{"id":3450,"date":"2020-02-10T09:50:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T09:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:50:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T09:50:03","slug":"why-pedigree-dogs-are-so-expensive-so-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petdedicated.com\/?p=3450","title":{"rendered":"Why Pedigree Dogs Are So Expensive | So Expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Pedigree Dogs Are So Expensive | So Expensive\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YKPHYk4GB4g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The price of pedigree dogs is at an all-time high, and demand too. 2017 saw a 7% rise in the number of registered puppies in the UK.<br \/>\nWe visited Crufts, one of the world&#8217;s largest dog shows, to find out why people spend so much on pedigree dogs.<\/p>\n<p>A Tibetan Mastiff sold to a businessman for $1.9m in 2014, yet years later the breed was being abandoned en masse.\u00a0 So why does this happen? 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