That doggie in the window is how much?

Ok, we have been thinking about getting a playmate for Blackjack. Blackjack just loves being around other dogs and is so much more social with other animals. We figured we would take a look at the pet store to see what they had and then venture over to some of the shelters. I have been wanting another small dog and luck would have it that this pet store had some of my favorite candidates:

1.) Yorkie
2.) Westie
3.) Puggle
4.) Cavalier King Charles

They were all so cute, but the Cavalier King Charles really caught my eye. I asked if I could get a price on him and an associate came back with the sweetest faced puppy. We held him in one of the "visiting" cubicles and where he wiggled and licked us. I asked how much he was, even though we were really interested in a girl doggie. When the sales person replied "Two thousand" I was shocked! I can't believe how much they want to charge for a puppy. I didn't even ask about the others because I figured they would be way out of our price range. I was thinking maybe $800, which would still have been high, but $2,000?! That's insane. Needless to say, we didn't get him. We did check out the shelters, but there weren't very many small dogs. We are still looking, but I am not 100% sold on the idea of another dog yet. Blackjack is so well behaved, that even a "good" dog may seem bad to us, that and he only cost us about $100.