How much did you pay for your doodle? Sooooo expensive!

[Diane Winters]

Am I crazy ? I just wrote a check for $2k plus Tax plus another $300 to ship my brand new gorgeous australian mini labradoodle. Ughhh. Don't tell my husband or he will kill me. I tried looking locally (w/in a 100 mile driving distance) but to no avail. Seems that mini (20 ish pounds) are hard to find. Once I found a puppy that was ready to go NOW, was the color I wanted (brown w green eyes) I just paid the price asked by the breeder. Didn't try to negotiate because he seemed like such a hard working guy with a farm and kids and doing something he loved. What did you pay?

[Carolyn Shusterman]

We paid what 4 multigenerational ALD's would cost because we bought a breeding pick of the litter pup.  I am going to breed her only once but I still did all the testing.  If I added all the costs to just produce her 5 puppies they would cost $3,375 each.  Now you all can feel like you got a bargain!  I would rather pay the money up front to get a healthy doodle then spend many tears and hours in the pet hospitals.

[Murphys Mom]

My breeder had f2 mini labradoodles 20-30lb for $1200.

[L stover]

Ours is $800.