Xanadu Litter Pricing
Pricing is as follows:
Remember that brown eyes are dominant, and a brown-eyed puppy is just as sweet and smart and healthy as a pup with bright blue eyes. Vanity options do cost more.
Also before your commitment to purchasing any puppy at this unusual time in history, consider how you will bring your puppy home:
- Guardian Pups: $1250
- Litter Pick Male & Female pups: $2885
- Blue-eyed & bi-eyed pups: $2650
- Brown-eyed pups: $2250
- Hazel-eyed pups are usually the same price as the brown-eyed puppies. Green eyes usually turn hazel.The price for pups with clear bright green eyes would have to be negotiated--and these pups are rare.
Remember that brown eyes are dominant, and a brown-eyed puppy is just as sweet and smart and healthy as a pup with bright blue eyes. Vanity options do cost more.
Also before your commitment to purchasing any puppy at this unusual time in history, consider how you will bring your puppy home:
- Ground transportation is possible, and we can recommend a service. Arrangements must be made by you.
- Many people choose to fly in to the closest airport, pick up puppy, and return home with pup in the cabin of the airplane. Airline carriers have differing regulations regarding pups in the aircraft cabin. Ask the carrier you choose how to fly home with your puppy in the cabin with you.
- Drive to pick up your puppy. This litter is in SW Colorado.
When you purchase a puppy from a breeder, you should expect a much “better” dog, in terms of general and genetic health than a pup you might find at a shelter. Some breeders do not take their breeding dogs to veterinarians for genetic testing. Some do not tell you what the results of any genetic tests are. Some breeders do not provide routine health care (vaccinations, worming, teeth cleaning, etc., etc., for their breeding dogs. Some will tell you, “Don’t worry; we’ve never had a problem with any of our puppies.”
If I were purchasing a family member and hoped that new family member would live a LONG and HEALTHY and HAPPY life with my family, I would select a breeder very carefully. I would select a litter very carefully.
Puppy pricing depends on so many variables and combination of variables. Here are some examples:
Still, I would buy a pup from a reputable breeder, so I would know my pup’s genetic background, health history and health history of parents, grandparents, etc., so I would know all I could about temperament in his or her lineage, etc. I’d want to know if grandparents are still alive, how old they were when they died and how they died, and if alive--if they have any uncommon old-age problems. And I’d like to know as much as possible about grandparents and ancestors. Breeders don’t always have the answers to all of these questions, but I’d ask and make a decision based on answers to all of my questions.
XANADU puppies are from parents who have had and been cleared of genetic problems. Test results are ALL “excellent, good, normal, clear, negative.” XANADU will not breed parent dogs who have an overbite or underbite, who have ANY temperament issues, or who have any known and as yet “untestable” problem. Your puppy is guaranteed to be healthy, happy, friendly, loving, and good-natured. XANADU will not sell any pup that does not meet these criteria when that pup goes to his/her new home.
For the most part, my clients come to trust my diligence with "soundness" issues. It is my job to care—to watch out for—my clients, but after temperament, sturdiness is my biggest concern, whether it is general health, ancestral soundness, genetic health (good hips, eyes, stifles, heart, any genetically testable issues). With sturdiness as a foundation, longevity becomes a blessing and a blessing for which we intentionally breed. That means XANADU intentionally breeds for happy, friendly puppies who will enjoy a good-quality life supported by soundness / strength / toughness / and good health into the late teens-to-early-twenties, depending on breed and size. ALL lineages have some longevity enhancement in their genetic backgrounds.
My objective is breed development. I don't only breed the best dogs I can find for the best homes I can find. That's pretty much explained on our website under "Mission." I ask everyone to read that, so they'll be on board with the honesty there and be in agreement with our breeding program objectives and Mission: The Development of the World’s Best Family Dog. Cross-breeds like Goberians and Doodles are not always appreciated by the purebred world. XANADU breeds Designer Dogs.
In the top-priced Goberians, the 2K means "Litter Pick." In an ordinary litter, there are male and female Litter Pick puppies.
