Cheap Teacup & Toy Puppies
If you are looking for a cheap teacup or toy puppy, you may be setting yourself up to be scammed!
The price of puppies has tripled over the last 5 years, plus the major shortage in puppies nationwide due to COVID.
We receive over 30 phone calls a week from people that got a teacup puppy that grew 2 or 3 times the size they wanted and wasn't even the breed they thought they were buying. The puppy died a few days later, or they spent an outrageous amount of money in vet bills trying keep it healthy because it was poorly breed. Many were robbed at gun point and lost their cell phone, car keys and money. Money scammers are just a tip of the iceberg!
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Read about the top 6 pet scams below.
These puppy buying tips below explain what kinds of questions to ask to avoid being scammed. Buying a Teacup or Toy puppy is unlike any other purchase you will make. The puppy buying process is a big decision, after all, your new puppy will be with you for a very long time. And while color, temperament and personality are very important, price can also be a deciding factor, and many people end up scammed because of it
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This graphic outlines the basics of the biggest red flags to keep an eye out for when dealing with a puppy scammer.
For an in-depth explanation and tips to ensure you don't get scammed click on the Top 6 Puppy Scams Button below.
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Why Are Tiny / Teacup Dogs So Expensive?
Understanding the value of tiny puppy dogs. What it takes to breed tiny dogs that have tiny puppies.
There are now more people that want tiny dogs than there are people that can afford them and the demand for tiny dogs has grown higher than what breeders can keep up with. Because of the high demand they have become a big target for scammers.
The demand for teacups and tiny dogs doubled 2003 to 2005 surrounding the time that the internet gave a paragon shift to the economy through the internet. When Paris Hilton got Tinkerbell in 2004 from Texas Teacups the demand and popularity quadrupled. People were beginning to see that tiny healthy dogs did exist despite what animal activist tried to tell people.
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Home based breeders are becoming extent with the new laws and regulations that demand all dog breeders to be licensed and many now sell their puppies to pet shops because they can get more for their puppies then the public can pay. Many home based breeders have gone out of business because they could not afford the high expenses of maintaining a breeder license or lived in the city limits where dog kennels were not allowed.
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The Labor Department said the country has experienced the highest rate of inflation in 40 years, driven primarily by gas prices along with increases in the price of groceries, rent and new cars. Don't hold your breath waiting for prices to go down because they will continue to go up even more over the next 10 years.
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Small breeds under 15 pounds are getting to be impossible to find for less than $3,500