An acquaintance of mine sent me the link to the puppies page from one of the ''big name'' breeders and was going off on the price of his pups, pups that I pointed out he wouldn't buy any ways. Now I am not a fan of this breeder but I had to call it as I see it.

The man had dedicated his entire adult life to the betterment of his families of dogs.

When you run a first class puppy and stud service enterprise feeding a high quality feed to 100+ dogs, providing top of the line veterinarian care, top of the line fenced housing kennels and employing a full time yard staff year round not to mention state of the art, on site chilled and frozen semen storage facility can easily justify puppies priced from $1500 to $3000 and stud services from show stock priced accordingly.

Especially when you factor in up to date puppy care to a staggering 60 litters or more per year while under the strictest of scrutiny from ''big brother''.

Also last but not least owning a dog registry that has a number of sanctioned shows per year and a large scale annual "Pig Pickin" with special guests and bands brought in.

Now there are certainly pit falls one could point out but the mans prices is not one.

FYI : To help keep things in perspective, the average cost of a Golden Doodle from a hobby breeder ranges from $1,950 U.S to $5,095 U.S. depending on the poodle type used for the cross with the most common standard Poodle cross being $2,300 U.S. (a female friend of mine just bought one for her family)

Also try getting a 'pure bred' pedigree pup with breeding rights from a professional dog breeder, regardless of the breed and see what kind of money is being asked.