When looking for that special puppy who will become your new family member, be prepared to pay a reasonable price for the quality you deserve. You may think it's a lot of money to spend on a puppy, but look at it this way... in the words of one of our puppy parents, "People ask me how I could spend so much money on a dog and I tell them that if you divide the amount that you pay for a dog over the number of years that you are blessed to have it, it really turns out to be just a little over a hundred dollars a year. People blow way more than a hundred dollars a year on entertainment & travel. The happiness that a dog brings is a wonderful investment."