Price of a pup

[bobbercrazy23]

How much is a bluetick/walker pup when his dad is a proven hound at chasin bobcats, lions, and coons and its mom has insane bloodlines and is a really good coon hound.

[backwoods1]

If u ask mike Kemp or Brent ottson or some of these guys they could be worth couple grand a piece! But I think for a 8 week old pup, charge for the amount of money u put in to them (food, shots etc) so 50 to 100 is all I will pay! Jmo

[halfbreed]

alot of variables is it a proven cross ? first time breedings are a crap shoot . good parents don't allways throw good pups . a first time cross should be cheap till the breeding proves it's self . me i sell first time crosses between 75.00 and 150.00 with a one year garranty . if the cross turns out well then i price accordingly

[BigGameHunter]

JMO. I agree partially on not charging to much for first time crosses but I have more invested into a pup than 100 bucks depending on how bug the litter is. I think 150-200 bucks is reasonable for a first time cross and 200-500 is reasonable for proven crosses. That is just my opinion. I do a little breeding for myself but usually don't sell pups. I don't like creating competition for myself. If know a lot of people bag on others charging so much for their proven crosses but if the demand is there and your selling dogs, why wouldn't you?

[livetohunt]

As much as you are willing to pay. I know sounds like a smart ass answer but really as long as guys are selling pups for $1000 to $2000 and guys are paying it then they are going to keep asking that much and more. I for one dont think there is a pup alive thats worth $500 but thats just me. It does not matter if its the first or the ten breeding there is still a chance that pup will be a cull. Now once a pup gets a little older and you know what you have then I can see asking a little more for a dog.

[shoot4fur]

i agree, there are good ones and bad ones, my best dog so far is a $30 craigslist unregisterd walker. And it came with a bag of dog food, dog dish, leash, and chew toy(:

[dry ground]

It doesn't matter how much or how little you pay for a pup, it's how much or how little you work and hunt and train your pup after pick him up. Don't try to re-invent the wheel when your looking for a pup. Look for a proven line of dog's that catch the game that you wish to persue. I have found that it is better to make the pup's that you want , And try to avoid buying into all the hype and sale's pitche's.. JMO... Scott

[rhromm]

It doesn't matter how much or how little you pay for a pup, it's how much or how little you work and hunt and train your pup after pick him up. Don't try to re-invent the wheel when your looking for a pup. Look for a proven line of dog's that catch the game that you wish to persue. I have found that it is better to make the pup's that you want , And try to avoid buying into all the hype and sale's pitche's.. JMO... Scott

Hunting time clearly is pivotal in the success of a hound, but I do not believe it "makes" a hound. Luck is key, along with solid breeding. To get a dog off solid breeding it generally takes money. A pup with proven big game hounds down the line helps to reduce hybrid vigor than can genetically come out in the offspring. Just because the sire/dam are top notch dogs does not mean they will throw great pups. They may not pass these traits on to their offspring. This is where a proven cross is key. The proven cross generally runs the price up on a pup.

Buying a pup off a proven cross is cheap if you think about it.

You pay $100 for an unproven cross
You pay for shots, wormer, flea/tick and miscellaneous expenses $250
You feed the dog for a year $200
Gas to train the pup $100
The pup turns out to be worthless....
You in turn give the dog away and buy a pup out of a proven cross $500
You now have $1150 in the proven cross before the above expenses
The proven cross turns out to be a rig dog.......

While I may have exaggerated the costs, you get the picture.

I once read a puppy is like buying a high dollar lottery ticket, not all turn out. And some are better than others.

[Steve White]

It's a bit ironic is it not. That is normally the first cross is the best one. How many times has the first cross been great, but the second a total flop.

It's a crap shoot every time regardless of how many times a cross was made. Just way to many variables.

[FullCryHounds]

Just wait a month, that $500 pup the guy was asking for last month and couldn't sell is now being advertised for $100.