Available$3,888–$5,988 · HDB-approved · AVS licence BR25052 · updated September 2026
Bichon Frise Singapore: Puppies for Sale
Bichon Frise Singapore, the short answer: $3,888–$5,988 from Puppy Singapore, an AVS-licensed seller, vet-checked, vaccinated and microchipped under licence BR25052. The breed is HDB-approved at 5–8 kg, sheds very little, and needs a professional groom every four to six weeks for 14–16 years.
Searches for mini Bichons turn up here too, and there is no such size. The rest answers what buyers actually search: what one costs, why it costs that, how it compares with a Shih Tzu, and the two health facts nobody selling this breed locally mentions.
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Bichon Frise puppies available now
Every puppy on this page is at the farm today, with its own photo, age, colour and price.
- Litters in this breed are small, so the list moves faster than the photos suggest.
- Every Bichon Frise Singapore price on this page is the price you pay, with no enquiry gate in front of it.
- Every puppy available this week sits on one page.
AvailableRecently placed
These Bichons have already gone home. They are here so you can see the coats our litters arrive in, not as available stock.
Found a homeFranky
White Bichon Frise puppy
Male Male4 monthsHDB approved
Went home at $2,488
Ask about the next litter
Found a homeSanji
White Bichon Frise puppy
Male Male3 monthsHDB approved
Went home at $3,888
Ask about the next litter
Found a homeHuatPaw
White Bichon Frise puppy
Female Female3 monthsHDB approved
Went home at $4,888
Ask about the next litter
Found a homeThe three facts that decide this breed for a Singapore buyer
Price: $3,888–$5,988
Published per breed before you enquire. The breed is white, so no colour carries a surcharge here or anywhere honest.
Housing: HDB-approved
On the HDB-approved breed list, one dog per flat. At 5–8 kg it fits any flat in Singapore.
Coat: low shed, high work
The hair stays in the coat instead of on your floor, which is exactly why it mats. A groomer every 4 to 6 weeks is not optional in this breed.
How much does a Bichon Frise Singapore puppy cost?
A Bichon Frise puppy costs $3,888–$5,988 from an AVS-licensed seller in Singapore. That price includes vaccinations to date, deworming, a vet health check, a microchip, health certification and ancestry records. Age, sex and litter move a puppy inside the band, and grooming is the recurring cost that follows it home.
What a Bichon Frise puppy price includes
Six things travel with every puppy, and each is a document or a procedure rather than a promise.
- Vaccinations to date, in the booklet that goes home with the puppy.
- Deworming, at every vet visit through the schedule.
- A vet health check before the puppy is cleared to travel.
- A microchip, implanted and registered.
- Health certification and ancestry records, signed and dated.
- Kennel club registration where the litter qualifies.
What a Bichon Frise costs to keep, every month
| Line | Typical cost | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Grooming | $50 to $120 a session, every 4 to 6 weeks | How much you brush between visits, and how matted the coat gets |
| Food | The low end of the $30 to $120 a month band | A 5–8 kg dog eats modestly |
| AVS dog licence | $15 a year sterilised, $90 if not | Duration and sterilisation status, less a 10% online rebate |
| Routine vet, skin and dental | Budget yearly from year one | Skin allergies and dental crowding are the two lines that grow |
Grooming is the largest line here, and it is the one buyers underestimate. Our price hub publishes what each breed actually costs to buy and to keep, breed by breed.
Pricing, published
$3,888–$5,988
Published price for this breed (SGD).
- Vet health check & vaccinations to date
- Deworming (done with every vaccination visit)
- Health certification & ancestry records
- Microchipped before homecoming
- Door-to-door delivery available
Where a Bichon's yearly cost actually goes
Why is a Bichon Frise so expensive?
Three real answers, and one of them is work that happens before you ever see the puppy.
- 1Litters are small. A Bichon litter is a handful of puppies, not a large one, and the cost of raising it through the full vaccination schedule is spread across those few.
- 2The coat starts costing early. A Bichon has to be handled, brushed and taught to stand for grooming from its first weeks. A Bichon that fights the groomer is a lifelong problem, and preventing that is unglamorous daily work.
