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The cheapest dog breeds to own

Every breed in the dataset, ranked from least to most expensive per year — and the reason the top of that list changes completely when you count a whole lifetime. UPDATED September 23, 2026 · 7 MIN

Every breed profile, A–Z

218 dogs · per year in TX

• Affenpinscher $2,487
• Afghan Hound $3,571
• Airedale Terrier $3,338
• Akita $4,048
• Alaskan Malamute $3,693
• American English Coonhound $2,949
• American Eskimo Dog $2,940
• American Foxhound $3,075
• American Hairless Terrier $2,401
• American Pit Bull Terrier $2,787
• American Staffordshire Terrier $2,844
• American Water Spaniel $3,163
• Anatolian Shepherd Dog $3,457
• Australian Cattle Dog $2,856
• Australian Shepherd $3,018
• Australian Terrier $2,641
• Azawakh $2,701
• Barbet $3,492
• Basenji $2,519
• Basset Hound $2,713
• Beagle $2,511
• Bearded Collie $3,498
• Beauceron $3,529
• Bedlington Terrier $2,908
• Belgian Laekenois $3,450
• Belgian Malinois $3,013
• Belgian Sheepdog $2,998
• Belgian Tervuren $2,998
• Bergamasco Sheepdog $3,730
• Berger Picard $3,450
• Bernedoodle $3,885
• Bernese Mountain Dog $3,935
• Bichon Frise $2,822
• Biewer Terrier $2,567
• Black and Tan Coonhound $3,194
• Black Russian Terrier $4,439
• Bloodhound $3,275
• Bluetick Coonhound $3,029
• Boerboel $3,518
• Border Collie $3,206
• Border Terrier $2,578
• Borzoi $3,986
• Boston Terrier $2,425
• Bouvier des Flandres $3,935
• Boxer $3,075
• Boykin Spaniel $2,977
• Bracco Italiano $3,167
• Briard $3,528
• Brittany $2,739
• Brussels Griffon $2,497
• Bull Terrier $3,013
• Bulldog $2,718
• Bullmastiff $3,640
• Cairn Terrier $2,578
• Canaan Dog $2,718
• Cane Corso $3,479
• Cardigan Welsh Corgi $2,617
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel $2,730
• Cavapoo $2,813
• Cesky Terrier $2,783
• Chesapeake Bay Retriever $3,543
• Chihuahua $2,137
• Chinese Crested $2,634
• Chinese Shar-Pei $2,815
• Chinook $2,956
• Chow Chow $3,309
• Cirneco dell’Etna $2,465
• Clumber Spaniel $3,633
• Cockapoo $2,892
• Cocker Spaniel $2,994
• Collie $3,366
• Coton de Tulear $2,541
• Curly-Coated Retriever $3,941
• Dachshund $2,479
• Dalmatian $2,981
• Dandie Dinmont Terrier $2,693
• Danish-Swedish Farmdog $2,408
• Doberman Pinscher $3,413
• Dogo Argentino $3,529
• Dogue de Bordeaux $3,355
• English Cocker Spaniel $2,873
• English Foxhound $3,106
• English Setter $3,537
• English Springer Spaniel $2,809
• English Toy Spaniel $2,656
• Entlebucher Mountain Dog $3,018
• Field Spaniel $3,182
• Finnish Lapphund $2,689
• Finnish Spitz $2,598
• Flat-Coated Retriever $3,195
• French Bulldog $2,491
• German Pinscher $2,739
• German Shepherd Dog $3,247
• German Shorthaired Pointer $3,090
• German Wirehaired Pointer $3,562
• Giant Schnauzer $3,784
• Glen of Imaal Terrier $2,952
• Golden Retriever $2,956
• Goldendoodle $3,733
• Gordon Setter $3,160
• Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen $3,206
• Great Dane $3,435
