How much should i sell my hipcertified, pure bred golden retrievers for?

Question

My sister and I are going to breed her 3yr old golden retriever for the first time, and I have no idea how much money I should ask for, for each puppy. Some places say $900 others say $1000 to $200

I already have a waiting list of people who want our pups. and I am doing this for a couple of reasons, on is to pay for college, another is so our little sister can see how pups are brought into the world, and to teach her about life, and they will be AKC certified

Answer 1

Gah!

Hip certified? By whom? AKC registration is not certification.

When I had to pay for college, I got a JOB. The other "reason" for breeding that you mention is also utterly ridiculous -- way to teach the child that dogs are money-making machines. Is that the lesson you were intending?

PLEASE do the following:

1. Read through these links to educate yourself:

http://www.grca.org/acquiring.htm#breeding

http://www.wonderpuppy.net/breeding.htm#breeding
http://www.dogplay.com/Breeding/ethics.html
http://www.adoptarescuepet.org/byb.htm
http://www.21stcenturycares.org/misbreeding.htm

2. Go to http://www.petfinder.com and do a search on Goldens in your area. Carefully think about the number of homeless Goldens that show up in the results.

Answer 2

The price would depend on many factors. Goldens are a dime a dozen right now, so unless they have especially good breeding/background/health clearances they're not worth a lot.

Things to consider when setting a price:

1) Are the parents finished? What is their show record? Do they have any other titles?

2) What are their OFA hip and elbow ratings?

3) What are their CERF ratings?

4) Have they been screened for SAS?

5) What are their pedigrees?

6) Will they be vaccinated and dewormed?

7) How old will they be when you sell them?

8) Will they be AKC registered?

BTW, if any of these questions made you go "huh?", don't breed until you have learned a LOT more. The price of the puppies is the least of your problems.

Edit: "pay for college"? "see puppies brought into the world"?!

Those are some pretty sorry-a** reasons for breeding a dog. IF you need money, get a job, don't treat your pet like a bank machine. And if you want to see pups being born, why not foster a pregnant b*tch from the pound, so you can acutally accomplish something useful?

*goes off to bang head against wall some more........

Edit 2: Family Matters, boy did you get ripped off!

Scanning the classified ads in the paper here today......

"Golden Retriever puppies, registered, dewormed, vaccinated, 2 year guarantee $500"

"Golden Retriever puppies, ready Dec 20, $350"

"GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies. Ready to go Dec. 23. Mother on site. Vet checked, dewormed, first needle. Family raised. $400 each. "

Answer 3

First are they AKC registered? If the both have papers then you can higher. You need to find out if they were field champions or if they (the mom and dad have all their points if they are finished or not) make sure that there is documentation on the hips from the parents as you can not guarantee the pups until they are a certain age. If you have allot of these in your favor and depending on location I would start at about 1200 or 900- just remember there are always certain situations that would make this different finding them a good home would be my main concern so make sure that you check the people out that are coming to see the pups, find out what they want to use them for and then you can now what you should charge also.,,,, sometimes piece of mind is worth more money than the actual cash. You might also look into disability organizations they love Golden's and they treat them wonderful and then they are placed in a one on one personality situation and get to take care of a wonderful person with special needs. Good luck and I know you will know just what to do when the time comes.

Answer 4

The price would depend on many factors. Goldens are a dime a dozen right now, so unless they have especially good breeding/background/health clearances they're not worth a lot.

Things to consider when setting a price:

1) Are the parents finished? What is their show record? Do they have any other titles?

2) What are their OFA hip and elbow ratings?

3) What are their CERF ratings?

4) Have they been screened for SAS?

5) What are their pedigrees?

6) Will they be vaccinated and dewormed?

7) How old will they be when you sell them?

8) Will they be AKC registered?

BTW, if any of these questions made you go "huh?", don't breed until you have learned a LOT more. The price of the puppies is the least of your problems.

Edit: "pay for college"? "see puppies brought into the world"?!

Those are some pretty sorry-a** reasons for breeding a dog. IF you need money, get a job, don't treat your pet like a bank machine. And if you want to see pups being born, why not foster a pregnant b*tch from the pound, so you can acutally accomplish something useful?

*goes off to bang head against wall some more........

Edit 2: Family Matters, boy did you get ripped off!

Scanning the classified ads in the paper here today......

"Golden Retriever puppies, registered, dewormed, vaccinated, 2 year guarantee $500"

"Golden Retriever puppies, ready Dec 20, $350"

"GOLDEN RETRIEVER puppies. Ready to go Dec. 23. Mother on site. Vet checked, dewormed, first needle. Family raised. $400 each. "

Answer 5

Are you just doing it for the money?
Are they going to be AKC?
How old are you thinking you can get rid of them?
Why do you want to breed her?
Are they OFA?
What do their peigrees look like?
Do the parants have any titles?
Are they finished?
Are the pups aligable for showing?
Are you breeding for standard?
Are the parants on site?
Do you own both mom and dad?
Are you a cirtified breeder? No.
Do you know whats to come of the pups? No.

You are a BYB!!! I think you should just save everyone the trouble and get her fixed! I am not trying to be rude but I think enough dogs get killed a year without your dog adding to the number.

Answer 6

Depends on many factors. If your dog is of excellent breed quality and has an excellent pedigree, meets the AKC standard for the breed,and she has been bred to the same ,the prices are higher. usually breeders and show people are interested.Even if you breed the best to the best you usually come up with some of pet quality and perhaps some of show quality.I have bred and shown german shepherds for 35 years and only breed when i want to produce a show puppy for myself all others go to pet homes. There in no real answer to your Question But i am assuming that you will sell them for pets i live in dayton ,Ohio and they are going in the range from 350.00 to 600.00 .Since this breed makes excellent family pets ,due to their good nature, they should be easily placed. Good luck.

Answer 7

It kind of depends on the area and demand. Goldens aren't generally in real high demand right now... Yorkies are being sold for that much and getting snatched up. You want to ask a good price so you don't have a bunch of older puppies. Look in your classifieds or other breeders in your area and see what they're selling for. If this is your first time, you havne't established yourself as a breeder yet and it might be difficult to ask for higher prices.

Answer 8

ummm first of all you sound like a "backyard breeder". leave the breeding to certified breeders who have been doing it for years and that do it for the experience and to better the breed, NOT FOR MONEY like you are doing.

how long is the health guarantee on your pups? what happens if they have a genetic problem, what do you do about it? do you have the parents on premises? do you have contracts for people to sign? what kind of pedigrees do these pups have? would you pay for them to all be vet checked and updated on shots?

i would not buy from you. and im not trying to be rude. you just seem very sketchy and like you are only in it for the money.

and any smart buyer will ask you all those questions we are asking and you are going to look like an idiot when you say, "umm i dont know." DO NOT DO IT.

Answer 9

First of all, the puppies won't be hip certified, only their mother will. You have to wait 2 years before you can hip certify, so unless you're planning on selling 2 year old dogs, they won't be hip certified.

Second, it doesn't sound like you know nearly enough to be breeding since you don't even know the going rate for puppies - You're much better off spaying the dog before your lack of knowledge causes her harm.

Answer 10

Get your dog fixed. That is such a bad idea to teach your little sister how puppies are born. Think of all the pain that you are putting your dog in. Sick! If she is already pregnant. Have the pups and get her fixed when the pups are around 6 weeks old. Please get her fixed. I would say males $500 and females up to $800. BUT PLEASE GET HER FIXED!