I paid $700 for my pure-breed chihuahua, and really I feel like a pretty big sucker about it now. I love my dog more than anything, don't get me wrong, but to pay $700 for a dog to me now seems pretty nuts. I did at least talk the breeder down $100 haha. At the time, I was making good money and I wanted to get a dog that was "pad trained" because I thought it actually meant I didn't have to potty train them... that was DEFINITELY not the case, it was probably at least a year before I got her fully trained. I also had a very specific idea of what I wanted my dog to look like, gender, etc and I think I got a little nuts over it. I also wanted to get her as young as possible to train her and bond with her from a young age. At the end of the day though, it really is a silly waste of money that just leads to breeders breeding more while sweet dogs sit in cages in shelters (or worse).