- 3Demand is steady. A small, low-shedding, HDB-approved dog with a fourteen-year lifespan is exactly what many Singapore households are looking for.
What does not justify a premium here: the coat colour, in a breed that comes in one.
Which is better, a Bichon Frise or a Shih Tzu?
The Bichon wins on one fact that matters more in Singapore than almost anywhere else: it is not brachycephalic. The Shih Tzu has a shortened skull and airway, which makes cooling by panting harder in a climate that never has a cool season.
Everything else is a genuine trade. The Shih Tzu is calmer, copes better with a quiet flat during working hours, and is generally less demanding of company. The Bichon is livelier, more playful and needs people around.
| Bichon Frise | Shih Tzu | |
|---|---|---|
| Airway | Normal muzzle, cools normally | Brachycephalic, struggles more in heat |
| HDB flat | Yes, approved | Yes, approved |
| Alone during work hours | Poorly, needs company | Better, more self-contained |
| Coat work | Groom every 4 to 6 weeks | Groom every 4 to 6 weeks |
| Energy | Bouncy and playful | Lower, happy to lounge |
| Typical range | $3,888–$5,988 | $3,988–$5,288 |
We sell both, so there is no winner being sold here. If your household is out all day, read how a Shih Tzu compares on the same budget before you decide.
Are Bichons high maintenance?
On the coat, yes, and the number is specific: a professional groom every four to six weeks for 14–16 years, plus brushing two or three times a week at home. On temperament they are one of the easier small breeds.
What a Bichon's grooming month actually looks like
Brush to the skin, not over the top of the coat. A Bichon coat can look immaculate on the surface while it is felted underneath, and that is the mat a groomer cannot comb out.
Behind the ears, under the front legs and around the rear are the three places that go first. If those are tight, the honest option is a short clip and a fresh start, which this breed tolerates perfectly well.
The bladder stone question nobody local asks
The Bichon Frise is one of the breeds with a recognised predisposition to calcium oxalate bladder stones. It is the single most useful thing on this page, because it is manageable and almost never mentioned by anyone selling the breed.
The mechanism is simple. Stones form more readily in urine that sits concentrated in the bladder for long stretches, so water intake and toilet access are breed-specific management here rather than generic advice.
- Water: more than one bowl, refreshed daily, and wet food or added water if the dog drinks little.
- Toilet access: a chance to urinate every few hours, which is where the eight-hour question below stops being only about loneliness.
- Diet: ask your vet before adding supplements. Several change urine chemistry.
- Watch for: straining, frequent small squats, blood, or licking at the area.
A dog straining to urinate and producing nothing is an emergency, not a wait-and-see. A blocked urethra is life-threatening within hours.
Can a Bichon Frise be left alone for 8 hours?
Can a Bichon Frise be left alone for 8 hours?
Not comfortably, and not as a daily routine. The Bichon Frise was developed as a companion breed and does badly with long stretches alone, which shows up as barking, chewing and indoor toileting. There is a physical reason too: a dog holding its urine for eight hours is concentrating it, in a breed already predisposed to bladder stones.
A working household can still own this breed. What it needs is a break in the middle of the day, and that can be a dog walker, a family member, a neighbour or a daycare day.
- A midday break: a walker, a family member or a neighbour with a key.
- Or a daycare day: two or three a week changes the whole picture.
We would rather say this before a sale than read about it afterwards. If nobody can break up the day and nobody is willing to pay someone to, a Bichon is the wrong dog.
Is the Bichon Frise really hypoallergenic?
Partly. The Bichon Frise is sold everywhere as a hypoallergenic dog, and the honest version of that claim matters if someone in your home reacts to dogs. The low-shedding part is true: the loose hair stays in the curled coat rather than landing on your floor and furniture.
The part that is not true is the word itself. The allergen is a protein in dander and saliva, not the hair, so no dog is allergen-free. A Bichon spreads less of it around a room, which is why allergic owners often cope well with the breed, and why some still do not.
