So I have been on the search for a 2nd dog for some time now. I thought I found that perfect 2nd dog in Truck, but his personality just didn't match my lifestyle. While searching for him I sent out e-mails to several breeders in my area describing what I was looking for and asking if they had (or knew of) anything that fit that description. I received an e-mail last night about a 14 month old female that a breeder local to me has. Here's the catch though, she wants $1000 for the dog (which seems ridiculous to me)! So my question is, when breeders are re-homing adults, what would you expect to pay? When I got Truck I paid $300 (which was fully refunded after the trial period if he didn't work out), I got all his titles, championship awards, OFA certificates, food, current vaccines and microchip, and a large metal crate. I figured this is more than fair seeing how the crate itself is about $80-$100 and that was about the cost of an adoption fee from most rescues in my area and included the same stuff (neuter, vaccines, microchip, 1  dose flea/heartworm meds). If its common for breeders to ask $800-$1000 for an adult, I am going to quit looking at breeders and just put my name on a  list for a puppy and keep an eye out at shelters, so I'd love advice/opinions/experience on how much is "common" to expect to pay for a re-homed adult dog.