A PuppyBase data study · updated July 2026
Puppy Price Index 2026: What 276 Dog Breeds Actually Cost
We pulled the puppy price for every breed in the PuppyBase database to answer one question: what does a dog actually cost in 2026? The short version — more than most people guess, and popularity has almost nothing to do with it. The internet’s most-wanted breeds are among the priciest, while the cheapest are hard-working hounds almost nobody markets.
Average puppy price
$2,386
Median puppy price
$2,500
Full price range
$600–$8,000
Breeds analyzed
276
Where the breeds land
Price distribution across 276 breeds
Each bar counts how many breeds have an average puppy price in that band. The bulk of breeds cluster between $1,500 and $3,000.
Under $1,000
0
$1,000–$1,499
9
$1,500–$1,999
31
$2,000–$2,499
58
$2,500–$2,999
134
$3,000–$3,499
25
$3,500 & up
19
The standouts
Most expensive
Coton de Tulear
$4,000
Average price, ranging $2,500 to $6,000. Rarity, small litters, and demand all push the price up.
See the Coton de Tulearprice guide →Least expensive
Catahoula Leopard Dog
$1,000
Average price, ranging $600 to $1,800. The cheapest breeds are working and scent hounds bred for the field, not the show ring.
See the Catahoula Leopard Dogprice guide →Popular but pricey
Labrador Retriever
$2,500
The #1 most popular breed in the country, yet it can run as high as $4,000. Popularity drives demand, and demand keeps prices high.
See the Labrador Retrieverprice guide →The premium tier
The 15 most expensive breeds
Every breed, ranked by price
All 276 breeds, most expensive first. Tap any breed for its full price guide.
| # | Breed | Popularity | Low | Average | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coton de Tulear | #81 | $2,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| 2 | French Bulldog | #4 | $2,500 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
| 3 | Lagotto Romagnolo | #99 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $5,500 |
| 4 | Tibetan Mastiff | #131 | $2,500 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
| 5 | Leonberger | #93 | $2,500 | $3,800 | $5,500 |
| 6 | Affenpinscher | #148 | $1,500 | $3,500 | $4,750 |
| 7 | Barbet | — | $2,500 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 8 | Bernese Mountain Dog | #22 | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 9 | Boerboel | #121 | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 10 | Bulldog | #5 | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakian Vlcak | — | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 12 | Dogo Argentino | — | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 13 | Golden Retriever | #3 | $2,000 | $3,500 | $4,500 |
| 14 | Irish Wolfhound | #76 | $2,500 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 15 | Löwchen | #168 | $2,000 | $3,500 | $6,000 |
| 16 | Neapolitan Mastiff | #102 | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 17 | Newfoundland | #40 | $2,500 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 18 | Portuguese Water Dog | #50 | $2,500 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 19 | Tosa | — | $2,000 | $3,500 | $5,000 |
| 20 | Azawakh | — | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 21 | Berger Picard | #144 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 22 | Black Russian Terrier | #118 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 23 | Broholmer | — | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| 24 | Cane Corso | #32 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 25 | Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | #18 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 26 | Cesky Terrier | #185 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 27 | Cirneco dell’Etna | #183 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| 28 | Doberman Pinscher | #17 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 29 | Dogue de Bordeaux | #67 | $1,800 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 30 | Giant Schnauzer | #78 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 31 | Greater Swiss Mountain Dog | #74 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 32 | Nederlandse Kooikerhondje | #150 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| 33 | Norfolk Terrier | #126 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 34 | Norwich Terrier | #108 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 35 | Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | #83 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| 36 | Pembroke Welsh Corgi | #13 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,000 |
| 37 | Perro de Presa Canario | #186 | $1,800 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 38 | Peruvian Inca Orchid | #197 | $1,800 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 39 | Poodle | #7 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 40 | Rhodesian Ridgeback | #41 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 41 | Samoyed | #59 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 42 | Shiba Inu | #44 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
| 43 | Shikoku | — | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 44 | Xoloitzcuintli | #140 | $1,800 | $3,000 | $4,500 |
| 45 | Basenji | #87 | $1,800 | $2,800 | $4,000 |
| 46 | Bergamasco Sheepdog | #187 | $1,800 | $2,800 | $4,000 |
| 47 | Bracco Italiano | #112 | $1,800 | $2,800 | $4,000 |
| 48 | Miniature Schnauzer | #19 | $1,500 | $2,800 | $4,000 |
| 49 | Afghan Hound | #113 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,500 |
| 50 | Airedale Terrier | #60 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 51 | American Bulldog | — | $1,200 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 52 | American Hairless Terrier | #136 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 53 | Appenzeller Sennenhund | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 54 | Australian Shepherd | #17 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 55 | Basset Fauve de Bretagne | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 56 | Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 57 | Bearded Collie | #127 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 58 | Beauceron | #124 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 59 | Bedlington Terrier | #141 | $1,800 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 60 | Belgian Laekenois | #191 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 61 | Belgian Malinois | #43 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,500 |
| 62 | Belgian Sheepdog | #125 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 63 | Belgian Tervuren | #106 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 64 | Bichon Frise | #46 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 65 | Biewer Terrier | #83 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 66 | Bohemian Shepherd | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 67 | Bolognese | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 68 | Border Collie | #35 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 69 | Borzoi | #103 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 70 | Bouvier des Flandres | #84 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 71 | Boxer | #11 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 72 | Braque du Bourbonnais | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 73 | Braque Francais Pyrenean | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 74 | Briard | #132 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 75 | Brussels Griffon | #98 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 76 | Bullmastiff | #51 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 77 | Bull Terrier | #62 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 78 | Canaan Dog | #179 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 79 | Cardigan Welsh Corgi | #68 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 80 | Caucasian Shepherd Dog | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 81 | Central Asian Shepherd Dog | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 82 | Chesapeake Bay Retriever | #45 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 83 | Chinese Crested | #79 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 84 | Chinook | #190 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 