Bitch pups costing more than dog pups

I'm of exactly the same opinion. The dog puppies cost the same to rear as the bitch puppies and I don't believe they are less worthy than bitches. This again reinforces the view that breeding is monetary motivated!
Becky

Maybe some breeders put a higher price on bitches because they can then go on to 'produce' offspring of their own even though the males can be used for stud purposes and also bitches tend to be more highly desirable than dogs for some reason so that too could be an added factor, I'm like you though, all our puppies were priced the same regardless of sex/quality ie show or pet home

Puppies from Max's litter were all the same price, but I've seen adverts in local papers and a well-known puppy website etc where bitches are often more than dogs.

Not sure why really....

Dogs/Bitches all the same price with my litters.

The dogs and bitches in Max's litter were all the same price. But I did notice when I was looking for a Dally (I decided against another in the end) in quite a few litters the bitches were priced £50 - £100 more than the dogs which I didn't really understand, I think dogs and bitches should be priced the same personally

I dont charge any more for my bitches, than dog pups - and they are all sold with endorsements on the registration papers.
However, I do worry particularly about placing bitch pups in 'safe' homes, where the endorsements will be respected (dont forget that they can still be bred from, just not registered with the KC), so the charitable side of me wonders whether these breeders are just trying to put off someone who may be thinking of breeding indiscriminately, by charging more for their bitches.







OTOH the cynic in me says it is more likely to be getting the best return on a potential breeding machine

All the litters I have bought from were the same price, however when we got Storm his breeder did say they were tempted to sell the bitches for higher due to the amount of calls they got asking for bitches.

I would run fast from anyone charging more for a bitch. Any respectable breeder charges the same for dogs or bitch and puts endorsements on them all anyway. To use the excuse the bitch could be bred from so therefore charge more is that of a greedy irresponsible breeder. Noone can say if a dog is good enough to breed from at the age of 8 weeks whether it is from good stock or not.
It's simple greed and unfortunately the unsuspecting newbie to dogs would perhaps fall for.