How much does a Border Collie cost in Colombia?

What are people asking for a Border Collie in Colombia today?

This is what others publish. We read it on October 7, 2026 and left each figure with its source so you can check it.

Why does the price of a Border Collie vary so much?

ACCC registration

It is what moves the price most: on a single page, the registered puppy is advertised at more than four times the figure of the unregistered one.

Hip and elbow X-rays

The ACCC requires a dysplasia diagnosis for the breed’s parent dogs, valid from 18 months of age. Without those X-rays, the registration is incomplete.

Color

Merle and uncommon colors are advertised at higher prices. Color says nothing about health; a mating of two merles does: it is a serious risk.

Genetic tests

CEA, TNS and MDR1. They are DNA tests, inexpensive compared with what they prevent, and a serious breeder has them.

Which health tests should the parents have?

• Hip and elbow dysplasia (official X-rays)
• CEA (collie eye anomaly)
• TNS
• MDR1

Each with a date, a laboratory or clinic, and a document. Our parent dogs’ results are published in Meet the parents.

What should be included, whatever the price?

• A vaccination record with the doses due for its age, signed by a veterinarian.
• Internal and external parasite treatment up to date.
• A recent veterinary health certificate.
• A written contract, with the terms of the legal guarantee (Colombia’s Law 1480 of 2011).
• Both parents’ health tests, with date, laboratory and document.
• A stated handover age: at Casa Trufa, never before eight weeks.
• Support after the puppy goes home.

What are the warning signs in an ad for a Border Collie?

• “Double merle” puppies, or two merle parents.
• “With pedigree” but no registration number you can check with the ACCC.
• A different price for blue eyes or heterochromia.
• A figure far below those in the table. In July 2026 Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía) warned that a price far below the market is the first sign of an online pet scam.

And after the puppy?

The puppy is the small expense. As a rough guide, the business press puts the cost of keeping a dog in Colombia at between COP 2,400,000 and COP 5,000,000 a year; we read the figure in the search engine’s summary. Food, parasite treatments and medication are calculated per kilo, so factor in the breed’s adult weight.

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