how much should a male beagle puppy cost?

Question

i plan on buying a male beagle puppy in san diego and i was wondering how much should they cost if i buy one from a breeder
any help?

Answer 1

Look in shelters first, absolutely! Beagles, while very smart and loving animals, are loud and can be stubborn. They also have a little smeller that makes them prone to wandering off. Beagles are great animals, try and adopt one if possible, cheaper and you're giving an otherwise homeless animal a home. Adoption fees are about $60, while buying from a breeder ranges anywhere from $600+.

Answer 2

Tons of beagles end up in shelters because people fall in love with them as puppies without realising how hard it is to train them, how much exercise they need, how much noise they make, etc. I suggest you look there, or on petfinder.com; they shouldn't be more than $200.

If you are buying from a breeder, it should be about $1000. If a breeder tries to sell you a puppy for $400 or $500, I'd be very wary.

This link might be helpful:
http://www.akc.org/breeds/beagle/puppy.cfm

Answer 3

I am up in the San Francisco bay area and paid $500.00 four years ago. I bought him for a pet and through the papers away and had him neutered. Turned out he was a mutant and is twice the size a beagle should be, almost 40 lbs. He is the most laid back of my four dogs, a Chi/Rattie mix and two Pit Bulls. He is the last to bark, or bay, at anything going on. When he does it is something you can hear.
Have fun with your pup, they are great dogs.

Answer 4

The issue is that dogs are poor generalizers - it's not that the dog is "sneaky, greedy" etc, but that they have no intrinsic sense of morality or "rightness" and so only think something is "bad" if it has bad consequences. If it has never had bad consequences except with a human in the room, then how on earth are they to know that the rules still apply with the human out of the room? You need to train in such a way that corrections and rewards occur when the dog does not think you are present - i.e. hiding around the corner. Read here https://tr.im/qadDG

I personally owned a Labrador Retriever (read: chow hound) that could be left 6" from a hot dog in a sit-stay for half an hour and not touch it - the word was "mine" and it meant that you don't touch that, even if I am not in the room, even if whatever, you DO NOT touch that. You could leave a plate of food on the floor for hours and not only would she not touch it, she would also keep the other animals (dogs and cats) from touching it.

In all probability, these dogs studied were just not properly trained/proofed before the experiment. With "proofing" to set them up and catch them in the act to give

Answer 5

They can go for as little as $99.00 to $500.00 depends on who your dealing with.Yes check your local shelter. People don't understand they love to howl and bark, they are tracking/hunting dogs, thats what they do. A lot of great ones do end up in the shelters because the owners didn't how loud they can be.

Answer 6

Check your local animal shelter. They're usually over-run with beagles needing good homes.