From what we were told when we were looking around chihuahuas are hard to even get pregnant, they only have small litters and due to the size of many of them end up having caesarians. Not all of course but enough to cause the price to rise. I blame the celebs for wanting them smaller and smaller some are not much too small.

It's called supply and demand.
If what you want is in demand and hard to come by, the price goes up accordingly.

Exactly.

I purchased Bernie for £2000. I was on the breeders waiting list for 11 months. I know she paid out well over £1000 for the c-section. There were 3 pups in the litter, 1 dog & 2 bitches. She had all the relevant tests done throughout. She put in a lot of time and effort and of course, more money spent. She also kept one of the bitches meaning she took in £4k for the two pups. Responsible breeders don't make as much profit as some people may think. If for any reason I could no longer take care of Bernie, my breeder made me sign a contract to say he will go back to her.

Bernie was absolutely worth every penny. I am chuffed to bits with him and excited to see how he gets on at his first ringcraft class tomorrow

Oh, just googled for them
they are really beautiful Bulldogs!

and to your first paragraph, I just can agree

nice to see another french bulldog mum xx

Hello!! Likewise! How old is your frenchie?

Our first springer was a farm bred working springer and we paid £150 for her, the others were all rescues which again we paid £150 donation for,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but this was for a neutered, vacinated, flead, wormed and chipped dog, so not bad really.

We are currently starting to look for breeders expecting a litter towards the end of this year beginning of next as Hubby's working dog is 8 this year and he expects it to take up to 2 years to do properly hence meaning she will be 10 and ready to take a break from full days, we are expecting to pay for a well bred working springer anywhere between 500 - 800 for what we want, a lot of money when you consider what they sell for on preloved

but there isn't any "money making" like some people keep saying

or does the vet ask, if it's a show dog or not and if, suddenly the health tests and whatever gets more expensive?

Fred is 2 years and 4 months and spoilt rotton !!