- Test before you commit: spend real time with an adult Bichon, not a photograph of one.
- Grooming is part of the answer: a regularly bathed and brushed dog carries less dander.
- Ask your doctor, not your breeder, if the allergy is severe. We sell dogs, not medical advice.
Itchy skin and a white coat in the tropics
Atopic dermatitis is common in this breed, and Singapore removes the seasonal break that owners elsewhere get. Humidity, dust mites and pollen run all year, so an itchy Bichon here is itchy in March and in November alike.
The signs are paw licking, face rubbing, recurring ear infections and rust-coloured staining on the fur where the dog has been chewing. Treat it early with your vet: the dogs that end up on long-term medication are usually the ones whose owners waited a year.
Tear staining, and what actually reduces it
Tear staining is the cosmetic version of the same visibility problem. Wipe the eye area daily with plain water, keep the hair around the eyes trimmed, and have a vet look at any eye that runs constantly rather than reaching for a whitening product.
What are the disadvantages of a Bichon Frise?
Written by a seller, so read the right-hand column with that in mind: it is the one that costs us sales when it is honest. Anyone weighing this breed against another should start there rather than with the price.
| Pros | Cons | |
|---|---|---|
| Housing | HDB-approved, fits any flat | One dog per flat still applies |
| Coat | Sheds very little, good for tidy homes | Mats fast, and a groomer every 4 to 6 weeks for life |
| Temperament | Cheerful, sociable, easy with strangers and children | Does badly alone all day |
| Size | Portable at 5 to 8 kg, sturdier than a toy breed | Still a small dog around rough play |
| Lifespan | 14–16 years | A very long commitment, grooming included |
| Health | No brachycephalic airway problems | Skin allergies, bladder stones, knees and teeth |
Do Bichons bark a lot?
They alert rather than yap. Doors, lifts and the corridor get announced, and then it stops. That is a manageable amount of noise in an HDB block.
The barking that becomes a complaint is different: it is the sustained barking of a dog left alone too long, and it starts after you leave. If a neighbour tells you your dog barks all day and you have never heard it, believe the neighbour.
Health: what to ask about before you pay
Bichons are long-lived at 14–16 years. Four things are worth asking about, and two of them change what you do in the first week.
Bladder
Calcium oxalate stones are a recognised risk in this breed. Water availability and regular toilet breaks are the management, and straining is an emergency.
Skin
Atopic dermatitis is common and the local climate gives it no off-season. Ask whether the parents have a history of allergies.
Knees
Patellar luxation is the small-breed joint risk. Ask what the parents were checked for, and keep the dog lean and off high furniture while it grows.
Teeth
A small mouth means crowding and periodontal disease by middle age unless you brush from week one. In a sixteen-year dog that is a lot of years of teeth.
What a good seller answers without hesitating
- What is your AVS licence number, and may I look it up?
- May I meet the puppy in person, and where is it now?
- What were the parents screened for, particularly the knees?
- Has either parent had skin or urinary problems?
- May I see the vaccination booklet and the ancestry records?
What comes with every Bichon Frise puppy
Vaccinations to date
Core doses at weeks 6 and 8 before homecoming, recorded in the booklet.
Deworming
Done at every vet visit through the schedule.
Vet health check
A licensed vet clears the puppy before it travels.
Microchip
Implanted and registered, and tied to your AVS dog licence.
Health certification
Written, signed and dated.
Ancestry records
Plus kennel club registration where the litter qualifies.
When your puppy comes home
The timeline is set by the vaccination schedule, not by us. Core vaccinations run at weeks 6, 8 and 12, with an optional dose at week 16, and deworming happens at every visit.
- Weeks 6 and 8: the first two core doses, at the farm.
- Around week 9: homecoming, a week after the second dose.
- Week 12, and optionally week 16: with you and your own vet.
- Year one onward: an annual booster.
Your own vet takes over the schedule from week 12, and the booklet that goes home with the puppy records everything already given.
The first month with a Bichon Frise
- Handling from day one: touch the paws, ears, face and coat daily, so the groomer is never a fight.
