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How Much Does a Brittany Cost? (2026 Full Cost Breakdown)

A Brittany is one of the more affordable purchases at US$500–1,200, and it runs US$1,528–2,591 a year, or about US$19,256–39,149 over a 12–14 year life.

Purchase
$500–$1,200
Year 1
$2,448–$5,466
Typical year
$1,528–$2,591
Lifetime
$19,256–$39,149

Full cost breakdown

Assembled cost ranges. Typical = the mid-point estimate; Low/High bracket real price variation.
CostLowTypicalHigh
Purchase price$500$850$1,200
Food / year$186$279$372
Routine vet / year$480$600$720
Grooming / year (professional)$300$375$450
Insurance (puppy) / year$450$599$839
Insurance (adult) / year$562$749$1,049
Insurance (senior) / year$1,424$1,836$2,248
One-time setup$420$1,048$1,675
Annual total (insured adult)$1,528$2,003$2,591
Lifetime total$19,256$27,937$39,149
Emergency exposure (cited ranges, excluded from the annual and lifetime totals above): Hip Dysplasia Surgery (FHO / Total Hip Replacement) $1,200–$7,000.

Estimate your Brittany's cost

Lifetime: $19,256–$39,149
Year 1 (incl. purchase + setup)$2,448–$5,466
Typical year$1,528–$2,591
Food$186–$372
Routine vet$480–$720
Grooming (professional)$300–$450
Insurance (adult)$562–$1,049
One-time setup$420–$1,675
Purchase price$500–$1,200

All figures are assembled ranges before tax, not quotes. Insurance = national average × your state × age × breed loading; food is computed from the breed’s energy needs. Emergencies are shown separately, never in the totals.

Why a Brittany costs what it does

The Brittany is a medium gun dog, and its costs sit squarely in the middle. Food comes to US$186–372 a year, with the spread depending on diet quality and how much the dog is worked in the field. Routine vet care comes to US$480–720 for the annual exam, core vaccines and parasite prevention.

The wavy coat is easy to keep. It needs brushing to prevent tangles and the occasional tidy, so grooming stays at US$300–450 a year, and most of it can be handled at home. There is no continuous coat growth to drive frequent salon visits the way a silky breed has. A quick weekly brush and a wash after fieldwork covers most of the year, with a tidy of the feathering as the main scheduled task, keeping this among the lower-effort sporting coats to maintain.

Insurance is cheaper here because the Brittany sits in the low health-risk tier. Its documented issues, hip and elbow dysplasia, hypothyroidism, von Willebrand disease and epilepsy, keep the adult premium near US$562–1,049 a year, up from US$450–839 as a puppy and rising to US$1,424–2,248 in the senior years. Those are among the lower premiums of the breeds in this range, a direct result of the low risk tier.

Hip dysplasia surgery, quoted at US$1,200–7,000, is a one-off exposure kept out of the annual and lifetime totals. First-year setup adds US$420–1,675 for desexing, microchip and supplies. A low purchase price of US$500–1,200 plus a low risk tier make the Brittany one of the more economical sporting breeds to own.

Brittany pet insurance

Expect adult accident-and-illness premiums around $47–$87/mo ($562–$1,049 a year), rising for seniors to $1,424–$2,248. See how state and age move that on pet insurance cost by state.

Frequently asked questions

Is a Brittany expensive to own?

No, it is on the affordable side, at about US$1,528–2,591 a year and US$19,256–39,149 over its lifetime. The purchase price of US$500–1,200 is among the lowest here, helped by a low health-risk tier.

How much is Brittany insurance?

Insurance runs about US$450–839 a year for a puppy, US$562–1,049 for an adult, and US$1,424–2,248 in the senior years, among the cheaper premiums thanks to the breed's low risk tier.

What is a Brittany's lifetime cost?

Over a 12–14 year life a Brittany costs roughly US$19,256–39,149, combining a low purchase price with moderate food, vet, grooming and insurance costs.

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Sources & method

Every figure is assembled from these sources by the model on our methodology page. No number is copied from a competitor.

Figures assembled July 20, 2026. Baselines: AVMA 2025 · NAPHIA 2024 · AMA 2025. These are assembled estimates, not measured costs. See how we build them.