What are the cheapest dogs?

Question

Like, overall price and price at beginning.

Answer 1

The stuffed animals you can get at the Dollar Store.

Dog (puppies especially) cost approximately $500-1000 in their first year. Vaccinations, check ups, training classes, crates, bowls, leashes, collars, microchipping, training manuals, quality food, flea/tick and heartworm preventative, an emergency fund for vet funds, spay/neuter, etc. That is not counting the price of the animal.

Answer 2

The beginning price of the cheapest dog would be a free one. However, once you get the dog, you have to get it vacinnated & tagged, unless the free one came with up to date shots & rabies vacinnation. The absolute cheapest free dog would come with (and I've had this happen) it's favorite toys, the dog house, the dog pool, all shots, the rabies tag, an almost full bag of dog food, and some treats. They really really really wanted to get rid of the dog (it was a behavior problem they didn't know how to solve).
Even if you don't get such a great beginning price, you also ask about overall price, so the cheapest dog would be one that doesn't need a vet visit, doesn't need vacinnations, doesn't eat (therefore doesn't poop), doesn't chew on things, doen't like to play, doesn't need a crate, yard, or kennel, hit the ground knowing an entire obedience routine, never gets sick, never gets injured, doesn't attract fleas or get worms, never needs a bath or a comb, and also comes with a gift card to cover costs for when its finally time to go over the rainbow bridge. I know ... a stuffie?
But you are probably sincerely asking so let's look at the overall. You can go to a walk in vet rather than a regular clinic, but you do not get a well-check and you cannot call ahead and request mercury free immunizations. Even if they will order for you and hold in reserve, the mercury free are slightly more expensive, but if you buy regular you have your dog suffer the effects of mercury poisoning & you'll pay at the vet later on. You can, instead of buying the vet immunizations, you can buy them from a feed store, but I've heard conflicting stories of how effective this source is, so your dog might end up with the virus anyway and that will cost you later on. For the heartworm preventative, you can get that at the feed store too, but your vet has to tell you the dose and whether your breed will tolerate the chemicle. You can buy the cheapest food, like Old Roy or Alpo, but your dog will suffer and you'll spend more in vet visits starting in about 2-5 years. Course you'll make that up by the dog not living as long, but I'd rather have my dog stay around and be healthy. You can be smart and purchase things for the dog to chew rather than paying for things the dog chews. You can choose a dog that doesn't require much actifity and needs minimal training. I'd have to think about which breed that would be cause all I know is active dogs that need training. I think most dogs are pretty active if they are healthy? You could shop for crate & leashes, dog beds, all that stuff at garage sales or flea markets or craigs list instead of paying full market value brand new. You could choose a dog that doesn't need grooming except that you can do yourself. You'd have to know how to trim nails & express glands and instead of topline you could flea bath yourself but sometimes the flea baths don't work & you have to buy the topline anyway and if your dog won't let you trim its nails you have to take it to the groomer or vet (to get glands expressed too). But if you can do it yourself then there's shampoo for the dog & condition or treatment to buy (a lilttle extra expense, but the dog feels better for it). And you could never buy a name brand toy, just the dollar store ones (one thing that won't make a difference to do cheap - my dogs don't know the difference).
There's no way to figure unexpected costs like sickness or injuries, but either a credit card or savings account will help. You'll really need to have income if this happens and if it's an emergency, you won't be able to shop around for a better price, especially if something happens after regular vet hours.

