Pricing a new GSD puppy.. - Page 3

Red October - Well said !! 

Lady Luck  - glad you found this thread, I think its important to your query and was just about to leave you a second post guiding you to the very sensible advice on here.  PS Don't "cross-post",  GSD Admin will chew you out...LOL

I just saw an advertisement for a USA breeder selling pups for $1,500 out of untitled parents.  I assume this Breeder uses the "grand-parents" as a selling point because the Sire and Dam only have their parents as an eye-catcher.  The pedigreed photo of said Sire and Dam were of "back-yard" quality and I dind't even notice any hips or elbow certs.  I find this to be terrible breeding practice.  I am not one who is "stuck" on only buying from titled parents, but.....the price should reflect.
 

LadyLuck1120,

My advice:

WAIT!!!!!  Do more homework.  $3,500 is rediculous!

LL, I guess it's all relative, but I/m going to say that a novice paying $3500 for a pup is being taken advantage of, in every instance. The first thing is that, were there such a thing as a puppy so spectacular that it is worth $3500, no goal oriented breeder is going to put that puppy in a novice home. Unless, of course, the goal is to wring all the cash they can out of the deal.

My advice to both LL and RO is to research the breeder carefully. There are honest, ethical breeders who will be there for the life of your purchase and there are breeders who you will be old news too once the check clears, no matter the issue.

What one can do is ask for recommendations of breeders in your part of the country, there are lots of people here and the combined knowledege is almost limitless.

jmo,
Rik

I got a wonderful pup for $1500, I have full registration, I got to pick her out myself (I had 1st pick) went up a few times to look at parents and spend time with pups before they were ready to go. Parents had all health tests and came out of good genetic stock. She also has a guarentee if something is wrong, I get a new pup of equal quality and do not have to return my dog. (That is a loop hole in a guarentee if they want your dog back to replace look else where) The breeder was very honest, and never said she never had problems, as others have said a puppy is a gamble but its nice to know if something does go wrong you have a breeder to support you and not make the situation worse. Be careful of people just breeding titles, titles can be won by good trainers sometimes covering up a poorer quality dog. Make a decision based on genetics, the whole package not just a title. Learn about what lines you like what traits are passed thru those lines.  A good breeder will spend the time to educate you and answer all your questions, also be there after the pup is long gone. They want to know how their pups turn out that is a reflection of their breeding program.
I wish you all the luck in finding your puppy and a breeder. 
 

Thank you everyone for your input. I didn't know about no cross posting so I will reply under my post directly, instead of this one. :)

LL - for example, the mom of the litter I had is an import, 3x SchH3, AD, KKL1 and the father in an import, IPO3. I sold the pups for 1250. Hope this helps.

9000!?!?! Wow... that is a serious price for a dog.