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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.

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

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

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?

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.

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(:

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

dry ground wrote: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.

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.

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