Answer 3

I'm not trying to discourage you from owning a dog or pet but please take these things into consideration before getting one.
Dogs are great to have but are costly if you are providing proper care for the dog. Even if the dog is free or inexpensive to buy there are yearly costs and emergency costs associated with owning a dog or any pet for that matter.
-Yearly vaccinations: Rabies, Lyme, and distemper:
Each of these can all run anywhere from $8 and up per vaccination depending on your vet and where you live.
-Yearly heartworm testing and preventatives:
the test can run anywhere from $30 and up, and the heartworm preventative depends on the size of the dog but for a dog 25 lbs and up it is $35.00 and up for a 12 month supply. The larger the dog the more expensive it gets. If you keep your dog on heartworm preventative year round (need to if you live in the south or warm areas) then you only need to get the heartworm testing done every other year. If you keep your dog on the preventative during heartworm season (colder areas) april through september then you need to get the testing done yearly before putting your dog on the preventative.
-Yearly Flea/tick medications:
This is the expensive one but very important for the protection of your dog and yourself. I use K9 advantix because it covers fleas and ticks both. For dogs up to 10 pounds a 12 month supply is 106.00 and up. The same as the heartworm preventatives the bigger the dog the more the price increases.
Obviously all these prices will vary depending on where you live and the size of your dog. Also don't forget medical emergencies. It would be heartbreaking for you to have something happen to your dog and not be able to afford live saving surgery or vet care.
I give all my dogs vaccinations myself. I get the heartworm testing done at my vets (requires drawing blood) and the heartworm preventative and flea/tick medications I get from a company I have used for years now with no problems www.entirelypets.com. You will need to have a prescription from your vets to purchase the heartworm preventative though which you can get when the testing is done. Also food, toys, beds and such. Good luck.

Answer 4

The cost of a dog depends on its genetics. You can find cheap dogs everywhere. Anything below a thousand is a cheap dog. But, with poor genetics it will have all kinds of problems that could have been bred out by a competent breeder.

Mutts are cheap & they, too, are everywhere. Why go breed specific when there are more mutts & poorly breed dogs to be had.

You will have the price of the dog.
Puppy shots & rabies vacs.
Vet bills
Food
spay/neuter
Dog house
Toys
& lots & lots of time.

Answer 5

Mix breeds that don't have fancy names. Typical price for puppies is about $100. That barely covers the costs raising it for the first two months with vaccines and worming. Food and annual vet checkups cost the same for a mutt as for a fancy purebred dog as long as both of them are healthy. The only thing that might make one more expensive than another is grooming.

Answer 6

In terms of buying, you cannot compare. Purebreeds are expensive, but smaller dogs are usually cheaper than larger ones. Designer breeds are a major ripoff (I've seen people pay over a thousand dollars for mutts like labradoodles!).
Shelter dogs or dogs from a rescue are usually free except for an adoption fee which varies. It might be $50, it might be $200.

In general- never assume ANY dog is cheap! Dogs get sick, they have health problems. We've had one dog that never got sick or anything, and another that has lots of issues. Always plan to have money for emergency surgery, which happens more often than you think. If you don't have money, don't get a dog. I know it sounds mean, but Ive seen many people bring in their dogs, learn they cannot afford to pay the emergency fee, and have to sign them over to us (i.e. they relinquish ownership because they cannot pay). Do you want that to happen to you?

Answer 7

Well it all depends on what you feel is cheap. Most adoptions from Animal Control are about $50 to 150. If you are looking to get one from a pet store, then $200. If your looking for purebred, AKC registered then $800 and up. My GSD is AKC registered, purebred and he was $1800.

Up front medical costs are dependant on age and need of medical care. Pups need shots, etc and those usually run about $100 a visit to the vet. Cheaper if you use Animal Control.

Answer 8

I do agree. If all you care is the price then you sould get a stufffed one. No dog is ever 'cheap' If you are not will to pay 400-200$ for a purebred, then why not visit a shelter. Adopt one. But please if all you careabout is cuteness and the price then I do recommend A STUFFED DOG!

Answer 9

Good price dogs youll find these days are from shelters or from a friend who just got a group of dogs that they are giving away. Shelter prices are $125 for a mut dog over a year $150 for a mut under a year $175 for a purebred over a year and $200 for a purebred under a year all rescues diffrent most resques all dogs $125

Answer 10

There's no such thing. Even if you get a free puppy, there's food, vet visits, equipment and maybe boarding and grooming. All of that adds up to way more than the cost of even an expensive puppy.