- The water bowl: keep it full and in a place the puppy passes often, for the reason above.
- Toilet training: a small bladder means a tighter schedule, not more correction.
- Being alone: practise short absences from the first week, before the habit forms in either direction.
How to buy a Bichon Frise ethically in Singapore
- 1Check the licence. Bichon Frise Singapore breeders are licensed individually, so search the AVS public registry for the seller's number. Ours is BR25052, held by William Goh Pet Farm LLP.
- 2See the puppy in person. Viewing is by appointment. Look at the skin under the coat, not only the coat.
- 3Read the paperwork before you pay. Vaccination booklet, health certification and ancestry records.
- 4Reserve after meeting, not before. A deposit paid before you can see a puppy is a payment on a photograph.
Adoption, honestly
A Bichon Frise Singapore rescue listing, or one posted for adoption, does appear from time to time, usually an adult and often badly matted. The grooming commitment is exactly what defeated the previous home.
Adopt Bichon Frise dogs rather than buy a puppy and the route is different: the local rehoming groups and the Bichon Frise Club of Singapore are where those dogs surface.
- What you gain: an adult whose coat, skin and temperament you can already see, which is less guesswork than any puppy.
- What you take on: a coat that may need clipping back to start again, and habits formed in another home.
Either way the grooming budget is the same, and it is the thing to settle before the dog arrives. A rescued adult whose temperament and skin you can already see is a lower-risk dog than any puppy.
Who a Bichon Frise is not right for
- 1 Households out ten hours a day. With nobody able to break up the day, this breed suffers and the neighbours hear it.
- 2 Anyone who cannot budget grooming. Every 4 to 6 weeks, for fourteen to sixteen years.
- 3 Anyone wanting a wash-and-go coat. Low-shedding and low-maintenance are opposites here.
- 4 Anyone buying on the hypoallergenic label alone. Meet an adult first if the allergy is real.
About the breed
The Bichon Frise descends from Mediterranean lapdogs favoured by French and Spanish nobility, bred purely for its cheerful, affectionate company.
That history explains the dog you get. It was never a working breed, so it has no job it is frustrated about not doing, and its whole selection history was for company. The coat is the price of the looks.
What the breed encyclopaedias leave out
Royal Canin and Purina both publish Bichon Frise characteristics and health summaries, and they are good on the breed in the abstract. Neither can tell you what one costs here, how the coat behaves at 80% humidity, or which flats the breed is allowed in.
Our litters come in White, Ivory, Cream White and Snow White. At 14–16 years this is one of the longest-lived breeds we sell, which is worth pausing on: a puppy bought this year is a dog you will be grooming into the 2040s.
WhiteIvoryCream WhiteSnow White
Bichon Frise compared with the breeds buyers weigh against it
All four are HDB-approved, so the choice comes down to coat work, shedding and how much company the dog needs.
| Breed | HDB flat | Shedding | Grooming | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bichon Frise | Yes, approved | Very low | High, every 4 to 6 weeks | $3,888–$5,988 |
| Maltese | Yes, approved | Low | High, cut regularly | $4,288–$5,988 |
| Toy Poodle | Yes, approved | Very low | High, cut every 4 to 8 weeks | $3,488–$5,988 |
| Shih Tzu | Yes, approved | Low | High, and a flat face in the heat | $3,988–$5,288 |
If the white coat is the appeal but you want a smaller dog, read about the Maltese, the other small white coat: a straight coat rather than a curled one, and a lighter dog.
Where the figures on this page come from
- AVS licence BR25052 and how to verify it: the NParks public registry of AVS-licensed pet breeders, checked 25 August 2026.
- HDB-approved breeds and one dog per flat: HDB's own pet rules, confirmed in a browser on 25 August 2026 (the host blocks automated requests).
- Puppy price range, adult weight and lifespan: this site's own breed data, reviewed 25 August 2026.
- Bladder stones, skin allergy and knees: the breed health notes maintained on this site and reviewed with our own vet. No incidence percentage is published here because we do not hold a figure we can stand behind.
