How much is a dog worth? Price has nor reflection on value! I once was offered $10,000 for one of my dogs at a dock jumping contest. I had a farmer tell me that was the day two fools met. I will not hunt pheasants without a good hunting dog. Guys always ask me why I shoot my limits more often than anybody else. My answer, the dogs. I don't shoot any better than my buddies, but I do know when birds are going to fly based on what my dog is "telling" me. My buddies have learned to watch me like a dog! When I get my gun up in a redy position they get ready as well as I start to move toward the dog they know that a bird is going to get up soon. How many times have you went through a field and had birds get up behind you! without a dog it happens more often, but it still happens with the dogs. I hunt pheasants to shoot them and eat them. Yes they taste wonderful. But my vacation time like everyone else's is precious. I want to see the dog work birds, shoot my gun and harvest some animals. So how much is a dog worth? How much is your vacation time worth? How do you put a price on memories? At the end of the season what do you remember, those days wandering aimlessly around the field without a dog, or those times you shot birds and those beautiful dogs were very much a part of the equation? My dogs price? Priceless!