06/07/2025
All of this. EVERYTHING costs a lot these days. We wish we didn’t need to price our puppies as we do, but as the world changed we also have had to change. We do not have many litters at all. We DO work with other breeders and will share their pups and we DO work with family of ours and their dogs if those dogs originated from our program, but we are a very small scale breeder ourselves. We still work jobs outside of breeding, are raising children, paying for extracurricular activities, rising living costs, and all of the things. We’re still real people who love Dachshunds and want to share that love with others.
I think sometimes it’s easy to forget that. A breeder is still a person. They are more than a label. Our puppy prices vary depending on so many things. We co own one male, a male that we cannot use for some of our girls as we do not produce genetically affected puppies. It would be cheaper and so much easier for us to not care about the low risk involved with doing that, but instead we pay stud fees and travel fees, sometimes AI fees and we lose out when things don’t go as we hope. We invest into every single breeding.
Bindi is confirmed not pregnant. We did use an outside stud for her and will when she comes back in. That is her retirement litter and we had planned to keep a puppy back. If she does not take next breeding then she will be spayed and we will have to accept the loss occurred from both breedings.
Elsa hopefully is currently bred. We are awaiting confirmation. She has her CHIC # and all recommended OFA testing. She is bred to an outside stud and we are hopeful it will be successful.
Maleficent will be our last, hopefully expecting girl this year, and we have not decided yet whom she will be paired to. She also has her CHIC # and all recommended OFA testing completed.
We do more than many other small breed breeders in regards to health testing and we put A LOT of time and effort into our puppies. They’re still individuals and need to adjust to their new home, but we give them the absolute best start.
Our dogs will never end up in a shelter. In fact we recently rescued a dog that we used to own over 8 years ago from the shelter! (Not a Dachshund) The owner relinquished her to us through animal control because they did not have the plans to reclaim their dog. We paid the fees and found the dog a home to ensure they would be taken care of. (The dog was rehomed to this family because she was very dog aggressive and still is.) Thankfully we chipped her to us and were notified right away when she got picked up. Despite having to adjust our entire household to accommodate this pup unexpectedly we still did.
When we say for life, we mean it.
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All my breeding dogs are AKC Registered.
All my dogs live in my home.
Very well loved and cared for.
I only have a few litters per year. Im not a large scale breeder that has a litter every month of the year, or multiple. If I did- my dogs could be cheaper!
It is 6 months into this year and I just had my first litter of 2025. My last was October 2024.
So my puppies will be more expensive than someone else who has more. That is just simply how it goes.
I have QUALITY dogs in my program. Dogs that I have invested alot of time and money into having. Its a full time job just to have breeding dogs. I also have a full time corporate job ontop of it.
I dont get to do this as my "job". I wish I could afford that but I cant.
It absolutely BAFFLES me that people will pay a $4,500 mortgage payment every single month to live in their home, but wont pay that same amount ONE TIME for a LIVE ANIMAL that will live up to 20 years and love them unconditionally??
The world we live in now- EVERYTHING is more expensive. Cost of living, food, vet care, you name it- its more expensive.
That means my dogs will also be more expensive. That is just how it is.
I will NOT negotiate price. END OF STORY. This is not a garage sale.
If my price is too much, I will be happy to try and point you in the direction of someone else who would have a lower price than I do. And I will be nice about it.
I WISH I could post the cost on here. But I cant. Its not allowed.
HOWEVER- that is why I have my gooddog page pinned to the top. Simply clicking that will show you ALL the information you need to know. Price included! Saves you and me time and unnecessary questions.
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