85 | Chow Chow | #75 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 86 | Clumber Spaniel | #143 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 87 | Curly-Coated Retriever | #162 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 88 | Dachshund | #12 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 89 | Dandie Dinmont Terrier | #176 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 90 | Danish-Swedish Farmdog | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 91 | Deutscher Wachtelhund | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 92 | Drentsche Patrijshond | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 93 | Dutch Shepherd | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 94 | English Cocker Spaniel | #52 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 95 | English Toy Spaniel | #135 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 96 | Entlebucher Mountain Dog | #157 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 97 | Estrela Mountain Dog | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 98 | Eurasier | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 99 | Field Spaniel | #149 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 100 | Finnish Lapphund | #161 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 101 | Flat-Coated Retriever | #91 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 102 | German Pinscher | #134 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 103 | German Shepherd | #2 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 104 | German Shorthaired Pointer | #9 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 105 | Glen of Imaal Terrier | #174 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 106 | Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | #177 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 107 | Great Dane | #16 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 108 | Havanese | #24 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 109 | Hokkaido | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 110 | Hovawart | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 111 | Ibizan Hound | #152 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 112 | Icelandic Sheepdog | #155 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 113 | Irish Water Spaniel | #159 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 114 | Italian Greyhound | #73 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 115 | Japanese Chin | #104 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 116 | Kai Ken | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 117 | Kerry Blue Terrier | #129 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 118 | Kishu Ken | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 119 | Komondor | #173 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 120 | Kromfohrlander | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 121 | Kuvasz | #163 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 122 | Labrador Retriever | #1 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 123 | Lakeland Terrier | #147 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 124 | Lancashire Heeler | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 125 | Lapponian Herder | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 126 | Maltese | #37 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 127 | Mastiff | #29 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 128 | Miniature American Shepherd | #34 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 129 | Miniature Bull Terrier | #110 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 130 | Miniature Poodle | #7 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 131 | Mudi | #162 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 132 | Norwegian Buhund | #165 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 133 | Norwegian Lundehund | #191 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 134 | Old English Sheepdog | #72 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 135 | Otterhound | #182 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 136 | Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | #156 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 137 | Pharaoh Hound | #172 | $1,800 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 138 | Polish Lowland Sheepdog | #170 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 139 | Pomeranian | #23 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 140 | Puli | #160 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 141 | Pumi | #151 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 142 | Pyrenean Mastiff | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 143 | Pyrenean Shepherd | #181 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 144 | Rottweiler | #8 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 145 | Russian Toy | #175 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 146 | Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 147 | Saint Bernard | #48 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 148 | Saluki | #120 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 149 | Schapendoes | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 150 | Scottish Deerhound | #158 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 151 | Scottish Terrier | #57 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 152 | Sealyham Terrier | #164 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 153 | Shetland Sheepdog | #25 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 154 | Skye Terrier | #178 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 155 | Sloughi | #192 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 156 | Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier | #53 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 157 | Spanish Mastiff | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 158 | Spanish Water Dog | #153 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 159 | Spinone Italiano | #109 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 160 | Stabyhoun | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 161 | Staffordshire Bull Terrier | #80 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 162 | Standard Schnauzer | #89 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 163 | Sussex Spaniel | #180 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 164 | Swedish Lapphund | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 165 | Swedish Vallhund | #169 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 166 | Thai Ridgeback | #187 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 167 | Tibetan Terrier | #96 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 168 | Toy Poodle | #7 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,500 |
| 169 | Vizsla | #31 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 170 | Welsh Springer Spaniel | #128 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 171 | Welsh Terrier | #107 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 172 | West Highland White Terrier | #42 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 173 | Whippet | #61 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 174 | Wire Fox Terrier | #101 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 175 | Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | #65 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 176 | Wirehaired Vizsla | #167 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,000 |
| 177 | Yakutian Laika | — | $1,500 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
| 178 | Yorkshire Terrier | #10 | $1,500 | $2,500 | $4,500 |
| 179 | Alaskan Malamute | #58 | $1,500 | $2,200 | $3,500 |
| 180 | Great Pyrenees | #66 | $1,500 | $2,200 | $3,500 |
| 181 | Weimaraner | #36 | $1,500 | $2,200 | $3,000 |
