Breeding Saint Bernard's A Counting of the Cost!
I took the time to put this list together because people keep saying to me " Now really, how much could it have cost to have A litter of puppies? You must make a killing charging what you do. You just need to put a pair together and let them breed." The fact is if you do it right and care about the health of each and every little life you bring into the world their is so much more to it. You need to make sure the dogs you breed are healthy and adhere to their breeds standers. Then you need to fully and absolutely care for and raise the pups till they go to their forever and best homes. You can not shuck your responsibility as a breeder to cut cost you must take care of their health as needed at the right stages in their development, You can not put it off for the buyer to do!! This will in the end reflect in the price of a puppy from a good breeder of any breed of dog.
Puppy Care Price List Estimates and more!
**Price Quotes from Ideal Veterinarian Hospital in Oak Ridge, TN in 2017 With DR. Shaw, as a rough idea of costs on just some of the vetting we have done regular and some repetitively.
~Puppy Health Care:
Post Whelp exam with x-rays - $155
Dew Claw Removal Per a Puppy - $25
Fecal Worm Test - $21
Dewormed/one treatment - $6
Heart worm test - $17
One Dose of heart worm prevention - $8.40 up to $13.30 As they grow up!
Health Check - $41.14
All Three Puppy 5 way Vaccinations parvo plus - $71
Spay and neutering/Price vary depending on weight of puppy and sex -
Females $97 a Spay weight up to 25Lbs/$110 a Spay weight up to 50Lbs
Males $85 a Neuter weight up to 25Lbs/$91 a Neuter weight up to 50Lbs
~Other Cost of care for Puppies:
Puppy Pads as needed 30 - $9.99 x 4 for each puppy a day
Puppy Formula as needed - Meyenberg Powdered Goat Milk With Vitamin D, 12 Oz $14.50 x 6 for each puppy a day
Puppy Food - 57Lb bag $22.98 = 38 days of food for one puppy around one month.
Soap to clean them - 32oz $8
**No Price can be put on the time , Love , and caring put in as well as clean up done, that is always needed to keep them healthy.**
~Adult Breeding Dog Health care and testing:
Yearly vet check - $23.10 - $41.14
Rabies shot - $18.50 - $25
Vaccine Booster shot - $14.30 Paired with Exam
Thyroid one time health test if good - $150
Joint Health x-rays - Full Panels of 5 screen shots/hips $81.50 Elbows $124.50
Eye Screening and test - $41.80
Full Sperm count screening with collection - $100
Brucellosis testing - $118
Progesterone test - $73 mostly likely will need up to four
Pregnancy check exam - $65
Puppy Count exam with X-ray - $125
Ultrasound - $100
Full health Genetic screening - Embark Genetic Testing $199
Emergency C-section on a litter - $600+ Depending on how long it takes and number of puppies can easily spend over $1200
Retired Female Spay - on a female 150 - 200Lbs $400 - $600
Retired male Neuter - On a Male 150 - 200Lbs $300 - $500
** some Prices quoted from reproduction veterinary office Village Vet in Farragut, TN in 2017 from when we last had each done, for one of our animals.**
**Their are many other costs not listed as fare as toys, dog treats, Supplements, collars, leashes, Grooming, and much more. We also have the cost incurred in showing our dogs as well. Not to mention vet charges seem to go up every few months for some reason with all the vet's we have ever used!**
~AKC Registration cost
Show entries run from $15 up to $39 some even higher.
Litter Registration Cost - $25 Plus $2 for each puppy in the litter
Register Puppies papers - $30
This is just for starters, their is a lot I did not think of I am sure. I do not as a rule sit and count the cost as this is my life and my love. I will do what is needed for each and every dog I am responsible for and worry about the cost latter. The bills do add up and it is so much more then just putting a boy and girl together and letting them have pups! This just gives you and idea if you want to talk Dollars and cents.
Just as a added note I do not ask more for my pups then what I have paid
or will pay for one as good for myself.