangerous. If its dangerous it has to be put down. You can blame the owner all you want but if someone loses a hand or suffers horrible injuries because you didn't want to put a dangerous dog down then something has gone wrong. We shouldn't let people have pets or children when they have proven themselves unable to care for them. The problem is that we don't have any power to stop people having kids. We do at least have some to stop bad pet owners.
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i was mostly referring to nashers claim that animals end up in rescue centres because they're "mental"

i do otherwise agree with your sentiments.
 
Hodders said:
My sister who helps with dogs that have behaviour issues was called in advance by a family that was about to collect a rescue street dog from Bosnia. They met up with the "rescue charity" at a motorway service station, paid £500 in cash.
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My sister has told them that if they don't take it to a vet and get it scanned for a microchip, she will report it as stolen.
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Good on her, meeting at a service station is pretty much top of the list of 'dodgy things to look out for when buying a dog' so no excuse that they couldn't have known if it does turn out to be stolen.
 
I paid £850 for my German Shepard back in 2018/2019 and he is a pedigree but he is our pet.

We went with that option as I am scared/wary of dogs since being bitten as a child so wanted one from a puppy so could be with it while grew up.

Once we decided on the breed of dog we looked around considered health conditions, life span etc and decided that getting one from a reputable breeder would give us the best chance of getting a dog with no health issues current or future and would suit our needs/wants.

He is a big goofy ball of stupid and he follows me everywhere and while I trust him and guess could be considered a dog person I am still very wary of other dogs.
 
I was looking at Shiba Inus a couple of years ago when they were going for about a bag (which I considered expensive). They're over 3 now.
We paid £1300 for our Border Collie which is utterly crazy money but is still cheaper than a lot of breeds. I don't bemoan the money as she came from an excellent breeder and we got to see both mum and dad, and she came ready house and crate trained.

I'm pretty sure that prices will go down again once people start having to go back to the office. All these Covid puppies will end up going mental due to never having been left alone and will end up in shelters.
 
dod said:
I was looking for a springer or lab recently but quotes of £3500 for either meant I've not bothered. £150 -£500 for run of the mill moggy kittens is also mental.
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Springador (cross between the two) are cheaper. Only just found out about this breed yesterday...
 
Sorry for your loss OP!

Compared to the £15k ish ownership total cost (food, vets, insurance etc) to me the £2k or whatever outright cost seems inconsequential. Particularly if you have to pay for a dog walker /sitter!

I just wanted a breed that was well looked after/less likely to have genetic problems. Mines also hypo allergenic /doesn't shed hair. Paying £3+k for a dog with no genetic health tests or a breed full of problems (e.g. Pug) seems mad to me, but then I wouldnt get those breeds irrelevant of costs.

Glad I got my dog (australian labradoodle) sporting a cooling blanket here :D
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Buffman said:
Yep like losing a family member to be fair! Non dog owners wouldn't understand.
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Tbf OP didn't help non-dog people understand when an opening sentence of "dog dead yesterday, went new dog shopping today" :confused:

My sympathies though. I miss my boxer dearly.
 
TheOracle said:
These daft prices will see a big rise in breeders.
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This is the big problem, and leads more to bad breeders who are only interested in making a buck.

I'd seen a story this morning someone posted on FB of i think it was a women around Birmingham who'd paid £500 for a dog online. Turned out the dog had some serious health problems and they'd got lumped with an 11k vet bill and the poor thing passed away a week later.

She definitely won't be the last. Will be a very expensive mistake for people to make not doing research and due diligence before buying a dog.
 
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