- Dog licence fees: the AVS licence fee page, read 2026-08-26. The published table these figures come from was headed "before 1 September 2026" and that date has now passed. AVS has scheduled a new fee table from 1 September 2026. Re-checked on the AVS fee page on 26 August 2026: the replacement had still not been published, and the live page still showed only the "before 1 September 2026" table, last updated 31 October 2025. Treat the figures as the last published schedule and check the AVS page before relying on them.
- Buying and cost guidance: Southend Dog Training, quoted above with links to the source videos and used for the reasoning rather than as an authority on this breed.
Figures last checked 25 August 2026.
Bichon Frise questions, answered
How much does it cost to buy a Bichon Frise in Singapore?
A Bichon Frise puppy from an AVS-licensed seller in Singapore costs $3,888–$5,988. The price includes vaccinations to date, deworming at every visit, a vet health check, a microchip, health certification and ancestry records. Budget separately for a professional groom every four to six weeks, which is the real recurring cost of this breed.
What are the disadvantages of a Bichon Frise?
The coat, the company and the skin. It mats and needs a groomer every four to six weeks for fourteen to sixteen years, it does badly when left alone all day, and the breed is prone to itchy skin in a humid climate. None of those are dealbreakers if you plan for them, and all three are why Bichons get rehomed when people do not.
Which is better, a Bichon Frise or a Shih Tzu?
For a Singapore household the Bichon has one clear advantage: it is not brachycephalic. The Shih Tzu has a shortened airway, which makes cooling by panting harder in year-round heat. The Shih Tzu is generally calmer and more content alone, so the honest answer is that the Bichon suits a home with people in it, and the Shih Tzu suits a quieter household that is out more. Both are HDB-approved and both need the same grooming budget.
Why is a Bichon Frise so expensive?
Small litters, and a coat that takes work before the puppy ever leaves. A Bichon puppy has to be handled, brushed and desensitised to grooming from the start, because a Bichon that fights the groomer is a lifelong problem. Demand for a small, low-shedding, HDB-approved dog is also steady. What does not justify a premium is a colour, since the breed is white.
Do Bichons bark a lot?
They alert-bark rather than bark constantly. Doors, lifts and corridors get announced. The barking that becomes a neighbour problem is almost always boredom or separation barking from a dog left alone too long, which is a management problem rather than a breed trait.
Are Bichons high maintenance?
On the coat, yes. A professional groom every four to six weeks plus brushing two or three times a week at home is the honest commitment, and it lasts the dog’s whole life. On temperament they are easy: friendly, biddable and good with people. Anyone wanting a wash-and-go dog should look at a smooth-coated breed instead.
Can a Bichon Frise be left alone for 8 hours?
Not comfortably, and not every day. This is a companion breed that was developed to sit with people, and long stretches alone produce barking, chewing and toileting problems. There is a health angle too: a dog holding its urine all day concentrates it, which matters in a breed predisposed to bladder stones. A midday walker, a neighbour or a daycare day changes the answer.
Is it better to get a male or female Bichon Frise?
Neither, in this breed. Both sexes are affectionate and sociable, and sterilisation removes most of the behavioural differences people worry about. Pick the puppy whose temperament suits your household rather than the sex, and note that the AVS dog licence is cheaper for a sterilised dog either way.
What is the lifespan of a Bichon dog?
14–16 years, which makes it one of the longest-lived small breeds. That is the number to hold in mind when you budget grooming: a groom every four to six weeks across that many years is the largest recurring cost of owning this breed.
What is the Bichon Frise price in Singapore?
The price band here is $3,888–$5,988, published before you enquire. A Bichon advertised far below that usually means an unlicensed seller, no ancestry records, or a puppy that has not been through the vaccination schedule.
Is a Bichon Frise HDB-approved?
Yes. The Bichon Frise is on HDB’s approved list for flats, and the one-dog-per-flat rule still applies. At 5 to 8 kg it fits a flat comfortably.
What comes with a Bichon Frise puppy?
Vaccinations to date with the booklet, deworming at every vet visit, a vet health check, a microchip, health certification and ancestry records, plus kennel club registration where the litter qualifies.