The pup(s) that I consider my "best" are also my least expensive; they go to Guardian homes and have between 1 and 3 litters in the future (males can have up to 6 litters). Other Goberian pups may be $1750, if brown-eyed--maybe. HOWEVER, there was an almost perfect bi-eyed tri-colored female Goberian in my first litter that I fell in love with; she could read my mind (I breed for that kind of attentiveness, too). But I didn't keep her in my Guardian program, because (and the vet said she'd out grow it) she had a slight third beat to her heart--like LUB-DUB-dub—a “puppy murmur.” And from the same litter, there was a very sweet, sweet soft-coated bi-color boy that I did keep in the breeding program--and just because of his unusual coat, and he has brown eyes.
If I were purchasing a family member and hoped that new family member would live a LONG and HEALTHY and HAPPY life with my family, I would select a breeder very carefully. I would select a litter very carefully.
Puppy pricing depends on so many variables and combination of variables. Here are some examples:
- The original price of the breeding dog(s).
- The cost of his/her genetic tests.
- Stud fee, if an outside stud is used.
- Collection and shipping of chilled or frozen semen, if used.
- Vet-assist breeding by a canine fertility specialist, if needed.
- Any maternity/birthing assistance that is needed.
- Litter size.
- Pricing of Litter Pick pups.
- Breeding failures.
- Breed.
- Demand.
- Dew claw removal at 2-3 days old.
- Puppy check-ups, vaccinations, and worming.
- Advertising, secretarial, web-pro., and kennel help.
- Etc., etc.
Still, I would buy a pup from a reputable breeder, so I would know my pup’s genetic background, health history and health history of parents, grandparents, etc., so I would know all I could about temperament in his or her lineage, etc. I’d want to know if grandparents are still alive, how old they were when they died and how they died, and if alive--if they have any uncommon old-age problems. And I’d like to know as much as possible about grandparents and ancestors. Breeders don’t always have the answers to all of these questions, but I’d ask and make a decision based on answers to all of my questions.
XANADU puppies are from parents who have had and been cleared of genetic problems. Test results are ALL “excellent, good, normal, clear, negative.” XANADU will not breed parent dogs who have an overbite or underbite, who have ANY temperament issues, or who have any known and as yet “untestable” problem. Your puppy is guaranteed to be healthy, happy, friendly, loving, and good-natured. XANADU will not sell any pup that does not meet these criteria when that pup goes to his/her new home.
For the most part, my clients come to trust my diligence with "soundness" issues. It is my job to care—to watch out for—my clients, but after temperament, sturdiness is my biggest concern, whether it is general health, ancestral soundness, genetic health (good hips, eyes, stifles, heart, any genetically testable issues). With sturdiness as a foundation, longevity becomes a blessing and a blessing for which we intentionally breed. That means XANADU intentionally breeds for happy, friendly puppies who will enjoy a good-quality life supported by soundness / strength / toughness / and good health into the late teens-to-early-twenties, depending on breed and size. ALL lineages have some longevity enhancement in their genetic backgrounds.
My objective is breed development. I don't only breed the best dogs I can find for the best homes I can find. That's pretty much explained on our website under "Mission." I ask everyone to read that, so they'll be on board with the honesty there and be in agreement with our breeding program objectives and Mission: The Development of the World’s Best Family Dog. Cross-breeds like Goberians and Doodles are not always appreciated by the purebred world. XANADU breeds Designer Dogs.
In the top-priced Goberians, the 2K means "Litter Pick." In an ordinary litter, there are male and female Litter Pick puppies.
The pup(s) that I consider my "best" are also my least expensive; they go to Guardian homes and have between 1 and 3 litters in the future (males can have up to 6 litters). Other Goberian pups may be $1750, if brown-eyed--maybe. HOWEVER, there was an almost perfect bi-eyed tri-colored female Goberian in my first litter that I fell in love with; she could read my mind (I breed for that kind of attentiveness, too). But I didn't keep her in my Guardian program, because (and the vet said she'd out grow it) she had a slight third beat to her heart--like LUB-DUB-dub—a “puppy murmur.” And from the same litter, there was a very sweet, sweet soft-coated bi-color boy that I did keep in the breeding program--and just because of his unusual coat, and he has brown eyes.