• Great Pyrenees $3,250
• Greater Swiss Mountain Dog $3,613
• Greyhound $3,075
• Harrier $2,917
• Havanese $2,634
• Ibizan Hound $3,287
• Icelandic Sheepdog $2,552
• Irish Red and White Setter $3,425
• Irish Setter $3,817
• Irish Terrier $2,819
• Irish Water Spaniel $3,575
• Irish Wolfhound $3,991
• Italian Greyhound $2,250
• Japanese Chin $2,617
• Keeshond $3,085
• Kerry Blue Terrier $3,184
• Komondor $4,133
• Kuvasz $3,263
• Labradoodle $3,860
• Labrador Retriever $3,229
• Lagotto Romagnolo $3,158
• Lakeland Terrier $2,633
• Lancashire Heeler $2,328
• Leonberger $4,132
• Lhasa Apso $2,722
• Löwchen $2,722
• Maltese $2,586
• Maltipoo $2,659
• Manchester Terrier (Standard) $2,400
• Manchester Terrier (Toy) $2,309
• Mastiff $3,475
• Miniature American Shepherd $3,007
• Miniature Bull Terrier $2,519
• Miniature Pinscher $2,274
• Miniature Poodle $2,777
• Miniature Schnauzer $2,610
• Mudi $3,041
• Neapolitan Mastiff $3,397
• Nederlandse Kooikerhondje $2,495
• Newfoundland $3,551
• Norfolk Terrier $2,577
• Norwegian Buhund $2,635
• Norwegian Elkhound $2,903
• Norwegian Lundehund $2,325
• Norwich Terrier $2,586
• Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever $2,856
• Old English Sheepdog $3,554
• Otterhound $3,858
• Papillon $2,620
• Parson Russell Terrier $2,404
• Pekingese $2,586
• Pembroke Welsh Corgi $2,521
• Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen $2,977
• Pharaoh Hound $2,876
• Plott Hound $2,901
• Pointer $3,013
• Polish Lowland Sheepdog $3,002
• Pomeranian $2,420
• Pomsky $2,948
• Portuguese Podengo Pequeno $2,567
• Portuguese Water Dog $3,500
• Pug $2,340
• Puggle $2,442
• Puli $3,097
• Pumi $3,154
• Pyrenean Shepherd $2,842
• Rat Terrier $2,408
• Redbone Coonhound $2,872
• Rhodesian Ridgeback $3,091
• Rottweiler $3,336
• Russell Terrier $2,620
• Russian Toy $2,180
• Saint Bernard $3,813
• Saluki $2,917
• Samoyed $3,210
• Schipperke $2,292
• Schnoodle $2,813
• Scottish Deerhound $3,796
• Scottish Terrier $2,678
• Sealyham Terrier $2,749
• Sheepadoodle $3,820
• Shetland Sheepdog $2,727
• Shiba Inu $2,401
• Shih Poo $2,705
• Shih Tzu $2,561
• Siberian Husky $2,937
• Silky Terrier $2,634
• Skye Terrier $3,002
• Sloughi $2,917
• Smooth Fox Terrier $2,400
• Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier $3,163
• Spanish Water Dog $3,309
• Spinone Italiano $3,451
• Staffordshire Bull Terrier $2,673
• Standard Poodle $3,663
• Standard Schnauzer $3,002
• Sussex Spaniel $3,002
• Swedish Vallhund $2,552
• Tibetan Mastiff $3,943
• Tibetan Spaniel $2,276
• Tibetan Terrier $2,812
• Toy Fox Terrier $2,201
• Toy Poodle $2,619
• Treeing Walker Coonhound $3,125
• Vizsla $3,033
• Weimaraner $3,296
• Welsh Springer Spaniel $2,809
• Welsh Terrier $2,727
• West Highland White Terrier $2,685
• Whippet $2,627
• Wire Fox Terrier $2,677
• Wirehaired Pointing Griffon $3,438
• Wirehaired Vizsla $3,491
• Xoloitzcuintli $2,770
• Yorkipoo $2,630
• Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie) $2,569