The cost of raising a responsibly bred litter

Pre puppies
Attaining your bitch to champion show level or making sure she is sound for breeding		£6,000
Travel to meet and compare various stud dogs (if not own stud)		£500
Health tests DCM & CNM, hips and elbows, etc		£500
2-4 Progesterone tests to pinpoint accuracy of timing		£200
Stud Fee to Stud Owner		£1,200
Lost wages (time off work to travel to stud dog or vet for breeding)		£400
Travel to Stud dog (fuel, tolls, meals) (local vs. aboard)		£400
4 nights at mid-priced dog-friendly lodging @£40/night (not counting hours on phone finding it)		£200-£300
OR Airline fare and boarding to fly bitch to the dog we were going to do this.		£400
Semen Collection of Stud (if needed) this includes travel time not including loss of earnings for partner/husband.		£200
Implantation (surgery) or 2 Transcervical inseminations of collected sperm into the bitch If going this route		£500
Ultrasound to check on the status of breeding – did it take?		£30-£40
Pre-puppy Total: NO PUPPIES YET, just preliminaries (double if breeding doesn’t take)		averages to £9,685
Now puppies expenses
Accumulate needed birthing supplies (clamps, heat lamp, heat mat, siphon bulb, replacement milk, etc.) assuming already have some things from previous litters		£150
Update website		£50
Extra food in anticipation of pregnancy		£500
Miss work to deliver puppies (sick time or lost wages)		£500
Birth Expenses – Natural (have oxytocin, other drugs on hand for complications)		£250
Birth Expenses – C-section/Complications		£1,000
Emergency visit cost (weekend, after hours or fading puppy vet visit)		£200
KC litter registration  Average 8 in litter		£136
More premium food for nursing mom & puppies (once weaned)		£500
Nursing Mom refuses to eat premium food, demands steak and cream instead or wants a broth		£100
Vet Emergency that always happens (stepped on a puppy, Mastitis in mum)		£200
Start weaning on premium food (mine is raw)		£600
Worming commences with mess average litter of 8		£250
First jabs and vet check		£500
New & replacement puppy toys, towels, baby gates, other misc. necessities		£100
Home Destruction (replace chewed woodwork, cords, repair furniture & rugs, etc.)		£200
24/7 job of supervising new mum, making sure puppies are safe & fed, laundry maid, playmate, trainer and poop picker upper		£0
Assemble puppy “going home” packets (including collar or two, toys, poop bags, etc.)		£500
Added utility bills and laundry costs for washing puppy blankets and heating for puppies when they are first born.		£1,000
Eventual Sleep and a Healthy Mum & Puppies – Puppy breath and cuddles		PRICELESS
The total cost of whelping/raising litter		£6,736
TOTAL COST TO BREED A LITTER RESPONSIBLY- BRED PUPPIES  This is an average litter of Great Dane puppies of 8 so when folks say it doesn't cost that much think again.		£16,421