Micro
Prices
Micro American Bully Price
The most expensive dog in the breed per pound, and the one where the price is buying a health trade-off rather than a coat.
Micro American Bullies are typically advertised at $3,000 to $10,000 and sometimes far above, which makes them the most expensive class in the breed by weight. Mine are $700, the same as every other puppy I sell, and I’m not going to price a compression trade-off as a luxury.
Why micro carries the biggest premium
Scarcity and difficulty, and both are real. Producing consistently very short, wide dogs takes generations of selection, litters are small, and a wider dam on a smaller frame more often needs a caesarean, which is a genuine cost and a genuine risk to the female.
So the premium isn’t invented in the way the blue premium is. The question is what it’s buying, and the honest answer is a dog bred further along a curve where health risk increases.
The market
| Source | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Me | $700 |
| A small breeder | $2,000 to $4,000 |
| An established micro program | $5,000 to $10,000 |
| A named bloodline | $10,000 and up |
Add the first year on top, $1,200 to $2,900 beyond the puppy. The full breakdown.
What you should look at instead of the price
Micro isn’t a recognised class, it’s a marketing term for a very short pocket, and there’s no height at which one becomes the other. That means the label tells you nothing and the dog has to.
Look at the parents and ask three things:
- Can they breathe quietly at rest? A dog that’s audible lying still has an airway problem, and it’s heritable.
- Can they move freely? Watch them walk away from you and back. Front-end soundness is where compression shows first.
- How were the litters delivered? If every litter is a caesarean, that’s information about the breeding.
Micro versus pocket in full, which is the comparison most buyers actually need.
Micro
Micro
Why mine are $700
Because I price the dog, not the label. Every puppy here’s $700 whether it’s described as micro, pocket, standard or XL, which means nothing in my advice is priced. If I tell you a pocket would suit you better than a micro, I lose nothing by saying it.
I don’t screen or certify the parents and won’t claim I do. What I do is have every puppy examined by Bell Rock Veterinary Clinic before it leaves, and the dates go on the record that travels with the dog.
Ask me which of these is genuinely micro
I’ll use the accurate word rather than the one that sells, because the price is the same either way.