How much does a purebred dog cost in Colombia in 2026?

This table gathers what others publish. We put it together by reading breeder websites and ad listings on October 7, 2026. Where it says “summary,” the figure comes from the search engine’s summary and not from the page itself, so it is less reliable.

Each breed has its own price guide with the detail: Maltipoo, Maltese, Cavalier, Cockapoo, Border Collie, Blue Heeler and Bernese Mountain Dog.

Because different things are advertised under the same name. Four factors explain almost all of the difference:

• Registration. On one of the websites we checked, a Border Collie without registration was advertised at COP 1,500,000 and one registered with the ACCC (Asociación Club Canino Colombiano, Colombia’s FCI member kennel club) at COP 6,500,000. Registration proves ancestry.
• The parents’ health tests. Hip and elbow X-rays, genetic tests, a heart exam. They are expensive, and they rule dogs out of breeding. Someone who does them cannot compete on price with someone who does not.
• The labels. “Toy,” “mini,” “teacup,” “merle,” “blue”: they raise the figure in the ad and do not always mean anything. The Maltese standard, for example, has a single size.
• What is included. Full vaccinations, deworming, microchip, contract, follow-up. Two identical figures can stand for very different things.

What should not change the price is eye color, sex or how much of a rush the seller is in.

• A vaccination record with the doses for its age, signed by a veterinarian with a professional license number.
• Up-to-date internal and external parasite treatment, and a health certificate.
• A written contract with the terms of the legal guarantee (Law 1480 of 2011).
• The health tests of both parents, with dates and documents.
• Handover never before eight weeks.
• Someone to write to afterward.

If a low-priced ad includes none of this, the price is not really low: you will pay for what is missing yourself, at the veterinarian’s.

Because there are two possible explanations and neither is good. The first is that the puppy exists but comes from breeding with no controls: no tests, incomplete vaccinations, taken from its mother too early. The second is that it does not exist. The Fiscalía warned in July 2026 that a price that is too low is the first sign of online pet scams.

Our guide to puppy scams explains what to check before sending a deposit.

More than the puppy. The business press puts the yearly cost of having a dog or a cat in Colombia at between COP 2,400,000 and COP 5,000,000. It is a general figure, which we read in the search engine’s summary; treat it as a rough guide.

Over a life of ten or twelve years, that is several times what the puppy cost. And almost everything is calculated by weight — food, parasite treatments, medication, anesthesia — so a 40 kg (88 lb) dog does not cost the same as a 4 kg (9 lb) one. If you are thinking about a large breed, first read the cost of owning a Bernese Mountain Dog.

Because we are a kennel, not a retailer, and because every litter is different: the parents change, and so do the tests that had to be done, the number of puppies and whatever had to be sorted out along the way. Publishing a fixed figure would be inaccurate half the year.

What we do is give it to you over WhatsApp, in writing, along with everything it includes, before any commitment. And adopting is an answer too: if you don’t need a specific breed, we explain when it makes more sense.