1500, limited registration that can be lifted at breeder’s discretion upon achieveing at least an IPO I and official OFA hips & elbows and DM testing.

Breeder primarily breeds West German WLs, Sawyer’s litter was the result of an outcross to her imported WGSL sire. Dam is 50/50 WGWL/WGSL. Sawyer is 75% showline, 25% WGWL

I’m super happy with him. As an active companion/IPO dabble dog, he is perfect.

 

$350 adoption fee. Toby came from a rescue.

 

$800 for Areli from a breeder who was a SAR K9 handler. Full papers etc. She knew I was getting Areli for SAR and kept the price lower as a gift back to the community. So far my girl has made her breeding look good ? That was 4 yrs ago... Saving for my next pup from an outstanding breeders stock and guidance

 

800.00 for each of ours, same breeder. They are now 7 and 4, never have had a lasting health or temperament problem. Tess had a couple panno bouts.

 

Depends on multiple factors. Who are you buying from? Have they actually trained, titled/competed with dogs or bought dogs titled/send them off to be trained and titled? Do they personally keep back dogs from their breedings and train/title the dogs themselves? Research and verify all claims. What are the pedigrees and why?

 

$2k for my little girl. I have no regrets about my purchase, she's been a wonderful pup. Her breeder originally wanted her for a SAR home, but the longer she had to wait for that type of home, the more she realized that may not be the best option for this puppy. I reached out looking for a Nosework prospect and got not only that, but the most loving and willing to please dog could have asked for.

 

Another Angle

Reading through this thread, is very interesting to see that no one has left a price number, that would be consider by the Forum general standards, as a very high price paid (you paid to much!).
A few thoughts on this:
- One my be willing to pay a higher price than the accepted going rate, for a pup that meets all your wish list or requirements.

- In a given search, One may absolutely has to have a specific bloodline, or a product of a breeding that we are familiar with; for which you have to exceed your allotted monetary pool, in order to make it happen.

- Matters of the heart my color the final decision, i.e.. your child, significant other, or someone very important in your life; just has to have this highly price dog, even though you know that the dog is grossly overpriced.

- This dog in front of you, may be the last piece in your quest to achieve a great result, ie. may bring with him/her, some desirable traits that your present dogs are missing.

We fully understand that in this purchasing decision arena, you often times don't get what you paid for; and in the course of our lives, this statement my have rung true in other non livestock acquisitions (car, clothing etc.). In my case, I plead guilty of overpaying for my boy Red, but have absolutely no regrets in what was spend, because he is exactly what I wanted and envision in a GSD for ME.
As is the case with most folks in this great forum, money does not fall from the sky in our household; but as of now, my biggest concern is not the money spend on the purchase, but to make sure that we don't do anything to fail him as the leader of his pack.

Just another angle, given with much respect to all members of this forum, regarding price paid for our GSDs.

 

Actually, No. It's just simply nobody's business what I paid.

I paid the going rate for a working line that is meeting all my expectations on ability for sport and as a family member

Reading through this thread, is very interesting to see that no one has left a price number, that would be consider by the Forum general standards, as a very high price paid (you paid to much!).

 

Getting ready to pay more than I've seen mentioned so far but I don't care. My money, my choice, my dog. It's what I want and you only go around once. Besides I would just blow it on something else. Might as well spend it on my new best friend and give him an awesome life and home.

 

My 4 yr old Male, Ace was a bargain. We got him for 300.00 with papers at a year old, but under the stipulation that we get him neutered. The owner had purchased him to breed with his female and it didn't work out. My 6 month old Male is from the same gentleman and we personally knew the owner of the male that he had breed his female with. We got Stipe for 800.00 with papers and certification of hips.

 

We got Duke in 2010 at 8 weeks from a breeder in the Philadelphia region as pet quality (long coat) and I think we paid 2000 for him with papers. He's from show lines: ASL on his mother's side and (I think, judging from the name) WGSL on his father's. He's the sweetest, goofiest, best mannered and most outgoing shepherd I've ever known (and that includes the two we had before him). Healthy as a horse so far and not a week goes by when someone doesn't stop me in the street to tell me how handsome he is.



When we came to the breeder to pick out a pup at 6 weeks, there he was standing between his mother and grandmother at the door announcing our presence, while his 7 litter mates were either asleep or wandering around. We immediately said "we'll take him" without even looking at the others. The breeder's response was "you know, he's gonna be a little plush, don't you?" (a bit of an understatement) and our response to that was "No matter. He's the one." We haven't regretted our choice for a moment.

 

Our cheepest dog costed us 700€ (the breeder was a friend of us, that also gave us two puppies as a gift).
The most expensive one so far has costed 1.5K. It is from a breeder that I've recently discovered that only works with German lines.

In my case, the most expensive ones that I've bought have long hair, here, in Spain, those are incredibly difficult to find.

 

I feel i got a great deal on Jersey. Out of the five GSD's I have had in my life time i Paid the most for her. Spent $2800.00 and about $750.00 in vet bill's to get all of her puppy shot's and check up's. She is by far the best dog I have ever had and I feel worth every penny for her blood lines. I did a lot of research on breeders and found her in Hot Springs Arkansas. Oh ya and extra $800.00 on road trip and Hotel. I don't think you can put a price on a great dog. I know many people that have paid north of $4000.00.

 

Colorado Breeder

Paid $1350 with full rights and health guarantee, dbl neg for DM, Czech and German grandparents, polizei and bomb dogs with SAR and Schutzhund awards.

