ya'll are stuck in the hog dog world . there is a whole wide world full of dogs that hunt other game . the price of a hog dog is dirt cheap and set at the bottom dollar of the dog world as it is . expand your horizons and go and start priceing you out a finished lab or a started pointer for quail . then go and check the big game and coon hound prices . hell a sho nuff good squirrel dog will cost you 1500.00 dollars lol . hog doggers have got it made even with the 2500.00 dogs that are out there . right now the average price on a purty good dog is only 500.00 dollars consider yourselves lucky it won't last forever .
yea price them finished (truly finished) bird dogs, labs, or pointers, health certifed and all. Really be suprised there. Check out some just health certifed golden retriever pups un started