The following average prices were compiled from data gathered in a survey of breeders on the Showdogs-L, Judge-mental, Purebred_Canines, Showdogs (eGroups) and Purebred e-mail lists in fall, 2000. The purpose is to give you some idea of what to expect when you call a breeder. Keep in mind that prices in your area may be very different.

These figures were computed by collecting a sampling of prices, discarding the highest and lowest, and averaging the rest. The accuracy in each breed depends on the number of responses we received and how typical these responses are. The chart is intended only to provide some idea of the price of a purebred puppy of each breed. (If you'd like to help fill in the blanks for some breeds we don't have, contact us.)

Affenpinscher	$500-750
Afghan Hound	$700-1000
Airedale Terrier	$800
Akita	$500-700
Alaskan Malamute	$900-1000
American Eskimo Dog	$600-650
American Staffordshire Terrier	$600-1000
American Water Spaniel	$500-600
Anatolian Shepherd	$500-1000
Australian Cattle Dog	$600
Australian Shepherd	$400-600
Australian Terrier	$400-800
Basenji	$500-800
Basset Hound	$600-1000
Beagle	$500-700
Bearded Collie	$800-1000
Beauceron	$1000-1500
Bedlington Terrier	$1000
Belgian Malinois	$650
Belgian Sheepdog	$600-$800
Belgian Tervuren	$500-800
Bernese Mountain Dog	$1000
Bichon Frise	$900-1200
Black Russian Terrier	$1000-1200
Black and Tan Coonhound
Bloodhound	$1000-$1500
Border Collie	$450
Border Terrier	$650-800
Borzoi	$400-500
Boston Terrier	$600-850
Bouvier des Flandres	$1000
Boxer	$600-1000
Briard	$600-800
Brittany	$450-600
Brussels Griffon	$1500
Bull Terrier	$500-1000
Bulldog	$1000-1500
Bullmastiff	$1000
Cairn Terrier	$500-800
Canaan Dog	$400-500
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	$1800-2000
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	$600-900
Chihuahua	$400-700
Chinese Crested - Puff	$400
Chinese Crested - Hairless	$600
Chinese Shar-pei	$500-750
Chow Chow	$500-800
Clumber Spaniel	$1000-1500
Cocker Spaniel	$500
Collie	$500-800
Curly-Coated Retriever	$500-800
Dachshund	$400-700
Dalmatian	$400-600
Dandie Dinmont Terrier	$800-850
Doberman Pinscher	$600-800
Dogue de Bordeaux	$1500-2000
English Cocker Spaniel	$600-900
English Setter	$500-800
English Springer Spaniel	$600-1000
English Toy Spaniel	$1000-1500
Field Spaniel	$900-1100
Finnish Spitz
Flat-Coated Retriever	$800-1000
Fox Terrier (Smooth)	$200-400
Fox Terrier (Wire)	$500
Foxhound (American)	$500
Foxhound (English)	$800-1000
French Bulldog	$1000-1500
German Pinscher
German Shepherd Dog	$800
German Shorthaired Pointer	$400-750
German Wirehaired Pointer	$800
Giant Schnauzer	$950
Golden Retriever	$700-1000
Gordon Setter	$700
Great Dane - harlequin, blue, mantle	$1500-2000
Great Dane - merles, fawn	$500-1000
Great Pyrenees	$1000-1200
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog	$1200-1600
Greyhound	$500
Harrier
Havanese	$1500-1800
Ibizan Hound	$750-$1200
Irish Setter	$700-800
Irish Terrier
Irish Water Spaniel	$600-1200
Irish Wolfhound	$1000-1500
Italian Greyhound	$400-800
Jack Russell Terrier	$400-500
Japanese Chin	$500-850
Keeshond	$800-850
Kerry Blue Terrier	$1200-3000
Komondor	$750
Kuvasz	$700-800
Labrador Retriever	$800-1100
Lakeland Terrier	$650-1000

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Leonberger	$1500
Lhasa Apso	$400-700
Lööwchen	$1000
Maltese	$850-2000*
Manchester Terrier, Standard	$600-800
Manchester Terrier, Toy	$800-1000
Mastiff	$1500
Miniature Bull Terrier	$1200-1800
Miniature Pinscher	$350-500
Miniature Schnauzer	$750
Newfoundland	$1200-1500
Norfolk Terrier	$1500
Norwegian Elkhound	$600-700
North American Miniature Australian Shepherd - prices vary with color	$500-900
Norwich Terrier	$1300-1800
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever	$650-800
Old English Sheepdog	$1000-1500
Otterhound
Papillon	$750-1000
Pekingese	$600-1000
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen	$850-1000
Pharaoh Hound
Plott Hound	$400-500
Polish Lowland Sheepdog	$2000-2500
Pointer	$600-800
Pomeranian	$400-600
Poodle, Miniature	$650
Poodle, Standard	$500-850
Poodle, Toy	$500-$850
Portuguese Water Dog	$1500-1900
Pug	$500-750
Puli	$750-800
Rhodesian Ridgeback	$800
Rottweiler	$500-750
Saint Bernard	$800-1200
Saluki	$800-1200
Samoyed	$500-700
Schipperke	$400-600
Scottish Deerhound	$700-1200
Scottish Terrier	$800-1000
Sealyham Terrier	$700-1000
Shetland Sheepdog	$400-700
Shiba Inu	$500-800
Shih Tzu	$400-750
Siberian Husky	$500-1000
Silky Terrier	$700-900
Skye Terrier	$500-700
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier	$1000-1500
Spinone Italiano	$800
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	$400-600
Standard Schnauzer	$600-1000
Sussex Spaniel	$1500-2000
Tibetan Spaniel	$800
Tibetan Terrier	$800-1200
Toy Fox Terrier	$400-800
Vizsla	$400-500
Weimaraner	$800-1000
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)	$500-650
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)	$800-1100
Welsh Springer Spaniel	$1000-1200
Welsh Terrier	$800-$1000
West Highland White Terrier	$1000-1500
Whippet	$500-950
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Yorkshire Terrier	$700-1500*

*Some of the toy breeds, notably Maltese and Yorkshire Terriers, are priced partly according to sex and size, with the females and the "tinies" costing substantially more. Prices on the low end of the ranges above are usually for males, normal breed size. There is no such thing as a "teacup" in any breed, though sometimes these especially small dogs are referred to as teacups.

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