| 182 | Akita | #47 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 183 | American Eskimo Dog | #122 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 184 | American Staffordshire Terrier | #85 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 185 | Australian Cattle Dog | #55 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 186 | Border Terrier | #88 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 187 | Boston Terrier | #21 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 188 | Boykin Spaniel | #100 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 189 | Brittany | #26 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 190 | Cairn Terrier | #69 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 191 | Chinese Shar-Pei | #64 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 192 | Cocker Spaniel | #30 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 193 | Collie | #38 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 194 | English Setter | #94 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 195 | English Springer Spaniel | #27 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 196 | Finnish Spitz | #184 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 197 | French Spaniel | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 198 | German Longhaired Pointer | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 199 | German Wirehaired Pointer | #63 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 200 | Gordon Setter | #115 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 201 | Hamiltonstovare | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 202 | Hanoverian Scenthound | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 203 | Irish Red and White Setter | #146 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 204 | Irish Setter | #77 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 205 | Irish Terrier | #116 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 206 | Japanese Spitz | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 207 | Karelian Bear Dog | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 208 | Keeshond | #95 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 209 | Lhasa Apso | #71 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 210 | Manchester Terrier | #133 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 211 | Miniature Pinscher | #70 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 212 | Norrbottenspets | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 213 | Norwegian Elkhound | #97 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 214 | Papillon | #54 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 215 | Parson Russell Terrier | #117 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 216 | Pekingese | #92 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 217 | Pointer | #114 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 218 | Porcelaine | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 219 | Portuguese Podengo | #155 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 220 | Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | #154 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 221 | Portuguese Pointer | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 222 | Portuguese Sheepdog | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 223 | Pudelpointer | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 224 | Pug | #28 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 225 | Rafeiro do Alentejo | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 226 | Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 227 | Russell Terrier | #82 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 228 | Schipperke | #105 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 229 | Shih Tzu | #20 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
| 230 | Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 231 | Slovensky Cuvac | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 232 | Smooth Fox Terrier | #123 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 233 | Tibetan Spaniel | #119 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 234 | Toy Manchester Terrier | #133 | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 235 | Transylvanian Hound | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 236 | Wetterhoun | — | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,000 |
| 237 | American Water Spaniel | #166 | $1,200 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 238 | Anatolian Shepherd Dog | #90 | $1,000 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
| 239 | Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 240 | Australian Terrier | #140 | $1,200 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 241 | Basset Hound | #39 | $1,200 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 242 | Beagle | #6 | $1,200 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 243 | Chihuahua | #33 | $1,000 | $1,800 | $3,500 |
| 244 | Croatian Sheepdog | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 245 | Drever | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 246 | German Spitz | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
| 247 | Greyhound | #145 | $1,000 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
| 248 | Harrier | #189 | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 249 | Segugio Italiano | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 250 | Siberian Husky | #14 | $1,200 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
| 251 | Silky Terrier | #112 | $1,200 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 252 | Slovensky Kopov | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 253 | Tornjak | — | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,800 |
| 254 | Toy Fox Terrier | #111 | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,500 |
| 255 | American Foxhound | #186 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,400 |
| 256 | American Leopard Hound | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 257 | Australian Kelpie | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 258 | Bloodhound | #49 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 259 | Dalmatian | #56 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 260 | English Foxhound | #188 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 261 | Jagdterrier | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 262 | Jindo | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 263 | Rat Terrier | #86 | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 264 | Redbone Coonhound | #142 | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 265 | Taiwan Dog | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 266 | Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 267 | Working Kelpie | — | $800 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
| 268 | American English Coonhound | #175 | $800 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
| 269 | Black and Tan Coonhound | #138 | $800 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
| 270 | Bluetick Coonhound | #130 | $800 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
| 271 | Carolina Dog | — | $800 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
| 272 | Plott Hound | #171 | $800 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
| 273 | Catahoula Leopard Dog | — | $600 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
| 274 | Mountain Cur | #176 | $600 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
| 275 | Treeing Tennessee Brindle | — | $600 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
| 276 | Treeing Walker Coonhound | #137 | $600 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
Methodology
How we built this study
The numbers come from the PuppyBase breed database, which tracks typical puppy prices from reputable US breeders in 2026. For each breed we record a low, average, and high price. The averagereflects the midpoint of the observed price range — what a typical buyer pays a responsible breeder, not the floor or the ceiling.
The study-wide figures above are computed live from 276 breeds with price data. The average puppy price ($2,386) is the mean of every breed’s average; the median ($2,500) is the middle value, which is less sensitive to the handful of very expensive breeds. The range ($600–$8,000) spans the lowest low to the highest high across the whole field.
These figures describe purchase price from a breeder. Adoption costs far less — most rescues charge a $200–$600 fee, and breed-specific rescues exist for nearly every popular breed. Prices also shift with location, lineage, color, and breeder reputation, so treat these as well-grounded benchmarks rather than fixed quotes. Figures update automatically as the database changes.