£1500 Chihuahua's

Oh my goodness
Ive just opened my local paper and seen an advert for Chihuahua puppies for £1500

I think this is very excessive has anybody else seen Chihuahuas for this price? I only paid £700 for Fudge admitidly he has got dodgy legs and a funny face!!

my sis paid £1200 for hers,ive never seen them go for less than £1000,
i think its also to do with colour,short haired seem to be more expensive,especially if there black and tan or white

Yeah ive seen the short haired ones go for £1500 but not long haired because they are twice as many registered each year.
Black and tan ones are very hard to get hold of, ive only ever seen one.

Fashion dogs for many, that's why.

I find it so sad that people pay these high prices for dogs when there are so many good dogs and pups in shelters.

Because there aren't always the ones people want in rescue. I know some people buy on a whim etc, especially the crosses but genuine pure bred dogs are not normally in general rescue.
Becky

I know how expensive they are as i wanted one before we got minnie. Its true that they r more expensive these days due to paris hilton and britney. we had to go for a chihuahua cross in the end but so glad we did! mind you they are still charging up to £600 just for a "designer dog" which is in effect a cross!

As long as people keep buying at such stupidly High prices ,breeders are going too raising there prices.

On a well known website for puppies there are a couple of smooth coat pups on for £2000. The breeders will sell at the price the market will pay I suppose. But I must admit the expression 'more money than sense' springs to mind.

Is it true that chihauhua's always have to have their pups delivered by section? I suppose that must considerably put up the price.

But why are Bulldogs so expensive there are several of them up for £2000 as well?

J

I think the reason Bulldogs are so expensive is because they mostly have to have caesarean's and their litters are only small.

I don't know if this might contribute to Chihuahua's and why they're so expensive though.