As of June 2025, we ask £2000 for our puppies, which includes deworming, KC registration, a vet check, and microchipping.

Breeding Scotties is not really a money-making enterprise, and it’s certainly not how we make our income.  Many labouring females require C-sections which range in cost from £900 to £2500, depending on the circumstances, and limit a female’s number of possible litters.  (You can blame the late-Victorians for this:  fanciers decided that Scotties should look as though they could fight a badger in its warren, so when faced with the choice of breeding a dog that looked muscular from the front or the back, they picked the front. Over the years, this had a predictable effect on pelvis size.) And for all that, Scotties usually have very small litters (1-5 pups), and yet live long past their breeding years.  Compare this, for instance, to a Lab, which can breed for 6-7 of its 9 years, and have as many as 10 pups in a litter (and a roomy pelvis with which to deliver them!).  And of course there are the puppy expenses such as microchipping and registration, all of which can cost as much as £60.00 per puppy.  So it comes as little surprise that Scotties can be hard to find.  The big irony is that in Scotland, home of the Scottie, the breed is very rare.  This is why we started our kennel: we love Scottish terriers and want to see them continue despite the expenses and complications associated with their breeding.  We think they’re worth the extra cost and trouble.  We also try to provide the best possible life for our dogs – they have good food, lots of room to run and play, and they live in the house with us.  In order to give them this lifestyle, however, we incur greater costs and don’t get the monetary benefits of running a larger operation.  The good news on the cost front is that you’ll get a lot of life and love from a Scottie – they live an average 11 years, and we’ve heard of many who’ve lived beyond that, to 14 years old.  You can pay the same amount for an Irish Wolfhound, for example, and only get 7 years of companionship, so a Scottie looks a real bargain from this perspective.  From a purely economical standpoint, you’ll also save money on food for a Scottie versus a larger dog!

Due diligence is always the best route to finding a good breeder.  Visit the kennel, meet the dogs, check references, and make sure that the breeder is being just as selective about buyers as you’re being about breeders!

If you would like to register on our waiting list for a puppy, please click here.