I have just been researching and the prices for a pet quality B.T. here range from about 2500 dollars for a pet quality male. These are healthy dogs but the breeders don't want to use them for breeding or showing.For some reason there are very few female for sale in my area. After buying a poodle from a backyard breeder we would never do so again. Yes, she was inexpensive and was a lovely dog but she was not a dog without problems and dies quite young. You pay for what you get most of the time.