You ask why it cost so much for a Bulldog?

Bulldogs are expensive for several reasons. One reason is because the expense incurred in breeding them. First you have to have progesterone blood tests done and sent to a lab to determine the proper day to breed. It can take 4 or 5 of these tests to learn the right day to breed. These tests are about $60. each. You have to pay for artificial insemination most of the time due to the fact that Bulldogs can not mount the female due to the body structure. There are several steps and expenses involved in just getting the female pregnant. Then there are steps you must take to ensure all is going well such as x-rays and ultrasounds that include more veterinary expense. Then comes the expense of the c-section. This expense depends on if you have to do a scheduled c-section or emergency c-section. Either way it is costly but double for emergency as you can't control labor. Anywhere from $600 to $1200 for a c-section. Often I drive 90 minutes one way to a Bulldog expert to get my c-sections done. This cost is well over $60 for gasoline alone. Then there are missed pregnancies and the same expenses spent and only to find out she didn’t end up pregnant. After the pups are born you have to put them on mom every 2 hours around the clock for 4 weeks to ensure mom don't end up laying or stepping on a pup and killing it.

This is exhausting waking up 24 hours a day between "cat naps" every 90 minutes to 2 hours for 5 weeks not to mention the fact that you really can't go anywhere during this first month other than a fast trip to a close store. Try getting by on a hour of sleep at a time for 24 hours a day for 5 weeks! You also must feed the bitch extra good during pregnancy.

When it comes time to start the puppies on food instead of mom this is another expense because you use other supplements for the puppies not just puppy food to ensure good health. Suppliments for one litter can include up to 20 cans of goats milk at $4.00 per can. Additional supplements used exceed $150 per litter. Needed drugs and antibiotics total up to quite a bit too. Then it comes time to pay for registration papers, shots, de-worming all the pups, also vet checks to make sure they are all doing well, may be up near $1,000 per litter. It takes gasoline to make all these trips to the vet and stores to buy these things. We spend nearly $300 a month on dog food. There is long distance phone calls, computer expenses and printer ink, and internet server fees and computer repairs and paying for web construction and updates. You also have to wash towels and blankets everyday non-stop to ensure the pups have a clean healthy environment in the whelping box not to mention the cost of all the cleaning supplies to do this and the electric bill for the dryer and the doubled or tripled water and sewer bill. We buy facial tissue by the dozen boxes and wet wipes by the case. We go thru 3 times as much laundry soap as a normal couple would. We wore out a $1200 clothes wash machine in 12 months. We spend at least $1,000 per litter on advertising to sell our pups. We spent $12,000 building on a room for the dogs and they have their own exit door which opens into their 10 foot by 20 foot dog run which has concrete floor and a roof over it. This year our County animal control kennel permit which makes us legal to be a breeder cost $500.The cleaning never ends as soon as you think you are done guess what, another mess. This is why Bulldogs are so expensive. There is a lot of time, and love put into this never ending job.

Yes, it is a job to raise a litter of Bulldog puppies. The mortality rate in raising bulldogs is very high. There are a lot of lost puppies during the first 4-6 weeks for various reasons. Average number of pups per litter is 5 born--not 5 that survives! Often 2 or 3 pups in a litter don’t live to age 6 weeks. It takes at least 18 months to get a female to the age of being a breeder. Many are not of high enough quality to be selected as breeders. Sometimes after 18 months you find out a "kept bitch for a breeder" has a problem which disqualifies it to be a breeder. This becomes a loss of finances too. At our house we have thousands of dollars worth of cages, water buckets and food bowls and dog toys and grooming supplies. There are no cheap Bulldogs and if you find one be warned it is most likely a scam! Lately a lot of people are breeding just any sub standard female Bulldog thinking they are going to get rich doing it.

Be careful and buy your puppy from a reputable breeder. It will pay off in the long run. It is better to pay more for a quality Bulldog than to buy a Bulldog from someone who is just trying to make money and sell you a pup that in the long run you will be paying the difference in vet bills and even worse heartaches. Puppies advertise for less than $1200 each are scammers who have no puppies at all. They steal pictures off the internet and most are in other countries and thus cannot be prosecuted. You must use caution when buying a Bulldog if it sounds to good to be true, it is. Remember you get what you pay for. Raising Bulldogs cannot be done part time. I spend at least 15 hours a day caring for and cleaning up after our dogs and I couldn’t keep up without my wife’s help and she works a full time job outside our home. Think you want to raise Bulldogs and then get emails from people wanting to buy a puppy FOR UP TO $1,000.!