where can i buy a AKC registered Golden retreiver cheaply?

Answer 1

AKC registered dogs usually are not cheap...maybe your local human society may have an idea...sometimes you can adopt one.

Answer 2

Go to a puppy mill! - just kidding~

Why would you do so? You are contradicting yourself. If you want a qualtiy AKC Golden, then spend the money and buy from a reputable breeder. You can find the name of one on various websites. This ensures that you recieve a healthy dog that you should have no problems with. My friend paid $400 for her dog and it is a qualty Golden.

If you try to save a few extra bucks, you are going to end up with a dog that may not come from a quality line of parents. You may be able to find a cheap AKC golden in the paper but the chances that it is a solid line are rare.

You can find goldens that are not AKC registered pretty cheap in the paper but you will still pay a couple hundred.

Finally, you can go to Petfinder.com and find a golden or a golden mix from a shelter. This is the most caring way to do it and the only way I will buy a dog. If you are patient, you can get puppies that the owners just couldn't care for and took to the shelter.

Good luck!

Answer 3

First, try a purebred golden rescue group. They will often have great dogs at the nominal rescue fee.

Second, go through a responsible breeder who does the health checks and everything. They will also be able to match you with the right pup if you are interested in doing any particular sports, showing with your dog, or just as a pet. Pet quality pups are usually cheaper.

Do not buy from a pet store. They are way overpriced and sickly due to coming from puppy mills. Do not buy from a newspaper ad. They are usually puppy mills or back yard breeders who do not do the proper health screenings.

Goldens are a very popular breed with a lot of health problems if not coming from a good source. You should also check for any Golden Retriever Chat or Message groups. They can be a great source of information.

Answer 4

Last time I checked, the AKC had lists of approved breeders on their homepage. You might want to start there. It may not be the -cheapest- puppy you could get, but it would probably be a lot healthier and friendlier puppy than what you might get for a cheaper puppy from a puppy mill. In puppy mills they have no concern over the animal's welfare at all, and they only use the mothers as puppy factories and later put them to sleep when they can't whelp anymore. Plus they have no considerations for the health or racial standards of the breed. Remember, the fact that a puppy is AKC registered does not guarantee that it meets the standard of the breed, it just means its sire and dam were registered too. For all you know, one of them might have been born blind or deaf and passed it on to the puppy.

Answer 5

If you do not want a young puppy there are many adoption groups for Goldens (and as one of the most popular breeds in the US many end up in shelters across the country everyday). I say a young puppy because very often a dog may be purchased at 8 weeks and by 12 weeks the family has realized they can't handle a puppy (sometimes they realize this by 9 weeks). Dogs of all ages are available through rescues. This website http://www.grca-nrc.org/Localrescues.htm lists every Golden rescue organization in the US by the State they operate within.

Edited in response to a post below - most dogs in shelters and rescue organizations are not riddled with behavior problems or separation anxiety. I volunteer for a rescue group and the majority of dogs that are returned to us are not because of behavioral problems but because of lifestyle changes in the family (death, serious injury, moving, etc.). Additionally if there are dogs that have aggression problems they are almost uniformly put to sleep because it is a huge liability to the adoption group to try and adopt out a dog knowing that it is aggressive. Many breed-specific adoption groups keep the animals in foster care and work with the dogs on socialization and training and the volunteers get to know the individual dog's needs very well.

Answer 6

Unfortunately there is no 'cheap' AKC registered golden retriever. I have two goldens, both males, and we paid aproximately $600 for each of them. If you are truely interested in finding one, your best bet will be to go to the AKC website and search for a breeder there.

http://www.akc.org/breederinfo/breeder_search.cfm

The website above will allow you to search for a breeder as well as get other pertinant information.

No matter what you pay, the companionship and fun times you will get from your dog are worth every penny!

Answer 7

Healthy purebred dogs with good temperaments are rarely "cheap"!
Beware of people selling puppies at "reasonable" prices! Even free dogs cost money to take care of. If the dog isn't properly trained, it can chew up your house and your stuff. If it's not housebroken, it can ruin your floors and your furniture. How "free" is a dog that does $1000 in damage to your house? Many "free" dogs turn out to be sick - how "free" is a dog that costs you $800 at the vet because he has Parvo or distemper or heartworm?

A good pup can easily cost $1000 or more. All dogs require a lot of time, energy and money to take care of properly. A crate, books and supplies can cost up to $300. Puppy shots are $200, then $100 a year for boosters. Annual Heartworm test and preventative medication $100. Professional trainer $600 and up. Going on vacation? Boarding kennel $40/day. Spaying? $250. If you can't afford to pay for a good dog, maybe you can't afford to maintain one either?

BEFORE you get any dog you should read some great books on training. (Try not to pick books randomly - there are a lot of bad books out there also!) These are some of my favorites and you can get them on Amazon.com
What All Good Dogs Should Know - Volhard
Good Owners, Great Dogs - Brian Kilcommins
Dog Tricks : Eighty-Eight Challenging Activities for Your Dog from World-Class Trainers by Haggerty and Benjamin
Don't Shoot the Dog - Pryor
Training Your Dog: The Step by Step Method - Volhard
Dog Problems - Benjamin
Cesar's Way - Cesar Millan
Also, watch the Dog Whisperer on the National Geographic Channel. Cesar Millan is the best trainer I've ever seen on TV.
Asker's Rating:

Older pups and adults in a shelter have probably been dumped because someone else didn't take the time to train them properly. You'll be adopting someone else's problems - chewing, housebreaking and biting. They can also have separation anxiety problems from the abandonment and stress of kenneling.

Find a good breeder by going to www.akc.org or talking to people at dog shows. You can also find info about the breed clubs on the akc site - they probably have a rescue group where you can get an older dog for less money. The best breeders will be members of their breed club, promoting healthy dogs with great temperaments. They should ask you a bunch of questions to make sure their puppy will be getting a good home. If all a "breeder" seems to care about is whether your check will clear, you can be sure he won't care a week later when the pup is dying from distemper or parvo and you want your money back.

Whatever you do, DON'T go to a pet shop, a flea market or buy one sight-unseen off the Internet!!!! You'll pay top dollar for what is usually a poor quality puppy mill dog. And you'll be supporting one of the cruelest industries in the country. The breeding animals are often kept in deplorable conditions - spending their entire lives in small wire-bottomed cages. They probably haven't been vaccinated against contagious diseases or tested for any health or temperament problems or genetic diseases - that costs money and cuts into their profits. A female is often bred every time she comes into heat. When her poor little body can't take it any more, she is often clubbed in the head and tossed into a dumpster or an open ditch. Most puppy mills ship their pups to pet stores at wholesale prices and many pups die before they even get there.

These so-called "breeders" have now figured out that they can use the internet to ship a dog directly to the customer and thus make more money by cutting out the middleman. If you buy a dog from out of state, good luck getting your money back if there's something wrong with the pup. These people count on you becoming instantly attached to the poor little guy and being willing to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars at the vet to treat whatever is wrong with him.

Answer 8

you pay for breeding. you can get cheap dogs with poor breeding and health problems, if that suits your taste.

But generally what you pay for in money, you make up for in dog. cheap dogs have poor breeding (bad conformation, poor temperment, health problems) inherited health issues (joint problems, heart trouble).

A good breeder of reputable animals is worth the bother.

You can also try rescue associations.

Answer 9

try puppyfinder.com, but please check out the breeders if you go that route, puppy mills are ugly and cruel things. Not to mention you can get stuck with a dog with serious defects.

Answer 10

www.petfinder.com