 

Xena's WGSL and she was $1,800 or $1,900 in 2015 (although we paid before she was even born, so guess that would've been late 2014). Our breeder asked for her "official" name before we even got her. All the pups in her litter had to have names starting with "X," which I'm guessing had something to do with AKC. I don't know if she actually registered her or what, but we didn't do anything on our end because we just didn't care one way or the other.

 

Hefty Price

We spent $2500 for our GSD. We met dad and mom and was able to see lineage, documentation, and all the dogs they breed are imported. A cheaper pup in our area may be about $800 but no registration or hips or anything. Sometimes what you don't pay for a good well bred dog you end up paying in vet bills and no one wants to see an animal in pain. Breeders free range their animals with their shepherds and they truly were an all around dog. Kept the house and people safe and keeps all of their livestock safe.

 

Wow, really interesting (and kind of surprising) to read about the puppy prices in America. I just used the currency calculator to check what I paid for my puppy when I got her (with papers and stuff) and it was 600€ (~ 680$). Prices for GSD aren't really that high here - unless you want a puppy from a currently popular and successful breeder. But most of the puppies are below 1000€ (~1100$). Maybe one of the perks of living in Germany...:wink2:

 

First time dog owners with early teen kids, our goal was to stack the odds in our favor as much as possible.

Our requirements were -

Long Coat (I know, dumb requirement)
Long established reputable breeder
Proven pedigree of temperament (IPO/SCH titles)
Proven pedigree of health, hips and elbows

We wound up with a WGSL import (Pink Paper) with a pedigree of Schutzhund titles all the way back to the first GSD (Horand). Paid $3500

Knock on wood, at two years old she is everything we could have dreamed of. Best addition to our family since kids.

 

I paid my puppy about 400usd here in Bosnia. He was little bit over 2 months old and now he have 18 weeks. And both parents have good results on shows. Also have papers with it now so complete bloodline is really good. Breeder give health and bloodline warranty. I think it is higher price in my country. Here you can buy nice puppy for about 150usd.

 

I spent $300 USD, in San Francisco. Max is working line.

Not sure if he is even AKC. But really smart and an amazing dog.

 

Like Jax, I am not going to post what I paid, but I am sure my father did a spin in his grave. Lol. He never paid more than 150.00 for a gsd. That was in 68. IMHO, we pay what is a fair market price, if we find what we want. I have found the better breeders charge a bit more. For me money well spent.

 

I paid $800 for Shelby as a pup in 2004. Now that she's gone, I'll say she was worth 10 times that to me. Have never has a dog that gave me as much love and joy as she did.

 

We paid a lot for a German import, partially trained, 13mo old intact male. NO REGRETS for the $$$$ paid.
A wonderful boy, incredibly polite and affectionate.
Our previous gsd, purchased from a priest,with new skete lineage, was a dear boy with an auto immune skin disorder that kept
Me busy for many years tending to his problems.
Current boy is very healthy and very energetic.
Money paid isn’t the point. One can get a fantastic dog from rescue or an elite breeder.

 

We paid 1500 for both our working line gsd puppies together, so 750 each. We never registered them, but they did come papered and with each parents pedigree. It was a local breeder in our town, I don’t believe our puppies parents were titled or did anything competitions of the sort. Both the mom and dads parents and their parents held many titles though. But that wasn’t really that important to us and since we never plan on breeding or anything we never registered them.

A lot of people wanted 1,500 or more for not papered puppies/parents. Honestly having an AKC registered puppy or a puppy from AKC register parents wasn’t really something that we had to have. But we felt like if we were gonna pay 1,500 for a gsd then they should be.

And when we stumbled upon a breeder who lived less then 15 minutes away we went to see the Remaining puppies, which they said was only girls, picked one out. Fell in love with unavailable male puppy while we were there.. went to get the deposit for Layla and they ended up saying if we wanted Odin we could, but I was already in love with my little girl too. So we decided to get both. Best decision we made.

Since joining this form I’ve come to learn that having AKC GSD doesn’t make a breeder “good.” I’ve learned that most breeders do health testing and all other things.

Not saying our breeder is bad, but they for sure put more into breeding for looks and never once talked about health and looking back with what I know now and actually having to previously put down our last GSD to due health issues, in the future this is something I will pay more attention to in the future.

But for 1,500 and tow beautiful and so far healthy and super smart pups. I am a happy dog mom and wouldn’t trade my babies for the world.

Even though we aren’t doing or plan to do any IPO or competiting, we do plan on taking personal protection classes, agility and dock diving for fun on a per dog basis.

We don’t plan on breeding either of our puppies.

 

For my current dog estimated 550 USD WGSL from registered parents with A+ hips SV AD and BH and good show ratings. Has A+ hips and 00 elbows , no serious health issues , just an environmental allergy which equates to an itchy dog.



As many have experienced I have had a very expensive dog , much same price as above but a WL dog , Pannus at 3yrs , Perianal Fistula and DM at 7 yrs ( insert 99% sure all other causes eliminated). The cyclosporin alone was a small fortune, no regrets though , she was my dog and I did the best I could for her.


On the other hand , also had a free dog WL from my sister , that barely saw a vet for anything else than vaccinations and checkups. I think a foreleg sprain from fence running was the only other time we saw a vet.



Perhaps it all balances out in the end, in terms of money once you have had many dogs. And while money is one way of measurement, the joy that they they have brought me is immeasurable.

 

$300 for ours. His dad was 120lb Hawaiian show dog, and his Mum a 95 lb guard dog.